NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is scheduled to return to Earth on September 24, carrying samples of the potentially dangerous asteroid Bennu. Photo/NASA/Live Science WASHINGTON – Spaceship NASA’s OSIRIS-REx is scheduled to return to Earth on September 24, carrying samples of the potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu nearby. The return home of OSIRIS-REx marks the climax of a … Read more
JAXA – Huge boulders on the surface of asteroid Ryugu as seen by Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft. – Nationalgeographic.co.id—Like corn kernels popping up in a frying pan, tiny dust grains can jump up and down on the surface asteroid. That’s according to a new study from physicists at the University of Colorado Boulder. That popcorn-like effect … Read more
The plane has a mission to land briefly and collect small samples. However, it failed after knowing the surface Determine more like a large ball hole than a solid surface. “The craft would have sunk to Bennu if it didn’t fire its thrusters to retreat immediately after picking up dust and rock from the asteroid’s … Read more
Harianjogja.com, JAKARTA – With NASA’s DART asteroid deflection mission about to launch, the question arises what would happen if the asteroid did hit Earth. Fortunately, NASA did not find an asteroid threat threatening Earth during its decades of searching. But just in case, they always have a backup plan (or several), as NASA program scientist … Read more
Harianjogja.com, JAKARTA – An asteroid is hurtling at an incredible speed in space. NASA classifies it as a potentially hazardous “Near-Earth Object” (NEO). “Near-Earth Objects [NEOs] are comets and asteroids that have been propelled by the gravitational attraction of nearby planets into orbits that allow them to enter Earth’s environment.” The asteroid, named 2021 NY1 … Read more
CALIFORNIA, iNews.id – Astronomers have discovered asteroid fastest orbit in the Solar System. The asteroid orbits the Sun in 113 days, providing the shortest known orbital period for an asteroid. 2021 PH27 was recently discovered in twilight images taken by astronomers from Brown University. The astroid is about 1 km in diameter and has an … Read more
Jakarta, CNN Indonesia — Asteroid Bennu become a threat because it is estimated that hit the Earth in 2182. However, the researchers say the probability of a collision with Earth is 1 in 1,175 (0.0037 percent) between now and the year 2300. So there is a 99.94 percent chance that Bennu will not hit Earth. … Read more
A an asteroid the size of the Empire State Building has little chance of hitting Earth. However, don’t worry. The asteroid collision will not happen anytime soon. At least it’s still a few centuries away. At a press conference Wednesday (11/8), NASA scientists said there was a 1 in 1,750 chance that an asteroid named … Read more
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Data collected from NASA spacecraft visits to asteroid Bennu which reveals that future generations will have to keep an eye on the massive space rock as it passes through Earth in the 22nd century. Farnocchia explained there was no threat of a collision during the close, but prior to Osiris-Rex, there was … Read more
Suara.com – NASA previously announced that asteroid Bennu potentially dangerous to Earth and will pass through the planet in the 22nd century. Latest data collected from spacecraft visits to asteroid Bennu, revealed that the rock has a very small chance of hitting Earth. Experts used data from the Osiris-Rex mission, which studied and sampled Bennu, … Read more