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Everyone Thinks Asteroid Mining Is A Gold Rush Until Physics Laughs At Them
Most people imagine asteroid mining as a simple space treasure hunt, but real asteroids behave more like drifting clouds of ...
California-based TransAstra is testing an inflatable “Capture Bag” that comes in different sizes and is intended to catch ...
California startup TransAstra is revolutionizing space mining and debris removal with its inflatable Capture Bag. Designed in ...
The ESCAPADE mission, which launched to space on a Blue Origin rocket on Thursday, breaks the mold of how planetary science ...
Gaia’s full-sky survey generated a massive database tracking how asteroids reflect light as they rotate. These measurements, called light curves, reveal changes in brightness over time. When ...
ESCAPADE is overseen by the University of California Berkeley, who named the spacecraft’s onboard satellites Blue and Gold ...
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There's another comet ATLAS in our solar system — and it just turned gold after a perilous dance with the sun
New photos show that the recently discovered comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) developed a surprising golden glow after reaching its ...
In the distant past, the solar system was rife with impacts and collisions. Millions of rocky objects zoomed chaotically through the system, smashing into each other in collisional cascades. Over time ...
Scientists have long debated whether dinosaurs were in decline before an asteroid smacked the Earth 66 million years ago, causing mass extinction. New research suggests dinosaur populations were still ...
Asteroid 2024 YR4 is no longer headed for Earth, but the fear it caused has astronomers worried about scare tones in the media. The asteroid initially had an approximate 3% chance for impact with ...
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