setiinstitute, 4 days ago to SciComm

#ICYMI: https://youtube.com/live/crZfFfXYbOw?feature=share

A B612 Foundation and Google Cloud collaboration identified 27,500 new asteroids using existing data from NOIRLab. Communication specialist Beth Johnson discussed the program development, the results, and the future of the work with Asteroid Institute Executive Director and former astronaut Ed Lu.

#setilive #scicomm #planetarydefense #asteroids #space

herdingdata, 11 days ago to random

Playing Asteroids projected onto a hill a few hundred metres away with a FRICKIN LASER BEAM was a truly remarkable experience. Thank you @seb_ly! ❤️🙌 #emfcamp

JohnBarentine, 25 days ago to space

"'It’s difficult to say exactly how many asteroids will be lost… but preliminary results suggest that for every five near-Earth asteroids we discover, we lose one solely due to constellation interference. That’s if no mitigation measures are taken.'"

https://english.elpais.com/technology/2024-05-18/spacex-satellites-threaten-to-hide-asteroids-that-pose-danger-to-humanity.html

#Space #Satellites #PlanetaryDefense #NEOs #Asteroids #Astronomy #Starlink

Ansi, 1 month ago to random

'God of Destruction' asteroid Apophis will come to Earth in 2029 — and it could meet some tiny spacecraft https://www.space.com/asteroid-apophis-satellite-spacecraft-mission-2029 #asteroids

iammannyj, 1 month ago to retrogaming

Atari’s old-school Asteroids slams its way into World Video Game Hall of Fame

https://www.ladysmithchronicle.com/entertainment/ataris-old-school-asteroids-slams-its-way-into-world-video-game-hall-of-fame-7356198

#retrogaming #atari #asteroids

root42, 1 month ago to retrogaming

Game cover artwork and movie artwork used to be so great. Modern cover artwork or AI artwork is so uninspired in comparison…
#retrogaming #atari #asteroids

Page from a book showing three different images related to the video game "Asteroids." The top left image is a black and white sketch of a spaceship among asteroids with handwritten direction notes. Top right is a photo of a the original artwork.

JohnBarentine, 1 month ago to Astronomy

"In general, space rocks larger than a kilometre can’t rotate more than once every 2.2 hours because they would break apart. But smaller #asteroids like #2024BX1 can withstand much faster spins because they are more compact."

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2428473-asteroid-that-broke-up-over-berlin-was-fastest-spinning-one-ever-seen/

#Astronomy

manyfaceted, 3 months ago to space

Presenting DUST OF OSIRIS, watercolor and ink, 12x12”. Inspired by the Egyptian decorative motifs, the Egyptian Revival movement, and a high-res photo of the opened OSIRIS-REx sample container, containing dust from asteroid Bennu. This has been a labor of love for me, I hope you enjoy it!

#osirisrex #SpaceArt #SpaceArtist #AstroArt #SciArt #watercolor #watercolorart #spacecraft #asteroids #nasa #jpl #MastoArt #MastoArtists #FediArt #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #ArtMatters #ArtistsOfMastodon

sharponlooker, 3 months ago to random

"Diamond" #asteroids rotated, for no special reason 😉

(sources in alt text)

Dinkinesh & Selam family photo rotated so that poles are on the sides. Fig. 1 from https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2024/pdf/2388.pdf
Ryugu rotated so that poles are on the sides. Credits: JAXA, University of Tokyo, Kochi University, Rikkyo University, Nagoya University, Chiba Institute of Technology, Meiji University, University of Aizu and AIST
Bennu rotated so that poles are on the sides. From https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-spacecraft-provides-insight-into-asteroid-bennus-future-orbit/

itnewsbot, 3 months ago to Astronomy

Analyzing images from a close flyby of DART’s asteroid impact - Enlarge (credit: ASI/NASA)

In 2022, NASA's Double Asteroid Red... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2006712 #asteroids #astronomy #liciacube #science #dart #nasa #esa

astrocorrus, 3 months ago to tes Italian

When a #star like our #sun reaches the end of its life, it can ingest the surrounding #planets and #asteroids that were born with it. Now, using the #EuropeanSouthernObservatory's #VeryLargeTelescope (#ESO's #VLT) in Chile, #researchers have found a unique signature of this process for the first time—a scar imprinted on the surface of a #whitedwarfstar.

https://phys.org/news/2024-02-metal-scar-cannibal-star.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

spaceflight, 3 months ago to chile

#HelioLinc3D spotted an #asteroid ☄️ that similar surveys had failed to see. It was specifically designed for the @VRubinObs in #Chile 🇨🇱. The #observatory’s huge mirror 📡, massive camera and expansive eye will see 👁️ pretty much everything in the night sky 🌌 in unprecedented detail https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/05/science/space-asteroids-rubin-heliolinc3d.html

#AsteroidThreat #RubinObservatory #Astronomy

manyfaceted, 3 months ago to space

Nearly done with the ink/gold portion of the #osirisrex #wip. Next up, decorative precious stone inlay (in paint, both figuratively and LITERALLY thanks to my Daniel Smith PrimaTek #watercolors), a golden center, and finally, asteroid samples!

#inprogress #inprogressart #SpaceArt #SpaceArtist #AstroArt #SciArt #watercolor #watercolorart #spacecraft #asteroids #nasa #jpl #wipart #MastoArt #MastoArtists #FediArt #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #ArtMatters #ArtistsOfMastodon

formuchdeliberation, 3 months ago to space

NASA's Planetary Defense Coordination Office is tasked with finding, tracking, and assessing the risk associated with potentially hazardous asteroids in our solar system...
#nasa #planetarydefence #solarsystem #asteroids #outerspace #planetaryscience #asteroidimpact https://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-reveals-how-it-would-warn-world-of-impending-asteroid-disaster

Ansi, 4 months ago to random

Fragments From That Asteroid That Exploded Above Berlin Have Been Recovered and They're Really Special https://www.universetoday.com/165625/fragments-from-that-asteroid-that-exploded-above-berlin-have-been-recovered-and-theyre-really-special/ #chelyabinskmeteorite #meteoriticalsociety #nearearthasteroid #apolloasteroids #setiinstitute #asteroids #aubrites #featured #2024bx1 #meteors

PanTransAutie, 4 months ago to random

my favorite video games :
animal crossing / asteroids
baldur's gate 3/ banjo-kazooie / boyfriend dungeon
CastleVania: symphony of the night / cooking mama / cuisineer
disco elysium
final fantasy x
genshin impact
left 4 dead 2
mario kart 8 deluxe / mario kart 64
neon white
old school runescape
paper mario: the thousand-year door
pokémon HeartGold / pokémon sapphire / pokémon yellow
puzzle bobble
resident evil 4 / resident evil 4 vr / rusty hearts

RonaldTooTall, 4 months ago to space

Lucy, NASA’s ambitious mission to explore the mysterious Trojan asteroids that orbit Jupiter, is about to kick into high gear.

https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/nasas-lucy-mission-to-jupiters-trojans-kicks-into-high-gear
#NASA #Asteroids #Jupiter #Astronomy #Physics #Space

haritulsidas, 4 months ago to random

🌎🌎🌎
Earth's gravity may be our best defence against large asteroids, a new study suggests. The study shows that Earth's strong gravity can break up asteroids before they hit the surface, reducing the risk of a global catastrophe. The researchers used computer simulations to model the effects of gravity on different types of asteroids. https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/technology/earth-s-intense-gravity-is-built-in-defense-against-large-planet-killer-asteroids-study-suggests/ar-AA1m7cOI #earth #gravity #asteroids
🌎🌎🌎

itnewsbot, 4 months ago to science

What would the late heavy bombardment have done to the Earth’s surface? - Enlarge / Each panel shows the modeled effects of early Earth’s bombard... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1999279 #planetaryscience #earthscience #asteroids #tsunamis #science #craters #geology #impacts

spaceflight, 1 year ago to random

"You can't #deflect 🛰️ something you haven't #discovered" 🔭 #Asteroid ☄️ Detection on #Scientists #Rock https://youtu.be/VtE18GhVmRg

#AsteroidThreat

spaceflight, 1 year ago (edited 9 months ago) to random

#Starship #LaunchCost : "I'm highly confident it would be less than $10 million 💰 all in, fast forward two or three years from now," #Musk said about flight #prices during the presentation * https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-spacex-starship-rocket-update-flight-cost-million-2022-2

• Starship Update 📆 February 2022 https://www.youtube.com/live/3N7L8Xhkzqo?feature=share

Visualized : 10 million $ / 100k kg = 100 $ 💵 per kg

🇪🇺 #Ariane doesn't look good

spaceflight, 1 year ago to space

#ESA 📆 13/02/2023 For the seventh time, a small #asteroid ☄️ was discovered in #space as it raced towards #Earth 🌍 seven hours before the #impact. One day we’ll find an imminent impactor that isn’t one metre in size, but perhaps 100 https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2023/02/Seventh_shooting_star_ever_spotted_before_strike

#AsteroidThreat

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