A 'Very Rare' Kind of Space Rock Fell in Germany—and Scientists ...
2024年2月12日 · Just after midnight on January 21, a roughly three-foot-long asteroid fell through Earth’s atmosphere—burning up in a blazing fireball seen across much of Europe and crashing to the ground as...
Asteroid 2024 BX1 fragments confirmed to be rare meteorites as …
2024年2月6日 · Fragments of an asteroid that exploded over Germany on Jan. 21 and were recovered five days later have been confirmed to be a rare space rock type that could help shed light on Earth's origins.
Newly Discovered Asteroid Fragments Are As Old as the Solar …
2024年2月16日 · Fragments of an asteroid that exploded over Germany on Jan. 21 and were recovered five days later have been confirmed to be a rare space rock type that could help shed light on Earth's origins.
NASA spacecraft launched to mysterious and rare metal asteroid …
2023年10月13日 · A NASA spacecraft has rocketed away on a six-year journey to a rare asteroid made of metal. SpaceX launched the Psyche spacecraft on Friday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
This Metal-Rich, Potato-Shaped Asteroid Could Be Worth $10 …
2022年1月4日 · Dubbed an M-type asteroid for its potentially high concentration of metal, Psyche has a diameter of 140 miles, or the distance between Los Angeles and San Diego, California. The asteroid has a...
NASA Volunteers Find Fifteen Rare “Active Asteroids” - Science@NASA
2024年3月15日 · NASA’s Active Asteroids project announced the discovery of activity on fifteen asteroids, challenging conventional wisdom about the solar system. To find these fifteen rare objects, more than 8000 volunteers combed through 430,000 images from the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) on the Victor M. […]
NASA launches $1.2 billion Psyche asteroid probe on 6-year …
2023年10月13日 · Getting off to a ground-shaking start, NASA's $1.2 billion Psyche asteroid probe roared into space atop a Falcon Heavy rocket Friday, setting off on a 2.2-billion-mile voyage to a rare,...
This Rare Asteroid May Be Worth 70,000 Times the Global …
2023年1月27日 · NASA ’s mission to an asteroid that could be worth 70,000 times the global economy is expected to begin this year. Back in 2017 the agency decided that humankind would benefit from a closer look...
NASA volunteers find 15 rare 'active asteroids' - Phys.org
2024年3月18日 · NASA's Active Asteroids project announced the discovery of activity on 15 asteroids, challenging conventional wisdom about the solar system. To find these 15 rare objects, more than 8,000...
'Potentially hazardous' asteroid Bennu contains the building …
2024年3月18日 · Among them, the near-Earth asteroid, known as Bennu, contains a surprising reservoir of a mineral called magnesium phosphate. These bright-white particles sprinkled in a sea of Bennu's dark rocks...