Articles about Asteroids – Page 2 of 3

Check out close-up views of asteroid (plus a movie) from Japan’s Hayabusa 2 mission

The scientists and engineers behind Japan’s Hayabusa 2 mission made history last week when the mission’s mothership dropped two mini-rovers… Read More

Japanese mini-rovers send back their first images as they hop around an asteroid

Two mini-rovers have sent their first pictures back from the surface of the asteroid Ryugu, a day after they were… Read More

Japan’s Hayabusa 2 probe drops off rovers at an asteroid and snaps a shadowy selfie

Japan’s Hayabusa 2 probe began the climactic phase of its mission overnight by sending out its first two rovers as… Read More

NASA’s New Horizons and OSIRIS-REx spacecraft spot their deep-space targets

The next few months are due to bring two amazing interplanetary encounters: a rendezvous with an asteroid and a flyby… Read More

Planetary Resources auction put on hold

News Brief: This month’s scheduled sale of hundreds of items from Planetary Resources’ headquarters in Redmond, Wash., has been postponed,… Read More

Financially strapped Planetary Resources gets set to auction off equipment at HQ

In a fresh sign of the financial straits facing Planetary Resources, the asteroid mining company will be auctioning off hundreds… Read More

That’s no starship … or asteroid: Hubble hints that interstellar object is a comet

News brief: Observations made by the Hubble Space Telescope and ground-based observatories indicate that the cigar-shaped interstellar object known as… Read More

Amid departures, Planetary Resources is holding out hope for an asteroid mining comeback

It’s been months since Planetary Resources had to scale back its asteroid aspirations because a fundraising campaign came up short —… Read More

White House lays out updated plan for detecting (and deflecting) killer asteroids

The White House has issued an updated plan that lays out the roles played by NASA and other federal agencies… Read More

Tech titan Nathan Myhrvold revisits NASA asteroid argument in peer-reviewed paper

Nathan Myhrvold is back, and this time he’s got peer review on his side. Two years ago, the Seattle tech… Read More

Asteroid Institute’s first fellows come with credentials that are out of this world

A Silicon Valley institute focusing on the perils and prospects posed by near-Earth objects has chosen its first senior research… Read More

Asteroid Institute adds Google Cloud and AGI as tech partners for asteroid tracking

Google Cloud and AGI (a.k.a. Analytical Graphics Inc.) have gotten on board with the B612 Asteroid Institute to develop a… Read More

Planetary Resources asteroid venture misses fundraising target, forcing cutbacks

Planetary Resources, a Redmond, Wash.-based venture that aims to make a fortune mining asteroids, is facing a more down-to-earth challenge:… Read More

Aloha, ‘Oumuamua! Scientists confirm that interstellar asteroid is a cosmic oddball

Update: Scientists say the interstellar asteroid known as ‘Oumuamua is like nothing that’s been seen in the solar system before,… Read More

Planetary Resources’ Arkyd-6 prototype imaging satellite has left the building

Planetary Resources has been working on its Arkyd-6 imaging satellite for years, and today the company reported that the printer-sized… Read More

NASA shows off a drive-by snapshot of Earth from OSIRIS-REx asteroid probe

During last week’s flyby, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft captured a stunning portrait of Earth’s disk, spanning the Pacific from Australia to… Read More

OSIRIS-REx probe buzzes Earth on its way to an asteroid – and earthlings wave back

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft took pictures — and had its picture taken — as it zoomed past Earth today on its… Read More

Seattle science educator Dennis Schatz celebrates his asteroid – and the eclipse

The Pacific Science Center’s senior adviser, Dennis Schatz, has achieved a kind of fame that so far has eluded the… Read More

Why asteroids loom as a future space frontier for mining and manufacturing

It’s been 55 years since satellite communications became the first commercial space frontier, and space tourism is looming as the… Read More

Planetary Resources’ asteroid miners cheer Luxembourg law on space property

Lawmakers in the tiny European country of Luxembourg today approved a measure affirming that space resources can be privately owned.… Read More

It’s Asteroid Day! Scientists look on the bright side of our cosmic shooting gallery

Asteroid experts say they’re looking forward to an explosion – but not the kind of extinction-level blast that killed off the… Read More

2020 or bust: Planetary Resources is getting more bullish about asteroid mining

Planetary Resources CEO Chris Lewicki wants to let Mars-bound rockets carry five times more cargo than what’s possible today —… Read More

B612’s new Asteroid Institute enlists UW researchers to help protect our planet

The B612 Foundation is setting up an Asteroid Institute to study techniques for detecting and diverting near-Earth objects that may… Read More

What to do if an asteroid comes our way

If an asteroid strikes, don’t head for the hills, or the windows: Head for the basement. A study aimed at… Read More

Luxembourg delegation at Planetary Resources

Luxembourg sets its sights on space resources, with Seattle as launch pad

Luxembourg’s royal heir and its top economic official got the grand tour of the Seattle area today, deepening a business… Read More

Luxembourg leaders will visit Seattle area to dig deeper into asteroid mining

Luxembourg’s Crown Prince Guillaume and Deputy Prime Minister Étienne Schneider will be leading a delegation from the tiny European nation… Read More

Asteroid fans get psyched up over NASA’s new Psyche and Lucy space missions

Today is a great day for asteroid miners: NASA announced that it will provide full funding under its Discovery Program… Read More

NASA’s mission to snag asteroid faces questions amid Trump transition

House Republicans are voicing renewed doubts about NASA’s plan to have astronauts study a piece of an asteroid – a turn… Read More

Planetary Resources strikes $28 million pact with Luxembourg for asteroid mining

Planetary Resources says it has finalized a $28 million (€25 million) agreement with Luxembourg to ramp up its asteroid mining… Read More

NASA launches OSIRIS-REx probe on a mission to bring back bits of an asteroid

NASA launched its OSIRIS-REx probe today on America’s first mission to snag samples from a near-Earth asteroid and bring them back to Earth – and… Read More