Polarization: From better sunglasses to a better way of looking at asteroid surfaces
Using the same principles that make polarized sunglasses possible, a team of researchers at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico have developed a technique that will help better defend against asteroids on a collision course with Earth......»»
Only 9% of IT budgets are dedicated to security
Despite their best efforts, 67% of businesses say they need to improve security and compliance measures with 24% rating their organization’s security and compliance strategy as reactive, according to Vanta. The expansion of attack surfaces in a pos.....»»
Testing of citizen scientist discovery suggests it is on the boundary between comet and asteroid
A team of space scientists, astronomers and astrophysicists affiliated with multiple institutions across the U.S., working with a colleague from Italy, has determined that a celestial object spotted by citizen scientists back in 2016 is neither a com.....»»
Hera asteroid mission completes acoustic testing
ESA's Hera asteroid mission has completed acoustic testing, confirming the spacecraft can withstand the sound of its own lift-off into orbit. Testing took place within the Agency's Large European Acoustic Facility at the ESTEC Test Center in the Neth.....»»
Water on asteroid Ryugu"s parent found to have shaped distribution of its elements
A large international team of space scientists, geochemists, and engineers, has found that water that existed on the parent of Ryugu had an impact on the distribution of elements on the asteroid. In their paper published in the journal Science Advanc.....»»
Lucy’s asteroid surprise: ‘we never suspected anything so bizarre’
NASA's Lucy mission recently passed by a small asteroid called Dinkinesh, which turned out to be a fascinating system all of its own......»»
Bored Ape creator says UV lights at ApeFest burned attendees’ eyes and skin
ApeFest attendees quickly reported burning, painful eyes after Saturday event. Enlarge / People walk by a Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT billboard in Times Square on June 23, 2022 in New York City. Sunglasses would have been a good ide.....»»
Speeding NASA spacecraft finds a surprise within a surprise
NASA's Lucy spacecraft captured footage of a surprise binary asteroid, and then discovered that the surprise asteroid is also a double asteroid, specifically a "contact binary" asteroid. As NASA's Lucy probe sped by the asteroid Dinkinesh at 10.....»»
How to make asteroid landings safer
Landing safely on an asteroid is no mean feat. Despite several recent successes, there have also been notable failures—most famously, the Philae lander to 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Admittedly, that was an attempt to land on a comet rather than an.....»»
Daily Telescope: Lucy continues to surprise astronomers with its first flyby
"We never suspected anything so bizarre!" Enlarge / This image shows the asteroid Dinkinesh and its satellite as seen by the Lucy Long-Range Reconnaissance Imager (L’LORRI) as NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft departed the system. (cre.....»»
Outdated cryptographic protocols put vast amounts of network traffic at risk
Cryptography is largely taken for granted – rarely evaluated or checked – a practice that could have devastating consequences for businesses as attack surfaces continue to expand, the cost of a data breach rises year-over-year, and the age of qua.....»»
Dimorphos is probably a piece of Didymos
Last September, NASA purposefully smashed a spacecraft into Dimorphos, a 160m-wide space rock orbiting a larger asteroid named Didymos. The goal of the mission, called DART (the Double Asteroid Redirection Test), was to demonstrate humanity's ability.....»»
NASA spacecraft discovers tiny moon around asteroid during close flyby
The little asteroid visited by NASA's Lucy spacecraft this week had a big surprise for scientists......»»
NASA’s first asteroid-sampling mission continues on to a new target
NASA's OSIRIS-REx recently dropped off a sample from asteroid Bennu, and now it will continue on to a new target: asteroid Apophis......»»
In US capital, selfies with asteroid hinting at Earth"s origins
In a hushed room of a museum in Washington, cameras and cell phones focus on a tiny piece of rock, no larger than a piece of gravel......»»
Daily Telescope: Lucy finds not one but two diamonds in the sky
"The fact that it is two makes it even more exciting." Enlarge / This image shows the “moonrise” of the satellite as it emerges from behind asteroid Dinkinesh as seen by the Lucy Long-Range Reconnaissance Imager. (credit: NA.....»»
ESA"s Hera mission is bringing two CubeSats along. They"ll be landing on Dimorphos
In about one year from now, the European Space Agency will launch its Hera mission. Its destination is the asteroid Didymos, and it'll be the second human spacecraft to visit the 390-meter chunk of rock. NASA's DART mission crashed a kinetic impactor.....»»
Scientists Have Finally Found the Origins of a Mysterious Asteroid
Astronomers show how a 50-meter space rock orbiting near Earth isn’t a typical asteroid: It probably blasted off the moon millions of years ago......»»
NASA"s Lucy spacecraft discovers 2nd asteroid during Dinkinesh flyby
On Nov. 1, NASA's Lucy spacecraft flew by not just its first asteroid, but its first two. The first images returned by Lucy reveal that the small main belt asteroid Dinkinesh is actually a binary pair......»»
Recent advances in Raman spectroelectrochemistry on single-crystal surfaces
Benefiting from a principally contaminant-free and well-defined surface, single-crystal electrodes proffer new insights into interfacial processes and are important in electrochemistry. The surface atom density can be utilized to quantitatively expla.....»»
NASA improves GIANT optical navigation technology for future missions
Goddard's GIANT optical navigation software helped guide the OSIRIS-REx mission to the Asteroid Bennu. Today its developers continue to add functionality and streamline useability for future missions......»»