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ESA’s Ramses mission is on track to study Apophis before its 2029 flyby

On February 10, 2026, the European Space Agency (ESA) awarded a significant contract to OHB Italia for the development of the ...
IEEE

Mineral Extraction Scenarios From an Asteroid via Optimization Considering Rotational Dynamics

Abstract: This study examines how removing surface materials affects the rotational dynamics of an asteroid to design efficient asteroid mining plans. The simulations solve Euler’s equations and track ...
The Indianapolis Star

Today is Friday the 13th. Why do people think it's unlucky?

Why are so many people anxious about Friday the 13th? Some people think the origin is tied to The Last Supper in Christianity, when Jesus Christ reportedly dined with 12 apostles, totaling 13 at the ...
Space.com

Can a nonprofit help protect Earth from dangerous asteroids? How the B612 Foundation has taken on the challenge

"The tools we are building are about our planetary future." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking space news, the latest ...
The Debrief

Sudden El Paso Flight Restriction Raises Questions About U.S. Aerial Threat Detection

Welcome to this edition of The Intelligence Brief… This week, a sudden FAA airspace restriction over El Paso, Texas—initially tied to a suspected cartel drone incursion—was lifted within hours after ...
Space.com

Asteroid samples NASA brought to Earth suggest life's building blocks may be widespread in the universe

"This confirms that life's building blocks can be formed in a diversity of environments throughout the universe." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here ...
Smithsonian Magazine

An Asteroid Ended the Age of the Dinosaurs. But How Did Their Reign Begin? Mysterious Early Reptiles May Hold the Answer

Researchers are uncovering the evolutionary steps that set the stage for dinosaurs to rule the planet Amy McDermott, PNAS Front Matter Paleontologists have found early examples of theropods, the group ...
The Debrief

“A Mission That Pushes the Boundaries of Commercial Space”: Autonomous ‘SpacePilot’ Will Pilot Spacecraft to Asteroid Apophis

Commercial deep-space mission operator ExLabs has selected CUS-GNC’s SpacePilot onboard autonomy software to pilot its deep-space mission to the near-Earth asteroid Apophis, scheduled to launch in ...
studyfinds

Asteroid Evidence Suggests Building Blocks of Life Formed in the Frozen Outer Solar System

When NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft scooped up samples from asteroid Bennu and brought them back to Earth, scientists expected to find amino acids and clues about how they formed. In other words, the ...
Interesting Engineering

Radioactive space can host building blocks of life, asteroid Bennu samples reveal

A new study offers a look at how the building blocks of life might have originated in the cosmos. Penn State scientists suggest that the amino acids found on the asteroid Bennu did not require warm, ...
Smithsonian Magazine

An Asteroid Might Slam Into the Moon in 2032—and Create a Fiery Flash That’s Visible to Earthlings, New Research Suggests

Early last year, asteroid 2024 YR4 caught the public’s attention as its chances of hitting Earth in the near future climbed to 3.1 percent. This was the highest probability of a strike by an object of ...