Potentially Hazardous Objects
Astronomers Predict the Orbits of Potentially Hazardous Comets From Meteor Showers
Long-period comets can have orbits that can take hundreds of years before they return to the inner Solar System and…
3 weeks ago
There are Plenty of Uses for Powerful Lasers in Space. But Where Should We Put Them?
Is it time for space lasers yet? Almost. As time passes, ideas that were once confined to the realm of…
2 months ago
A New Space Telescope will Map the Universe and Help Protect the Earth from Asteroids
Can we secure our place in the Solar System? Not in any absolute sense because nature can be very unpredictable.…
9 months ago
NASA’s New Asteroid Impact Monitoring System Comes Online
An asteroid striking Earth is a genuine possibility. There are tens of thousands of asteroids classified as Near-Earth Asteroids (NEAs),…
3 years ago