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18 Engineering & Science Students of Chandigarh University Designated as '
Updated : 3 weeks, 5 days ago IST
Chandigarh [India], February 16: Taking a giant leap in the global space-science research, the students of Chandigarh University have been designated as NASA Citizen Scientists under the internationally renowned International Asteroid Search Campaign (IASC), a prestigious citizen-science ini
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Astronomers find the smallest main-belt asteroids ever detected: Study
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
The majority of known asteroids orbit inside the main asteroid belt, which is positioned between Mars and Jupiter at an average distance of around 250 million km from Earth. Since the discovery of the first asteroid in 1801, about 750.000 asteroids have been identified, primarily in the last
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IAU honours India's first professional meteor scientist Aswin Sekhar, name
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The honour was conferred on him at the 2023 edition of Asteroids Comets Meteors Conference, which took place in Arizona on June 21, 2023.
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Scientists study life origins by simulating cosmic evolution
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Amino acids make up millions of proteins that drive the chemical gears of life, including essential bodily functions in animals. Because of amino acids' relationship to living things scientists are eager to understand the origins of these molecules. After all, amino acids may have helped spa
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Astronomers spot largest potentially hazardous asteroid detected in eight
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Twilight observations with the US Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, a Program of NSF's NOIRLab, have enabled astronomers to spot three near-Earth asteroids (NEA) hiding in the glare of the Sun. These NEAs are part of an el
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NASA confirms DART mission impact changed asteroid's motion in space
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 12 (ANI): Analysis of data obtained over the past two weeks by NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) investigation team shows the spacecraft's kinetic impact with its target asteroid, Dimorphos, successfully altered the asteroid's orbit. This marks humanity'
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NASA's DART mission to make first attempt at redirecting an asteroid
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 24 (ANI): While the vast majority of asteroids and comets are not dangerous, and never will be, it's also true that 66 million years ago, a giant asteroid impact on the Earth likely caused the extinction of the dinosaurs.
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Researchers discover how impact causes a new planet to 'break up'
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 19 (ANI): Impacts affect the porosity and structure of moons and planets more dramatically than scientists suspected, increasing their potential habitability for life. Studying how those impacts affect planetary bodies, asteroids, moons and other rocks in space helps
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Modeling explains how Ceres, a dwarf planet, drives unexpected geologic ac
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 1 (ANI): For a long time, our view of Ceres was fuzzy, according to a geoscientist. A dwarf planet and the largest body found in the asteroid belt the region between Jupiter and Mars speckled with hundreds of thousands of asteroids, Ceres had no distinguishable surfac
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New thrilling snaps of Jupiter taken by world's most powerful telescope
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 17 (ANI): James Webb Space Telescope's latest photographs demonstrate that it is not just capable of seeing cosmic objects that are far away from Earth. On Thursday, NASA unveiled Webb's first images of the solar system, which included Jupiter and whirling asteroids.
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Hopping space dust makes asteroids look rougher: Study
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 12 (ANI): When NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft arrived at the asteroid Bennu, scientists discovered something surprising about the asteroid's surface wasn't smooth like many were expecting but was covered in large boulders. Now, a team of physicists think they know why.
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Research suggests hopping space dust makes asteroids look rougher
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 11 (ANI): According to a new study from physicists at the University of Colorado Boulder, like corn kernels pop in a frying pan, tiny grains of dust may hop around on the surface of asteroids.
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