NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) have formed a first-of-its-kind strategic partnership to observe Earth and its changing environment.
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China wants to launch asteroid-deflecting rockets to save Earth from Armageddon
Chinese scientists are planning to fire more than 20 rockets into space to divert an asteroid impact that has a small chance of one day ending life on Earth. Their target is an asteroid named Bennu, a 85.5-million-ton (77.5 million metric ton) space rock that is on track to swoop within 4.6 million miles (7.5 million kilometers) of Earth’s orbit between 2175 and 2199. Although Bennu’s chances of striking Earth are slim — at just 1 in 2,700 — the asteroid is as wide as the Empire State Building is…
Read MoreNASA’s Kepler Finds Outcast Earths
Astronomers uncovered four new Earth-mass rogue planet candidates by searching for microlensing events observed with Kepler. The post NASA’s Kepler Finds Outcast Earths appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
Read MoreNASA Announces Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Reactor Concept Awards
NASA is leading an effort, working with the Department of Energy (DOE), to advance space nuclear technologies. The government team has selected three reactor design concept proposals for a nuclear thermal propulsion system.
Read MoreHonoring the Space Shuttle Closeout Crew Lead
This uniform in the center of this image belonged to one of the unsung heroes of the Space Shuttle Program – Travis Thompson, former Closeout Crew Lead.
Read MoreNASA Awards Contract for Test Evaluation, Support
NASA has awarded a five-year contract to Sierra Lobo Inc. of Fremont, Ohio, for test and operations support at the agency’s White Sands Test Facility in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Read MoreFinder Charts for “Meet the Neighbors”
Here you’ll find accompanying finder charts/images for Steve Gottlieb’s article in the October 2021 issue of Sky & Telescope. The post Finder Charts for "Meet the Neighbors" appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
Read MoreGoing Deep October 2021: Finder Charts
Use these finders to locate the Arp targets discussed in the Going Deep column in the October 2021 issue. The post Going Deep October 2021: Finder Charts appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
Read MoreNASA Launches Entrepreneurs Challenge to Identify Innovative Ideas
NASA is announcing its 2021 Entrepreneurs Challenge to invite fresh ideas and new participants that will lead to new instruments and technologies with the potential to advance the agency’s science mission goals.
Read MoreFour ways artificial intelligence is helping us learn about the universe
This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Ashley Spindler, Research Fellow, Astrophysics, University of Hertfordshire Astronomy is all about data. The universe is getting bigger and so too is the amount of information we have about it. But some of the biggest challenges of the next generation of astronomy lie in just how we’re going to study all the data we’re collecting. To take on these challenges, astronomers are turning to machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) to build new tools…
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