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China to launch asteroid probe, calls for partners
China plans to launch an ambitious asteroid exploration mission and has invited collaborators to put their experiments on the probes, space agency officials said Thursday. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-04-china-asteroid-probe-partners.html…
Another asteroid disintegrates over Russia
A bright meteor was caught in many dashcam videos – in broad daylight – on April 6, 2019, over the Russian city of Krasnoyarsk. See a video compilation here. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/bright-meteor-krasnoyarsk-russia-apr-6-2019…
NEOWISE celebrates five years of asteroid data
NASA’s Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) mission released its fifth year of survey data on April 11, 2019. The five years of NEOWISE data have significantly advanced scientists’ knowledge of asteroids and comets in the solar system, as well as the stars and galaxies beyond. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-04-neowise-celebrates-years-asteroid.html…
The delight of discovering an asteroid that spits
Editor in Chief Nancy Shute discusses recent news about the asteroid Bennu and Kuiper Belt–object Ultima Thule. Source: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/delight-discovering-asteroid-spits
Space Wars? Japan’s Probe Bombs Asteroid & India’s Satellite Bomb Endangers ISS
For those debating about whether a Space Force is needed, these stories are food for thought, discussion … and perhaps concern, if not a call to action. In the space of a few day, India’s space program blew up one of its own satellites, demonstrating the ability to attack anyone’s satellites and, more ominously, sending… Continue reading Space Wars? Japan’s Probe Bombs Asteroid & India’s Satellite Bomb Endangers ISS