asteroid

'Biggest observed meteorite impact' hits Moon

Posted in Science on 24th Feb, 2014
by Alex Muller

It was almost as bright as the Pole Star, which makes it the brightest impact event that we have recorded from Earth.

NASA plans to go fishing for asteroids with harpoon-like spacecraft

Posted in Hardware on 24th Feb, 2014
by Alex Muller

Landing spacecraft on asteroids is a delicate, precise process. Harpooning, on the other hand, is the work of an instant.

How NASAs Plan to Capture an Asteroid is Crucial to Human Survival

Posted in Science on 18th Feb, 2014
by Alex Muller

NASA has committed to an operation in which they will grab an asteroid and put it into lunar orbit in the 2020s.

NASA and Planetary Resources team up for asteroid detection

Posted in Business on 25th Nov, 2013
by Alex Muller

After an asteroid exploded above Russia, scientists have scrambled to put systems in place that could identify such objects in the future.

Planetary Resources explains how asteroid mining will open space for human colonization

Posted in Science on 24th Nov, 2013
by Alex Muller

Orbit raises to Lunar landings are near infinitely more achievable when access is fueled by the resources present on asteroids.