h2lift_SciFi4h ago
Another lesson in #asteroid travel.
Get ready, we'll be there soon, on Solar Sail powered H2LiftShips
HuB Home Unity Base with it's ring of nuclear powered laser cannons launches a cargo ship back toward Core.
Alan Boyle4h ago
The observing power of the #RubinObservatory joins forces with the computing power of algorithms developed at the University of Washington to produce a deluge of #asteroid discoveries. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/rubin-observatory-11000-new-asteroids/ H/T @VRubinObs #Space
Rubin Observatory team discovers 11,000 new asteroids, with help from University of Washington software

Advanced algorithms speed up the search for small solar system objects, and astronomers say there's much more to come.

GeekWire
Where are we now?23h ago

WEEKLY ARMAGEDDON DIGEST
14/2026

THE NEXT POTENTIAL IMPACT
Object: (2024 FS5)
Impact date: 2026-08-25 04:33
Impact energy: 6.06 megatons
Impact probability: 0.0000698100%

THE LARGEST POTENTIAL IMPACT
Object: 29075 (1950 DA)
Impact date: 2880-03-16 23:45
Impact energy: 75,180.00 megatons
Impact probability: 0.0377%

THE MOST PROBABLE IMPACT
Object: (2010 RF12)
Impact date: 2095-09-05 23:45
Impact energy: 0.01 megatons
Impact probability: 10.24%

#Asteroid #DontLookUp

KillBait2d ago

Bennu Asteroid Samples Show Uneven Distribution of Organic Compounds and Minerals

📰 Original title: NASA’s asteroid Bennu sample reveals a hidden chemical patchwork

🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅

View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/bennu-asteroid-samples-show-uneven-distribution-of-organic-compounds-and-minerals/?redirpost=36c1fab3-5cc7-4467-80f3-0782c68731c6

#astronomy #asteroid #bennu #organiccompounds

Bennu Asteroid Samples Show Uneven Distribution of Organic Compounds and Minerals

A recent study of samples collected from asteroid Bennu by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission reveals that the asteroid’s chemistry is highly heterogeneous. Scientists found that organic compounds and minerals…

KillBait Archive
TKSST • seethis.tv 🌈🪐✨3d ago

🪐📡 Aarti Holla-Maini leads the #UN team responsible for alerting the world to potential #asteroid impacts. This #interactive feature explains how the 2024 YR4 asteroid #discovery triggered the first global notification from the Office for Outer Space Affairs.

The agency manages a hotline for satellite operators to prevent collisions in Earth's orbit providing a detailed view of the systems that protect the planet from threats originating in #space.

👉 https://www.theguardian.com/science/ng-interactive/2026/mar/30/asteroid-warning-earth-un-office-for-outer-space-affairs

#astronomy #science #unitednations #asteroids #satellites #technology #tech #research #education #physics #nature

‘This was the real thing’: Meet the woman who alerts the world when an asteroid could hit

Aarti Holla-Maini of the UN’s Office for Outer Space Affairs is primed to spot a potential planetary strike – and a year ago, she thought the moment had come

The Guardian
💧🌏 Greg Cocks3d ago
No Place To Hide? Regional Resilience And Vulnerability To Global Catastrophic Risk
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https://doi.org/10.31223/X56B60 <-- shared paper
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_catastrophic_risk <-- shared Wikipedia page
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #Agriculture #foodsecurity #watersecurity #EarthScience #geology #risk #hazard #EnvironmentalScience, #EnvironmentalStudies #FoodScience #ForestSciences #Geography #PublicHealth #publicsafety #Global #Catastrophic #NuclearWar #civilisation #Pandemic #HEMP #naturalhazard #Volcanic #vulcanism #Eruption #NearEarthObject #asteroid #GeomagneticStorm #spaceweather #Infrastructure #damage #biology #vegetation #forest #Resilience #Vulnerability #polycrisis
Show threadSpaceflight 🚀3d ago

“You can only do something to address a threat if you know about it,” Moissl says. “So the very first step in the whole chain is observations 🔭. You need to find the #asteroids.” https://www.sciencefocus.com/space/asteroids-team-saving-earth

"If necessary, we can build a spacecraft to deflect an #asteroid ☄️ in four years" ⏳🥱 https://www.mundoamerica.com/entertainment/2025/02/24/67bc4638fc6c83360e8b4591.html

#ESA #AsteroidThreat

Meet the team tasked with saving Earth from world-ending asteroids | BBC Science Focus Magazine

When asteroids come tearing towards Earth, we rely on NASA's planetary defence team to save us from disaster.

BBC Science Focus Magazine
Show threadSpaceflight 🚀4d ago

#Asteroid #2017SH33 ☄️ was last observed 🔭 in 2017 https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=2017%20SH33 and estimated 700m-1.6 km in diameter https://neo.ssa.esa.int/risk-list. It might impact 💥 2026-04-30 (but we haven't a clue as there isn't any recent data)

#NASA #ESA #AsteroidThreat #Astronomy

Matteo Ceriotti4d ago

#China selects new target for 2027 asteroid deflection test: #asteroid 2016 WP8

https://spacenews.com/china-signals-new-target-for-2027-asteroid-deflection-test/

#space #china #asteroid

China signals new target for 2027 asteroid deflection test

China signals new target for 2027 asteroid deflection test China has identified a new target near-Earth asteroid for its first planetary defense kinetic test mission, which is scheduled to launch in December 2027. 

SpaceNews
Liam O'Mara IV, PhD6d ago
The asteroid #Pallas, the second to be discovered, was clearly identified on #ThisDayInHistory in 1802. German astronomer #HeinrichWMOlbers pinpointed the highly eccentric, high-inclination #asteroid that is likely a #protoplanet left over from the formation of our solar system.