Threat from Explosive Space Junk is Increasing, ESA Warns in Worrying Report
Despite efforts to combat the problem of space debris in orbit around our planet, the ESA has released a damning report indicating the problem is becoming a lot worse over time, with explosive consequences. Space debris has been accumulating ever since such pioneering space missions as the launch of Sputnik 1 in October 1957 and the Apollo 11 mission to … Continue reading
Mining the Golden Asteroid that Could Make Everyone on Earth a Billionaire
Whether it was the Big Bang, Midas or God himself, we don’t really need to unlock the mystery of the origins of gold when we’ve already identified an asteroid worth $700 quintillion in precious heavy metals. If anything launches this metals mining space race, it will be this asteroid–Psyche 16, taking up residence between Mars and Jupiter and carrying around … Continue reading
4 Potentially Deadly Asteroids Headed Our Way
It’s a scenario straight out of a Hollywood blockbuster, an asteroid is careening towards Earth and is set to wipe out human existence. To mark Asteroid Day, here are four space rocks on a collision course with our planet. The United Nations fears that the possibility of an asteroid smashing into a densely populated area isn’t being taken seriously enough, … Continue reading
Scientists Warn of Potential Asteroid Impact that Could Occur in as Little as Three Months
The asteroid, measuring about 131 feet (40 meters) in diameter, is the only celestial body in the European Space Agency’s ‘Risk List’ catalogue said to have a chance of hitting our planet this year. An asteroid known as 2006QV89 has a small chance of striking Earth, according to a recent Risk List update by the ESA. ESA astronomers say the … Continue reading
Experiment Conducted Aboard the Space Station Could Hint at a Cure to Aging
Like every other living creature on the planet, our bodies are slaves to the endless march of time. There’s nothing we can to do stop it — at least not yet — and eventually we’ll fall apart just like everything that has come before us. But what if we didn’t? What if scientists could slow down, or even prevent the … Continue reading
International Space Agencies Coordinate for ‘Practice Asteroid Strike’
You’ve gotta hand it to America’s space scientists: they’re resilient. Despite an admission that they may not be able to stop the asteroid Bennu from turning Earth into a smoldering crater filled with the ashen remains of its human inhabitants, NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office (PDCO) has teamed up with FEMA and other agencies for what amounts to a wargaming … Continue reading
Subterranean Craters on Mars Could Mean Ancient Aliens
Mars may be a red desert now, but billions of years ago, it was probably a lush world that may have even been teeming with life. Water on Mars isn’t exactly a new thing. The surface is covered in evidence of what were once rivers, and a subterranean lake even lurks beneath the south pole — but now the first … Continue reading
Our Moon Lies INSIDE Earth’s Atmosphere as Revealed by Previously Unexamined Data
The atmosphere of Earth is far larger than previously thought, it even extends far beyond the moon, scientists revealed! via RT: The amazing discovery was made thanks to data that has been sitting unexamined for over 20 years. We now know that the atmosphere surrounding our planet stretches 630,000km (391,464 miles) away and is 50 times the diameter of Earth, … Continue reading
Space Agency Ups Possibility of Space Rock Colliding with Earth
One of the World’s foremost watchdogs for monitoring the threat giant space rocks pose to our planet has upped the risk level for a recently discovered asteroid. It’s the plot of numerous sci-fi novels and more than a few Hollywood blockbusters. Humans seemingly have a deeply ingrained fear of a big rock from space crashing into Earth and wiping out … Continue reading
Asteroid Defense Mission Sees Expanded Objectives
As we see what appears to be an ongoing increase in sightings of meteor fireball, perhaps efforts need to be doubled up. via Unexplained-Mysteries: Two cubesats will be accompanying a joint NASA/ESA mission to slam a test probe in to the side of an asteroid. Known as AIDA (Asteroid Deflection and Impact Assessment), the mission consists of two parts. The … Continue reading
