Orbital manufacturing. Private space stations. Moon buggies. Exploring Mars. All are there, alongside the more humdrum (if ...

The catastrophic collision in 2009 between the defunct Russian satellite Cosmos 2251 and the operational Iridium satellite ... and environmental stewardship. Asteroid mining, for example, presents ...

Wollaston named it palladium after the asteroid Pallas that was discovered ... that include rhodium, iridium, ruthenium, osmium and platinum. Palladium is most notably used in automobile catalytic ...

Layers of sediment from various parts of the world dated to that time contain high levels of iridium, platinum ... consistent with a comet or asteroid strike. Additionally, thick layers of ...

Welcome to Psyche: The Asteroid Adventure Game, a web-based game that engages players of all ages with NASA's Psyche mission! The game is both fun and educational, designed to spark interest in space ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has been a source of consternation because it carries an uncommonly high risk of colliding into Earth. It's the most hazardous space rock detected since astronomers first ...

An asteroid measuring as wide as 295 feet is possibly headed right toward Earth, but don’t run for cover just yet. A NASA-funded telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, first spotted the asteroid ...

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