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ScienceActuallyOn September 3, 2002, astronomers discovered an asteroid with an unusual orbit around Earth. Further analysis of its trajectory and spectrographic evidence—specifically, the presence of titanium dioxide used in Apollo missions—revealed that it was actually the third stage of the Apollo 12 rocket, launched in 1969.<a href="https://sfba.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/sciencefacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sciencefacts</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#asteroid</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/J002E3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#J002E3</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/apollo12" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#apollo12</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/thirdstage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#thirdstage</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/rocketstage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rocketstage</a>

Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) 🚀🛰️"A Near-Miss with a City-Killer Asteroid Highlights Gaps in Earth’s Defenses" by <a href="https://flipboard.com/@SciAm" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@SciAm</a> - Increasing capabilities to search for the next wayward <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#asteroid</a> will mean recurring news like <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/2024YR4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#2024YR4</a> where a threat is evaluated for potential collision course with Earth. At some point, we will find one headed here. Planning and test exercises try to become prepared for what to do when we know one is coming. <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-planetary-defenders-planned-to-stop-that-city-killer-asteroid/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-planetary-defenders-planned-to-stop-that-city-killer-asteroid/</a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astronomy</a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/PlanetaryDefense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PlanetaryDefense</a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/PlanetaryDefence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PlanetaryDefence</a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/LowFlyingRocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LowFlyingRocks</a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#space</a>

Unofficial PetaPixel BotSpace Probe Captures Rare View of Mars’ Second Moon <a href="https://petapixel.com/2025/03/27/space-probe-hera-captures-rare-view-of-mars-second-moon-deimos/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://petapixel.com/2025/03/27/space-probe-hera-captures-rare-view-of-mars-second-moon-deimos/</a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/europeanspaceagency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#europeanspaceagency</a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/heraprobe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#heraprobe</a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/redplanet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#redplanet</a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#asteroid</a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/deimos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deimos</a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/phobos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#phobos</a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Space</a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/dart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dart</a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mars</a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#moon</a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/esa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#esa</a>

Flipboard Science DeskA "potentially hazardous" pyramid-size asteroid is about to zoom past Earth at around 48,000 mph (77,300 km/h) this week as it reaches its closest point to our planet in more than 100 years. But the hefty space rock poses zero risk of hitting us now or in the future, data shows. <a href="https://flipboard.com/@LiveScience" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@LiveScience</a> <a href="https://www.livescience.com/space/asteroids/potentially-hazardous-pyramid-size-asteroid-will-make-its-closest-flyby-of-earth-for-more-than-100-years-this-wednesday" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.livescience.com/space/asteroids/potentially-hazardous-pyramid-size-asteroid-will-make-its-closest-flyby-of-earth-for-more-than-100-years-this-wednesday</a><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Asteroid</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Space</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Earth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Earth</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Universe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Universe</a>

IOTA European SectionEight observing stations in Poland and Germany observed successfully the stellar occultation by asteroid (88) Thisbe on 2025 March 19.The chords are well placed across the shadow profile and confirm the DAMIT 3-D model 149. The profile measures 231 x 191 km.Good work of the observers and the evaluation team of SODIS!👍 <a href="https://sodis.iota-es.de/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://sodis.iota-es.de/</a><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astronomy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/citizenscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#citizenscience</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#asteroid</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/occultation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#occultation</a>

James RussellAlien Invasion Is Our Last Hope<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NASA</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Alien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Alien</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Aliens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Aliens</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#asteroid</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/meteor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#meteor</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/endoftheworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#endoftheworld</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/endofzeworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#endofzeworld</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/darkhumor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#darkhumor</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/darkhumorjokes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#darkhumorjokes</a>

Daniel FischerCould (355256) 2007 KN4 Become a Large Potentially Hazardous Asteroid? <a href="https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2515-5172/adc009" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2515-5172/adc009</a> -> "The connection between Near-Earth asteroids and the main belt is well established, yet few concrete examples exist of asteroids that are migrating between the two regions. (355256) 2007 KN4 presents a compelling case, as it may evolve first into a main belt <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#asteroid</a>, and then a potentially hazardous asteroid within a few tens of thousands of years."

Daniel FischerReview of <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#asteroid</a>, <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/meteor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#meteor</a>, and <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/meteorite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#meteorite</a>-type links: <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/maps.14321" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/maps.14321</a> -> Meteorites - A Geologic Map of the Asteroid Belt: <a href="https://www.seti.org/press-release/meteorites-geologic-map-asteroid-belt" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.seti.org/press-release/meteorites-geologic-map-asteroid-belt</a>

Daniel FischerA Pre-flyby View on the Origin of <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Asteroid</a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Donaldjohanson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Donaldjohanson</a>, a Target of the NASA <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Lucy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Lucy</a> Mission: <a href="https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/PSJ/adb4f4/pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/PSJ/adb4f4/pdf</a> -> SwRI-led modeling assesses age of upcoming asteroid flyby target: <a href="https://www.swri.org/newsroom/press-releases/swri-led-modeling-assesses-age-of-upcoming-asteroid-flyby-target" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.swri.org/newsroom/press-releases/swri-led-modeling-assesses-age-of-upcoming-asteroid-flyby-target</a> / <a href="https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/New_Modeling_Assesses_Age_of_Next_Target_Asteroid_for_NASAs_Lucy_999.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/New_Modeling_Assesses_Age_of_Next_Target_Asteroid_for_NASAs_Lucy_999.html</a>

IOTA European SectionWith the measurements of a stellar occultation by D. Gault and P. Nosworthy in Australia in 2021, it was discovered that asteroid (4337) Arecibo is a binary object.A new paper by Z. Liu et al. gives details about this binary asteroid based on high-precision astrometry from ESA's Gaia mission:<a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.13375" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.13375</a><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astronomy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/citizenscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#citizenscience</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/occultation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#occultation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#asteroid</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Gaia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gaia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/esa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#esa</a>

W9GYRThe astrophysicist at front left in <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ESA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ESA</a> mission control is Dr. Brian May. His research is on interplanetary dust. He collaborated on the New Horizons <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/spacecraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spacecraft</a> mission to <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Pluto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pluto</a> and the OSIRIS-REx <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#asteroid</a> sample return. He is currently involved in the Hera mission, which recently made a flyby of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mars</a>. In his spare time he enjoys playing guitar.<a href="https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Hera/Hera_asteroid_mission_spies_Mars_s_Deimos_moon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Hera/Hera_asteroid_mission_spies_Mars_s_Deimos_moon</a>

MelHat noch wer heute Abend im Raum <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Oldenburg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Oldenburg</a> oder sogar in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Norddeutschland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Norddeutschland</a> dieses Phänomen am <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Himmel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Himmel</a> gesehen? Sah aus wie ein <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Komet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Komet</a>, bewegte sich west-/nordwestlicher Richtung aber langsam gen Horizont. Ist da irgendwas verglüht, wenn ja, was? Konnte bisher keine Infos dazu finden. Gerne boosten. 😊👍🏼<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sky</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NorthGermany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NorthGermany</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/comet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#comet</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/satellite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#satellite</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#meteroid</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Meteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Meteroid</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Meteor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Meteor</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Satellit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Satellit</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Asteroid</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/asteroids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#asteroids</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Weltraumschrott" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Weltraumschrott</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#space</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spaceexploration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spaceexploration</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astronomy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astrophotography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astronomie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Astronomie</a>

Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) 🚀🛰️"Planet Definitions" by XKCD comic (mirror bots <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/@xkcd" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@xkcd</a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/@xkcdbot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@xkcdbot</a> ) - All the definitions of a planet, whether they've earned representation or not. <a href="https://xkcd.com/3063/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://xkcd.com/3063/</a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astronomy</a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/planetary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#planetary</a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#asteroid</a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geology</a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/oops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oops</a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/WTF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WTF</a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#humor</a>

Spaceflight 🚀The vast majority of <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#asteroid</a> impacts 💥 are still missed 🙈. Based on the few successfully predicted asteroid impacts, the average time between initial detection and impact is currently around 9 hours ⏱️ <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid_impact_prediction#Effectiveness_of_the_current_system" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid_impact_prediction#Effectiveness_of_the_current_system</a><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/AsteroidThreat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AsteroidThreat</a>

Scientific EuropeanEarly Solar System had Widespread Ingredients for Life The asteroid Bennu is an ancient carbonaceous asteroid that has rocks and dusts from the birth of the solar system............ <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Aminoacids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Aminoacids</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Asteroid</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/AsteroidBennu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AsteroidBennu</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/asteroidsamplereturn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#asteroidsamplereturn</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Bennu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bennu</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Buildingblocksoflife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Buildingblocksoflife</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Earlysolarsystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Earlysolarsystem</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NASA</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/OSIRISREx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OSIRISREx</a> Umesh Prasad <a href="https://www.scientificeuropean.co.uk/sciences/space/early-solar-system-had-widespread-ingredients-for-life/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.scientificeuropean.co.uk/sciences/space/early-solar-system-had-widespread-ingredients-for-life/</a>

Steven Saus [he/him]From 06 Mar: Asteroid Mining Startup Loses Its Spacecraft Somewhere Beyond the Moon - A privately built spacecraft is tumbling aimlessly in d... <a href="https://gizmodo.com/asteroid-mining-startup-loses-its-spacecraft-somewhere-beyond-the-moon-2000572644" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://gizmodo.com/asteroid-mining-startup-loses-its-spacecraft-somewhere-beyond-the-moon-2000572644</a> <a href="https://faithcollapsing.com/tags/aerospace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#aerospace</a>-technology <a href="https://faithcollapsing.com/tags/asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#asteroid</a>-mining <a href="https://faithcollapsing.com/tags/asteroids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#asteroids</a> <a href="https://faithcollapsing.com/tags/astroforge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astroforge</a> <a href="https://faithcollapsing.com/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#space</a>-&-spaceflight

Daniel PomarèdeThe Psyche spacecraft recently captured multiple star and planet images. Observations of Jupiter and Mars helps to determine how the cameras respond to solar system objects that shine by reflected sunlight, just like the Psyche asteroid.📷: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU <a href="https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/pia26563-nasas-psyche-images-stars-jovian-system/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/pia26563-nasas-psyche-images-stars-jovian-system/</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Psyche" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Psyche</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spacecraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spacecraft</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PsycheSpacecraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PsycheSpacecraft</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PsycheMission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PsycheMission</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#asteroid</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#space</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/STEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#STEM</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#news</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astrodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Jupiter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jupiter</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mars</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/engineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#engineering</a>

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Astronomers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Astronomers</a> discover 196-foot <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#asteroid</a> with 1-in-83 chance of hitting <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Earth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Earth</a> in #2032 "Impact probability is still very low, and the most likely outcome will be a close approaching rock that misses us." Such an impact could cause an explosion in the atmosphere, called an "airburst," or could cause an impact crater when it slams into the ground. This is enough to see asteroid <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/2024YR4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#2024YR4</a> leap to the top of the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ESA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ESA</a>'s <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/NEO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NEO</a> impact Risk List and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NASA</a>'s Sentry Risk Table. <a href="https://www.space.com/180-foot-asteroid-1-in-83-chance-hitting-Earth-2032" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.space.com/180-foot-asteroid-1-in-83-chance-hitting-Earth-2032</a>

Hacker NewsAsteroid fragments upend theory of how life on Earth bloomed — <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00264-3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00264-3</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HackerNews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Asteroid</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fragments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fragments</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Life</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/on" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#on</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Earth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Earth</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Theory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Theory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Science</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Space</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Exploration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Exploration</a>

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Lurking Inside an Asteroid: Life’s Ingredients Scientists studying samples that <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NASA</a> collected from <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#asteroid</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Bennu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bennu</a> found a wide assortment of organic molecules that shed light on how life arose. The chemistry that produced them might be going on today on the ice moons of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Jupiter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jupiter</a> and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Saturn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Saturn</a>. “Our odds of finding life elsewhere are increasing,” said Daniel Glavin, a senior scientist for sample return at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/science/nasa-bennu-asteroid-molecules.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/science/nasa-bennu-asteroid-molecules.html</a> <a href="https://archive.ph/us0yc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.ph/us0yc</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SETI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SETI</a>

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