NASA’s Psyche spacecraft will explore unique asteroid looking for clues to the early solar system

[ad_1] NASA’s Psyche mission to a distant metallic asteroid will carry a revolutionary Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) package. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / ASU Launch planned for next year, NasaThe Psyche mission marks the agency’s first time exploring an asteroid richer in metal than rock or ice. More than 150 years have passed since … Read more

The Earth is “darkening” because of climate change, the research suggests. Experts say it’s ‘worrying’ – USA TODAY

[ad_1] The Earth is “darkening” because of climate change, the research suggests. Experts say it is “worrying”UNITED STATES TODAY Earth is not as bright as it used to beCNN Earth is darkening due to climate change (and it could make matters worse)Yahoo News United Kingdom Earth darkens as climate change removes clouds, study findsThe time … Read more

Rare asteroids near Earth could become targets for space mining

[ad_1] Artist’s impression of asteroids in the asteroid belt. Nasa Scientists have just calculated that one of two metallic asteroids floating close to Earth could contain precious metals worth around $ 11.65 trillion. The expensive nugget, in fact, could boast more iron, nickel and cobalt than all of our global metal reserves. Called near-Earth metal-rich … Read more

Incredible trilobite fossil reveals he had hundreds of eyes

[ad_1] A 390-million-year-old fossilized trilobite has revealed troubling secrets about large marine arthropods – they had eyes like no other animal ever discovered. What appeared to be two separate eyes, as scientists would expect, were actually large systems of hundreds of individual lenses that all formed their own mini-eyes. That is, these animals had hundreds … Read more

NASA’s “Armageddon” style asteroid deflection mission takes off in November – TechCrunch

[ad_1] NASA has a launch date for most Hollywood missions, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, which is essentially a dry run of the movie “Armageddon.” Unlike the movie, it won’t be about nuclear weapons, oil rigs, or Aerosmith, but rather a practical test of our ability to alter an asteroid’s trajectory in meaningful and predictable … Read more