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Binary Asteroid Glides Past Earth

A rare event has given astronomers a great view of a binary asteroid system. Tonight, asteroid 2008 BT18 passed 1.4 million miles from Earth, shining like a 13th magnitude star. Before July 7th, astronomers believed 2008 BT18 was "just another" near-Earth asteroid, but then the Arecibo radio telescope obtained a "delay-Doppler" image of the asteroid and found it in fact had a binary partner. Although binaries are fairly common in the Solar System, this was a rare opportunity for a ground-based telescope to capture such a clear view…

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Asteroid Apophis may hit the Earth in 2036 - astronomer

ST. PETERSBURG. June 30 (Interfax) - The asteroid Apophis may hit planet Earth in 2036, Director of the Russian Academy of Sciences' Applied Astronomy Institute Andrei Filkenstein told the media on Monday. "Apophis will reach the orbit of geostationary satellites in 2029. It may hit Earth later, as it makes a number of revolutions," he said. "It is highly probable that the asteroid will hit the Earth in 2036 if its trajectory passes through a 1.5-kilometer 'gate'," he said. There is no way to stave off this danger so far, but scientists have suggested a number of worthy ideas, the astronomer said. te md

Journey to the Center of the Earth with THQ's New Game for Nintendo DS(TM)

Handheld Gamers Can Experience All of the Excitement from the Journey to the Center of the Earth 3-D Film From New Line Cinema AGOURA HILLS, Calif.--(Business Wire)-- THQ Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI) today announced that Journey to the Center of the Earth(TM) has shipped to retailers worldwide. The game is based on the upcoming film Journey to the Center of the Earth 3-D by New Line Cinema and is available exclusively for Nintendo DS(TM). In Journey to the Center of the Earth, players can use the Nintendo DS stylus to search for a passage to the surface of the earth while navigating through all seven of the exotic underground worlds from the movie. A wide variety of mini-games will allow players to rock climb, dig for dinosaur bones and raft across an ancient sea.

An Alien View of the Moon Transiting Earth

Ever wonder what an approaching alien spacecraft would see as it comes within tracking range of our Earth/Moon system? NASA's EXPOXI mission, which uses the old Deep Impact spacecraft, has created a video of the moon transiting (passing in front of) Earth as seen from the spacecraft's point of view 50 million kilometers (31 million miles) away. Scientists are using the video to develop techniques to study alien worlds. "Making a video of Earth from so far away helps the search for other life-bearing planets in the Universe by giving insights into how a distant, Earth-like alien world would appear to us," said astronomer Michael A’Hearn, principal investigator for the Deep Impact extended mission, called EPOXI. The video is pretty amazing and there's actually two versions of the video; the first one uses a red-green-blue filter, showing

Earth and Moon From an Alien's Perspective

krygny writes "NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft (whose extended mission is called EPOXI) has created a video of the moon transiting Earth as seen from 31 million miles away. Scientists are using the video to develop techniques to study alien worlds. 'Our video shows some specific features that are important for observations of Earth-like planets orbiting other stars,' said Drake Deming of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center... 'A "sun glint'" can be seen in the movie, caused by light reflected from Earth's oceans, and similar glints to be observed from extrasolar planets could indicate alien oceans. Also, we used infrared light instead of the normal red light to make the color composite images, and that makes the land masses much more visible.'" Here are links to the two videos, one red-green-blue and the other infrared-green.

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Meteorites have been found in Antarctica that are believed to come from Mars. Similarly, some scientists now believe that material ejected from the early Earth may have arrived as meteorites on the moon. Credit: NASA

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From the far reaches of teh solar system, a giant asteroid or comet plunged into Earth near what is now the Chesapeake Bay 35 million years ago (shown in this artist's conception). Credit: © The Virginian-Pilot.

If Life Exists on Venus, Could it be Blown to Earth?

We've heard about the possibility of extraterrestrial life arriving on Earth from another planet, asteroid or comet, but the mode of transport usually includes a chunk of rock falling through the atmosphere as a meteorite. But there could be another form of interplanetary transportation. What if there are microbial forms of alien life floating in the upper atmosphere of Venus (the planet's clouds contain compounds that could indicate presence of micro organisms)? Could they make the trip to Earth? Apparently it is possible, if Earth and Venus are correctly aligned, the solar wind may carry microbes from the upstream Venus to downstream Earth in a matter of days…

Asteroid cruises past Earth ... with a partner!

The asteroid 2008 BT18 is revealed to be a pair in this July 7 radar image. The larger object at top is thought to be spheroidal in shape. The shape of the smaller object (bright dot near bottom) is not known.

Asteroid Cruises Past Earth ... With a Partner!

The asteroid 2008 BT18 is revealed to be a pair in this July 7 radar image. The larger object at top is thought to be spheroidal in shape. The shape of the smaller object (bright dot near bottom) is not known. Credit: NASA/JPL/Arecibo Observatory

Asteroid cruises past earth ... with a partner!

A good-sized asteroid sailing past our planet right now turns out to be two giant rocks doing a celestial jig.

ESA launches programme in support of Earth observation science

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Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (N.E.A.R) Shoemaker - Spacecraft, USA

The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) was designed to study the near Earth asteroid Eros from close orbit over a period of a year, and was successfully launched in February 1996.

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Asteroid cruising past Earth turns out to be two

What at first was thought by scientists to be a good-sized asteroid currently hurtling past Earth has turned out to be two giant rocks in tandem.

Asteroid cruising past Earth turns out to be two

BEIJING, July 14 (Xinhuanet) -- What at first was thought by scientists to be a good-sized asteroid currently hurtling past Earth has turned out to be two giant rocks in tandem.

Asteroid cruising past Earth turns out to be two

BEIJING, July 14 (Xinhuanet) -- What at first was thought by scientists to be a good-sized asteroid currently hurtling past Earth has turned out to be two giant rocks in tandem.

Asteroid cruising past Earth turns out to be two

BEIJING, July 14 (Xinhuanet) -- What at first was thought by scientists to be a good-sized asteroid currently hurtling past Earth has turned out to be two giant rocks in tandem.

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