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- Space miners race to an asteroid worth quintillions https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/space-miners-race-to-an-asteroid-worth-quintillions 3 comments
- Space Cities Inside Asteroids? Scientists Say It Could Work https://www.cnet.com/science/space/space-cities-inside-asteroids-scientists-say-it-could-be-possible/ 2 comments
- The U.S. Is Saving Nukes So It Can Blow Up Asteroids in Space http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/10/the-us-is-saving-nukes-so-it-can-blow-up-asteroids/380984/ 8 comments space
- Space system can turn sun rays into lasers and burst asteroids http://www.geekosystem.com/anti-asteroid-space-laser/ 6 comments space
- Asteroid Threat: Sizing Up Earth's Vulnerability to Space Rock Strikes http://news.yahoo.com/asteroid-threat-sizing-earths-vulnerability-space-rock-strikes-112749440.html 8 comments science
- Daunting space task: Send astronauts to asteroid http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43866501/ns/technology_and_science-space/ 11 comments space
- Could part of Space Station go to an asteroid? http://www.itwire.com/science-news/space/41477-could-part-of-space-station-go-to-an-asteroid- 6 comments space
- Space mission shows Earth’s water may be from asteroids: Study https://www.thesundaily.my/world/space-mission-shows-earth-s-water-may-be-from-asteroids-study-MD9599284#pk_campaign=MASwpn&pk_kwd=Space+mission+shows+Earth%E2%80%99s+water+may+be+from+asteroids%3A+Study 13 comments space
- Japan Space Explorer Arrives at Asteroid to Collect Samples https://www.voanews.com/a/japan-space-explorer-arrives-at-asteroid-to-collect-samples/4456403.html 30 comments space
- 'Trillion Dollar Baby' Asteroid Has Wannabe Space Miners Salivating http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericmack/2015/07/19/trillion-dollar-baby-asteroid-has-wannabe-space-miners-salivating/ 26 comments technology
- Japan Is Launching An Asteroid Mining Space Program http://www.businessinsider.com/japan-is-launching-an-asteroid-mining-space-program-2014-9#ixzz3cg0od65u 403 comments worldnews
- Plans For First the Private Space Telescope Underway - an Asteroid Hunter http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21991-first-private-space-telescope-may-hunt-asteroids.html?dcmp=otc-rss&nsref=online-news 3 comments science
- NASA launches first space probe to study Jupiter's Trojan asteroids https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/nasa-launch-first-space-probe-study-jupiters-trojan-asteroids-2021-10-16/ 17 comments technology
- Asteroid mining could be the next big thing in space - but we're not ready https://thenextweb.com/space/2018/06/30/1133948/ 7 comments business
- Asteroid Impact Craters on Earth, Seen From Space [pics] http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/08/impactcraters/ 11 comments space
- Scientists have discovered “evidence” of the seeds of life from space in samples of the Ryugu asteroid https://gadgettendency.com/scientists-have-discovered-evidence-of-the-seeds-of-life-from-space-in-samples-of-the-ryugu-asteroid/ 52 comments space
- Asteroids, Hubble rival, and Moon base: China sets out space agenda https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00439-2 5 comments space
- How are space probes like Cassini protected from colliding with asteroids and space scrap? https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/9l2xeu/how_are_space_probes_like_cassini_protected_from/ 7 comments askscience
- Japanese Space Probe Hayabusa 2 Ready to Begin Exploring Asteroid Ryugu - Stardom http://www.stardomspace.com/japanese-space-probe-hayabusa-2-ready-to-begin-exploring-asteroid-ryugu/ 4 comments space
- China Sets Exploration of Asteroids, Jupiter as Next Targets of Its Space Program https://www.yicaiglobal.com/news/china-sets-exploration-asteroids-jupiter-next-targets-its-space-program 4 comments space
- Mars, asteroids, Ganymede and Uranus: China's deep space exploration plan to 2030 and beyond http://gbtimes.com/mars-asteroids-ganymede-and-uranus-chinas-deep-space-exploration-plan-2030-and-beyond 19 comments space
- NASA says it's working on plans to send astronauts into space to land on an asteroid http://edition.cnn.com/2014/05/13/tech/nasa-asteroid-landing/index.html 4 comments space
- Woke up from nap. Thought I read an article from the future: Is Space Big Enough for Two Asteroid-Mining Companies? http://news.yahoo.com/space-big-enough-two-asteroid-mining-companies-212904493.html 17 comments science
- [Beginner Developer] Tutorials - Space Invaders, Asteroids, Tile Maps & Pathfinding. Guess what I'm doing with my weekend? http://www.cokeandcode.com/tutorials 3 comments gamedev
- Panspermia (hypothesis that life exists throughout the Universe, distributed by space dust, meteoroids, asteroids, comets,and planetoids) in a Milky Way–like Galaxy https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ac2829 20 comments science
- Asteroid or space junk? Approaching object might become Earth's mini-moon https://earthsky.org/space/2020-so-mini-moon-asteroid-or-space-junk 4 comments space
- It looks like NASA is getting serious about finding hazardous asteroids: On Monday, NASA's science chief committed to funding a space-based telescope to find the vast majority of near-Earth asteroids that may one day threaten Earth. https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/09/it-looks-like-nasa-is-getting-serious-about-finding-hazardous-asteroids/ 154 comments space
- NASA has discovered that asteroid Bennu is ejecting rocks into space, some of which enter orbit around the asteroid https://www.asteroidmission.org/?attachment_id=15595#main 5 comments space
- In Search of Life’s Origins, Japan’s Hayabusa 2 Spacecraft Lands on an Asteroid — Japan’s Hayabusa 2 spacecraft has successfully landed on the surface of the asteroid Ryugu, a historic moment in space exploration that could provide fascinating details on the origins of life on Earth. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/in-search-of-lifes-origins-japans-hayabusa-2-spacecraft-lands-on-an-asteroid/ 33 comments worldnews
- A blockchain firm bought asteroid mining company Planetary Resources: “it reflects our belief in democratizing and decentralizing space endeavors to unite our species and unlock untapped human potential.” https://techcrunch.com/2018/11/03/a-blockchain-firm-bought-asteroid-mining-company-planetary-resources/ 14 comments space
- Japan’s space agency is delaying a Hayabusa2 touchdown on an asteroid Ryugu because scientists need more time to find a safe landing site on the extremely rocky surface. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/japan-delays-spacecraft-landing-on-very-rocky-asteroid/2018/10/12/f6de8770-ce10-11e8-ad0a-0e01efba3cc1_story.html? 4 comments space
- China’s nuclear spaceships will be ‘mining asteroids, flying astronauts to the moon’ in 2040s: State media publishes Chinese scientists’ ambitious plans to revolutionise space travel and exploration in coming decades. http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2120425/chinas-nuclear-spaceships-will-be-mining-asteroids 234 comments space
- Asteroid mining company Deep Space Industries announces first commercial mission to near-Earth asteroid; planned launch by the end of the decade. http://deepspaceindustries.com/first-commercial-interplanetary-mission/ 965 comments space
- Outer space is the 'next resource frontier,' says CEO of asteroid mining firm http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/outer-space-is-the-next-resource-frontier-says-ceo-of-asteroid-mining-firm-1.2807287 9 comments space
- To Mars and boldly beyond: space missions to look out for - Nasa has hatched an, arguably, even bolder plan to send a robotic spacecraft to grab a four-metre chunk of asteroid, tow it along and place it in orbit about the moon. http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/jul/17/mars-space-missions-exomars-esa-solar-orbiter 6 comments worldnews
- A bouncing space cube from Germany is about to leave on a first-of-its-kind mission: to land on an asteroid and examine the surface at multiple spots on the cosmic rock http://www.dw.de/after-philaes-comet-landing-germanys-mascot-lander-heads-for-an-asteroid/a-18106196 4 comments europe
- Will competing plans hurt nation's future in space? A tug-of-war between Commercial Crew program and NASA's plans to send astronauts to an asteroid and Mars is hurting the nation's space capability at a time when tight fiscal times call for more cooperation, not less. http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20130513/space/305130007/will-competing-plans-hurt-nation-s-future-space- 4 comments space
- The destruction radius if Asteroid DA14 had hit Toronto, and other fun facts about space rocks hitting the Earth http://nationalpostnews.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/asteroid1200.jpg 25 comments space
- A NASA spacecraft orbiting the asteroid Vesta is revealing new details about the huge space rock's surface, including a massive mountain that rises taller than Mt. Everest on Earth. http://www.space.com/13162-asteroid-vesta-giant-mountain-craters.html 126 comments science
- Obama to unveil 'bold' space mission to send astronauts to Mars .. By 2015, the agency will determine "the specific heavy-lift rocket" needed to send astronauts to asteroids, the moons of Mars and eventually to Mars itself, details of the proposal published on the White House website said. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/7590756/barack-obama-to-unveil-bold-space-mission-to-send-astronauts-to-mars.html 94 comments science