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Asteroid 2023 QD2 speeding toward Earth at terrifying speed!

27Aug

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Asteroid 2023 QD2 speeding toward Earth at terrifying speed!

[ad_1] Are you aware that there are various space objects existing in our solar system that can be a potential threat to Earth? Asteroids are the most worrisome of them all. Asteroids are the space rocks that orbit around the Sun. Because of their erratic orbits, they can threaten Earth. That is why the monitoring and tracking of asteroids that stray near Earth is extremely important. NASA tracks and monitors asteroids in order to prevent any potential danger to Earth. Whenever NASA's telescopes observe a new Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA), astronomers measure its positions in the sky and report them to the Minor Planet Center.Now, NASA is tracking one such asteroid named Asteroid 2023 QD2 that is speeding toward Earth. Learn more about this asteroid below. Asteroid 2023 QD2 approaching Eart...

NASA’s Geotail satellite dies! Tracked solar winds, magnetic storms, auroras for 30 years

20Jan

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NASA’s Geotail satellite dies! Tracked solar winds, magnetic storms, auroras for 30 years

[ad_1] After a long journey of 30 years, NASA’s Geotail satellite's Mission has ended. Here’s why. Back on July 24, 1992, NASA had launched the Geotail Satellite Mission to gather a dataset on the structure and dynamics of the magnetosphere, Earth's protective magnetic bubble. However, it is interesting to note that the satellite was originally planned for a four-year run, but thanks to its high-quality data return, the mission was extended several times in the past. It even contributed to over thousands of scientific publications. Now, after 30 years of service to humanity in orbit, the mission operations for the joint NASA-JAXA Geotail satellite have ended, NASA confirmed in a press release. The mission ended after the failure of the satellite's remaining data recorder.“Geotail has ...

Falling NASA Satellite sparks emergency phone alert in South Korea

10Jan

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Falling NASA Satellite sparks emergency phone alert in South Korea

[ad_1] South Koreans, used to getting mobile phone alerts warning of earthquakes or Covid outbreaks, received a more unusual notification Monday morning, cautioning of danger from above. South Koreans, used to getting mobile phone alerts warning of earthquakes or Covid outbreaks, received a more unusual notification Monday morning, cautioning of danger from above. The country's Ministry of Science and ICT sent a nationwide alert that “some debris from a falling US satellite may crash near the Korean peninsula” at around lunchtime. “Please be careful when going out during that time.” The ministry subsequently said in a statement that the retired spacecraft — NASA's Earth Radiation Budget Satellite — was “believed to have passed over the Korean Peninsula, and no special damage has ...

Old NASA satellite falls harmlessly from sky off Alaska

10Jan

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Old NASA satellite falls harmlessly from sky off Alaska

[ad_1] After almost 40 years circling Earth, a retired NASA science satellite plunged harmlessly through the atmosphere off the coast of Alaska, NASA reported Monday. After almost 40 years circling Earth, a retired NASA science satellite plunged harmlessly through the atmosphere off the coast of Alaska, NASA reported Monday. The Defense Department confirmed that the satellite — placed in orbit in 1984 by astronaut Sally Ride — reentered late Sunday night over the Bering Sea, a few hundred miles from Alaska. NASA said it's received no reports of injury or damage from falling debris. Late last week, NASA said it expected most of the 5,400-pound (2,450-kilogram) Earth Radiation Budget Satellite to burn up in the atmosphere, but that some pieces might survive. The space agency put th...

Old NASA satellite falling from sky this weekend, low threat

8Jan

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Old NASA satellite falling from sky this weekend, low threat

[ad_1] NASA said that the chance of wreckage falling on anybody is “very low.” Most of the 5,400-pound (2,450-kilogram) satellite will burn up upon reentry, according to NASA. But some pieces are expected to survive. A 38-year-old retired NASA satellite is about to fall from the sky. NASA said Friday the chance of wreckage falling on anybody is “very low.” Most of the 5,400-pound (2,450-kilogram) satellite will burn up upon reentry, according to NASA. But some pieces are expected to survive.The space agency put the odds of injury from falling debris at about 1-in-9,400. The science satellite is expected to come down Sunday night, give or take 17 hours, according to the Defense Department. The California-based Aerospace Corp., however is targeting Monday morning, give or take 13 hours,...

38-year old NASA satellite dead! Shockingly, will fall to Earth tomorrow; injury scare there

7Jan

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38-year old NASA satellite dead! Shockingly, will fall to Earth tomorrow; injury scare there

[ad_1] NASA’s retired Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS) is expected to reenter Earth’s atmosphere on January 8, 2023. NASA has sent a huge number of technical gadgets like rockets, satellites, telescopes, spacecraft and more in space to monitor objects like asteroids, meteors, planets, Sun, galaxies, black holes and much more. However, some of that equipment has a nasty habit of falling back to Earth. In fact, NASA's famous Skylab fell back to Earth some 40 years ago, remember? And now as per the latest details, the dead, or retired, NASA Earth Radiation Budget Satellite will be falling back to Earth, it has been revealed. It will be reentering the planet's atmosphere most likely on January 8, 2023. Informing about the same, NASA said in a report, "in early January NA...

Historic! SpaceX rocket sends first-ever Earth water survey mission to space

17Dec

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Historic! SpaceX rocket sends first-ever Earth water survey mission to space

[ad_1] SpaceX made history after sending a rocket to space carrying the first-ever satellite tasked with conducting a global survey of Earth’s surface waters. A SpaceX rocket has launched a U.S.-French satellite to conduct a first-of-its-kind global survey of Earth's surface waters. The mission is designed to highlight the consequences of climate change on large water bodies. The booster rocket, called Falcon 9, is owned and operated by Elon Musk's commercial rocket company SpaceX. The Falcon 9 booster carrying the satellite reached Earth's orbit in just 9 minutes. The mission's payload, the Surface Water and Ocean Topography satellite (SWOT) was released to its starting orbit about 530 miles (850 km) above the planet less than an hour after launch. The centerpiece of the satel...

8Dec

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Big mystery! NASA ICON satellite lost in space! Strangely, no one knows why

[ad_1] NASA has lost contact with its atmosphere-studying Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) satellite since November 25 and no one can understand why. Check details. NASA has deployed many satellites in space which observe and analyze things both inside the Earth as well as outside of it. These satellites monitor the atmosphere, oceans and ice caps, asteroids and much more. These satellites regularly send signals sharing information with the different agencies of NASA. However, something very strange has happened recently. NASA has lost contact with one of its satellites and nobody knows what happened. The satellite has not sent a signal back home since November 25. Read on to know more.According to a brief statement given by NASA, the space agency Ionospheric Connection Explorer...

Uganda says its debut satellite launched into orbit by NASA

4Dec

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Uganda says its debut satellite launched into orbit by NASA

[ad_1] The PearlAfricaSat-1 spacecraft was rocketed to the ISS by NASA on Nov. 7, alongside Zimbabwe's ZimSat-1, with officials saying it will help Uganda monitor weather and disasters. Uganda's first satellite has been successfully launched into orbit from the International Space Station (ISS) and the East African nation's ground controllers were in contact with the device, the government said on Friday. The PearlAfricaSat-1 spacecraft was rocketed to the ISS by NASA on Nov. 7, alongside Zimbabwe's ZimSat-1, with officials saying it will help Uganda monitor weather and disasters, map its mineral wealth and generate other crucial data. "Today, Friday Dec 2, 2022 at 1045 EAT Uganda's first satellite PearlAfricaSat-1 was deployed into orbit from the International Space Station," Mo...

Magnetized dead star likely has a solid surface: NASA satellite data

7Nov

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Magnetized dead star likely has a solid surface: NASA satellite data

[ad_1] The study, published in the journal Science and led by researchers at the University of Padova, uses data from a NASA satellite. A signature in the X-ray light emitted by a highly magnetized dead star known as a magnetar suggests the star has a solid surface with no atmosphere. The team looked at IXPE's observation of magnetar 4U 0142 61, located in the Cassiopeia constellation, about 13,000 light years away from Earth. This was the first time polarised X-ray light from a magnetar had been observed. Magnetars are neutron stars very dense remnant cores of massive stars that have exploded as supernovae at the ends of their lives. Unlike other neutron stars, they have an immense magnetic field the most powerful in the universe. They emit bright X-rays and show erratic periods...