Hacker News with Generative AI: Asteroids

Searching for small primordial black holes in planets, asteroids, here on Earth (sciencedirect.com)
Small primordial black holes could be captured by rocky planets or asteroids, consume their liquid cores from inside and leave hollow structures.
Black Holes, Astronomy, Earth Science, Planets, Asteroids
10 points by rntn 34 days ago | 5 comments
Ryugu asteroid sample rapidly colonized by terrestrial life (phys.org)
Researchers from Imperial College London have discovered that a space-returned sample from asteroid Ryugu was rapidly colonized by terrestrial microorganisms, even under stringent contamination control measures.
Space Exploration, Science, Microbiology, Asteroids
33 points by Tomte 52 days ago | 5 comments
We can mine asteroids for space food (cambridge.org)
To deeply explore the solar system, it will be necessary to become less reliant on the resupply tether to Earth.
Space Exploration, Food, Asteroids
168 points by reinaldnaufal 53 days ago | 207 comments
Ryugu asteroid sample colonized by terrestrial life despite strict control (phys.org)
Researchers from Imperial College London have discovered that a space-returned sample from asteroid Ryugu was rapidly colonized by terrestrial microorganisms, even under stringent contamination control measures.
Space Exploration, Microbiology, Contamination Control, Asteroids
101 points by bookofjoe 56 days ago | 61 comments
Decoding Hera (destevez.net)
Hera is an ESA mission to the Didymos binary asteroid system. It will arrive there in December 2026 to study the asteroids and the effects of the impact of DART on Dimorphos. It was launched on October 7 from Cape Canaveral, exactly one week before Europa Clipper. In the same way as for Europa Clipper, Hera’s launch trajectory allowed me to track it with the Allen Telescope Array, starting approximately 90 minutes after launch.
Space Exploration, Asteroids, Missions, ESA, Astronomy
27 points by lapnect 68 days ago | 0 comments
Earth will get a second "mini-moon" for 2 months this year (cbsnews.com)
Earth will get a second moon for about two months this year when a small asteroid begins to orbit our planet.
Space, Astronomy, Earth, Asteroids
10 points by isaacfrond 120 days ago | 3 comments
Caution Earth to Capture a New Moon for 53 Days: Meet Asteroid 2024 PT5 (youtube.com)
Space, Astronomy, Asteroids
4 points by keepamovin 123 days ago | 2 comments
Dwarf planet Ceres: Origin in the asteroid belt? (mpg.de)
Bright yellow deposits in Consus Crater bear witness to dwarf planet Ceres' cryovolcanic past - and revive the debate about its place of origin.
Space, Asteroids, Dwarf Planets, Geology, Planetary Science
5 points by sharpshadow 123 days ago | 0 comments
Earth to have new mini-moon for two months (phys.org)
A pair of asteroid dynamics researchers from Universidad Complutense de Madrid Ciudad Universitaria have found that a small asteroid will make one orbit around the Earth starting this month before departing back into other parts of the solar system.
Astronomy, Space Exploration, Earth, Asteroids
29 points by geox 125 days ago | 7 comments
China study says nuclear warheads are best hope to save humanity from asteroids (scmp.com)
China, Space, Asteroids, Nuclear Weapons, Science
3 points by giuliomagnifico 143 days ago | 0 comments
Scientists believe they now know where the dinosaur-killing asteroid came from (cbc.ca)
Science, Dinosaurs, Asteroids
12 points by cratermoon 150 days ago | 2 comments
Scientists believe they now know where the dinosaur-killing asteroid came from (cbc.ca)
Space, Science, Paleontology, Asteroids, Extinction
7 points by worldvoyageur 155 days ago | 1 comments
Asteroid that broke up over Berlin was fastest-spinning one ever seen (newscientist.com)
Space, Astronomy, Asteroids, Germany
50 points by gnabgib 261 days ago | 19 comments
Why birds survived and dinosaurs went extinct after an asteroid hit earth (2020) (smithsonianmag.com)
Dinosaurs, Extinction, Asteroids, Science, Paleontology
103 points by hwayne 282 days ago | 47 comments