ASTEROIDS

Check out this video to learn what asteroids are and what these cosmic time capsules can tell us about the earliest days of our solar system. Did you know that the Canadian Space Agency is contributing to OSIRIS-REx, a mission to collect an asteroid sample? The seven-year journey will bring loose dust and gravel from the surface of asteroid Bennu to Earth in 2023. (Credit: Canadian Space Agency) Useful Links The OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample-return mission: http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/satellites/osiris-rex/ Find out more about this video: http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/search/video/watch.asp?v=1_mr5l5mcn

In a remote area of northwest Greenland, an international team of scientists has made a stunning discovery, buried beneath a kilometer of ice. It’s a meteor impact crater, 300 meters deep and bigger than Paris or the Beltway around Washington, DC. It is one of the 25 largest known impact craters on Earth, and the first found under any of our planet’s ice sheets. The researchers first spotted the crater in July 2015, while they were inspecting a new map of the topography beneath Greenland's ice sheet that used ice-penetrating radar data primarily from Operation IceBridge, an ongoing NASA airborne mission to track changes in polar ice, and earlier NASA airborne missions in Greenland. Read more: https://go.nasa.gov/2RSkn1u This video is public domain and along with other supporting visualizations can be downloaded from the Scientific Visualization Studio at: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12941 Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Jefferson Beck Footage and co-production courtesy of the National History Museum of Denmark/University of Copenhagen, the Underground Channel, and the Alfred Wegener Institute Music credit: "Timelapse Variations - Remixed" Natalie Draper, Composer Original recording: Symphony Number One, SNOtone Records Dan Rorke, Audio Engineer Jordan Smith, Music Director http://www.nataliedraper.net https://symphonynumber.one If you liked this video, subscribe to the NASA Goddard YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/NASAExplorer Follow NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center · Instagram http://www.instagram.com/nasagoddard · Twitter http://twitter.com/NASAGoddard · Twitter http://twitter.com/NASAGoddardPix · Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/NASA.GSFC · Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc

Guest today was ... Dr. Paul M Sutter Astrophysicist/Writer/Producer Website: https://bit.ly/2pPFxkn Ask a Spaceman podcast: https://bit.ly/2J4p6JY YouTube: https://bit.ly/2Iath5w Twitter: twitter.com/paulmattsutter Book: https://amzn.to/2qidNpL Twitch: twitch.tv/paulmattsutter -- Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/skylias -- Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/skylias

The first interstellar object, named 'Oumuamua, was discovered in October 2017 by the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope in Hawaii. The object is of unknown origin and could be a comet or asteroid. In this preview of Thursday's full episode, we spoke to Dr. Karen Meech, who leads the Astrobiology research team at the University of Hawaii and recently led the characterization to determine the size, shape, color and light curve of the first interstellar object – 'Oumuamua. SHOW NOTE: Seth Shostak will be released on December 6th. For the latest updates and early access to episodes you can now support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/EventHorizonShow Small Asteroid or Comet 'Visits' from Beyond the Solar System: http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/info/press-releases/interstellar/ Is the Interstellar Asteroid Really a Comet?: http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/info/press-releases/Oumuamua-06-2018/ "COULD SOLAR RADIATION PRESSURE EXPLAIN ‘OUMUAMUA’S PECULIAR ACCELERATION?", Bialy and Loeb, 2018 https://arxiv.org/pdf/1810.11490.pdf Is 'Oumuamua a Light Sail? Featuring Dr. Avi Loeb: https://youtu.be/VlpVIyBCG3s Website: https://www.eventhorizonshow.com/ Follow us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/jmgeventhorizon Follow us on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/jmgeventhorizon/ Footage NASA Hubble ESO K.Meech Music Stellardrone Kai Engel

In this video, we discuss the space object Oumuamua and the odd traits that make scientists question its origin. Oumuamua was discovered in October of 2017 and was quickly denoted as an interstellar object, due to its have speeds in our solar system. Over the course of a few months, astronomers all over the world were able to determine the approximate size, shape, and composition of this object, however, it didn't match what scientists had previously expected an interstellar object to be like. Over time, the object was also varying in its trajectory slightly, which brought up many more questions regarding the origin of these disturbances and what could be happening. Recently, scientists at Harvard suggest that this could be a solar sail, created by some intelligent alien species, trying to understand planet Earth. In this video we walk through the different known facts about Oumuamnu, and why it may or may not be an alien spaceship. Thanks for watching! And consider subscribing if you enjoyed this video! Twitter: https://twitter.com/wolf_martian Facebook: https://fb.me/MartianWolf Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MartianWolf Heading Home by Nekzlo @nekzlo Music provided by Free Music for Vlogs youtu.be/YGL35p7LLqo ------------------------------ • Contact the artist: @nekzlo www.instagram.com/nekzlo/ twitter.com/Nekzlo_Music open.spotify.com/artist/75LSn0DiQyH6LnHBT8fOEK ------------------------------ #Oumuamua #Comet #Alien

www.eyesonthesky.com Only at a favorable opposition every 13 years or so, the small but bright rocky asteroid 3 Juno is visible in binoculars for the next several weeks. Here's how to find and observe the small hunk of rock orbiting between Mars and Jupiter, with a bit of a primer on how to see part of the constellation Eridanus. See what's up in the night sky every week with "Eyes on the Sky" videos, astronomy made easy.

Next 10 Nov. 2018, the near-Earth Asteroid 2018 VX1 will have a very close, but safe, encounter with us, coming at about 380.000 km from the Earth, a bit closer than our Moon. The Virtual Telescope Project will show it to you live!

An exploration into the recent paper by Bialy and Avi Loeb examining the possibility that the first discovered interstellar object 'Oumuamua or 1I/2017 U1 could be a type of natural or artificial light sail. Avi Loeb interview: https://youtu.be/VlpVIyBCG3s www.patreon.com/johnmichaelgodier Papers: "COULD SOLAR RADIATION PRESSURE EXPLAIN ‘OUMUAMUA’S PECULIAR ACCELERATION?", Bialy and Loeb, 2018 https://arxiv.org/pdf/1810.11490.pdf Music: Cylinder Five by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/cylinders/ Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/

Carl Sagan on the exploration of Near Earth Objects. This video was made for The Planetary Society in 1983. "Missions to comets and asteroids will tell us more about the origins of the solar system." -Carl Sagan "Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: http://planet.ly/ytsubscribe Follow us! Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/planetarysociety Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/exploreplanets Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/planetarysociety On the web: http://www.planetary.org ---- Join us: http://www.planetary.org/join Stay in touch with our monthly e-newsletter: http://www.planetary.org/connect About The Planetary Society: The Planetary Society has inspired millions of people to explore other worlds and seek other life. With the mission to empower the world's citizens to advance space science and exploration, its international membership makes the non-governmental Planetary Society the largest space interest group in the world. Carl Sagan, Bruce Murray and Louis Friedman founded the Planetary Society in 1980. Bill Nye, a longtime member of the Planetary Society's Board, serves as CEO."

According to Mother Nature Network, scientists believe they know where the bizarre, cigar-shaped interstellar object 'Oumuamua came from. The unique rock was first spotted in October 2017 when the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope in Hawaii picked up a faint point of light moving across the night sky. A team of scientists have narrowed down the possibilities of where the cigar-shaped object comes from to four stars — red dwarf HIP 3757, sunlike star HD 292249 and two other unnamed stars. https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/space/stories/bizarre-cigar-shaped-asteroid-another-star-and-unlike-anything-seen http://www.wochit.com This video was produced by YT Wochit News using http://wochit.com

A pair of Harvard scientists say a massive, fast-moving visitor to our solar system may have been a probe sent by an advance alien civilization. Astronomers were excited to discover the interstellar object last year. It was named "Oumuamua" that's Hawaiian for "messenger" or "scout." Tony Dokoupil reports. Subscribe to the "CBS This Morning" Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/1Q0v2hE Watch "CBS This Morning" HERE: http://bit.ly/1T88yAR Watch the latest installment of "Note to Self," only on "CBS This Morning," HERE: http://cbsn.ws/1Sh8XlB Follow "CBS This Morning" on Instagram HERE: http://bit.ly/1Q7NGnY Like "CBS This Morning" on Facebook HERE: http://on.fb.me/1LhtdvI Follow "CBS This Morning" on Twitter HERE: http://bit.ly/1Xj5W3p Follow "CBS This Morning" on Google+ HERE: http://bit.ly/1SIM4I8 Get the latest news and best in original reporting from CBS News delivered to your inbox. Subscribe to newsletters HERE: http://cbsn.ws/1RqHw7T Get your news on the go! Download CBS News mobile apps HERE: http://cbsn.ws/1Xb1WC8 Get new episodes of shows you love across devices the next day, stream local news live, and watch full seasons of CBS fan favorites anytime, anywhere with CBS All Access. Try it free! http://bit.ly/1OQA29B Delivered by Norah O’Donnell and Gayle King, "CBS This Morning" offers a thoughtful, substantive and insightful source of news and information to a daily audience of 3 million viewers. The Emmy Award-winning broadcast presents a mix of daily news, coverage of developing stories of national and global significance, and interviews with leading figures in politics, business and entertainment. Check local listings for "CBS This Morning" broadcast times.

Is Oumuamua An Alien Spaceship ??? Game _ SpaceEngine and Universe Sandbox 2 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IrishTrekkie Twitter: https://twitter.com/IDShenanigames Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/irishtrekkie/ 2nd Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/IrishTrekkie Email: [email protected] #interstellar #oumuamua #alien

Two NASA scientists discuss the difference -- and similarities -- between asteroids and Kuiper Belt Objects, our solar system's most dissent bodies. On Dec. 3, 2018, NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission will arrive at Asteroid Bennu where it will spend two years surveying this relic from our solar system's beginnings before ultimately collecting a sample and returning it to Earth. Keep up with OSIRIS-REx at: https://www.nasa.gov/osiris-rex On New Year's Day 2019, NASA's New Horizons mission will visit Kuiper Belt Object Ultima Thule, the most distant object ever explored by humankind. Keep up with New Horizons at: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/main/index.html

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission has been capturing mission of its target, asteroid Bennu. -- Another Space Diamond!: https://www.space.com/42304-asteroid-bennu-diamond-photo-nasa-osiris-rex.html Credit: NASA

Astrophysicists say 'Oumuamua might be an alien object.

New analysis shows that ‘Oumuamua is neither a comet nor an asteroid. What is it then? If We Heard from Aliens, What Would It Look Like? - https://youtu.be/PswBhfUnwr0 Thumbnail image courtesy of ESA/Hubble, NASA, ESO, M. Kornmesser Read More: Chasing 'Oumuamua https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/chasing-oumuamua “The interstellar object 'Oumuamua perplexed scientists in October 2017 as it whipped past Earth at an unusually high speed. This mysterious visitor is the first object ever seen in our solar system that is known to have originated elsewhere.” 1st Known Interstellar Visitor Gets Weirder: 'Oumuamua Likely Had 2 Stars https://www.space.com/40020-oumuamua-interstellar-object-binary-star.html “Our solar system's first known interstellar visitor is likely even more alien than previously imagined, a new study suggests.The mysterious, needle-shaped object 'Oumuamua, which was spotted zooming through Earth's neighborhood last October [2017], probably originated in a two-star system, according to the study.” An Interstellar Visitor Both Familiar and Alien https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/22/science/oumuamua-space-asteroid.html “In Fall [of 2017], the galaxy came calling in the form of a small reddish cigar-shaped object named Oumuamua by astronomers based in Hawaii. They discovered it in October, careening through the solar system at 40,000 miles an hour, an interstellar emissary from points unknown.” ____________________ Elements is more than just a science show. It’s your science-loving best friend, tasked with keeping you updated and interested on all the compelling, innovative and groundbreaking science happening all around us. Join our passionate hosts as they help break down and present fascinating science, from quarks to quantum theory and beyond. Seeker explains every aspect of our world through a lens of science, inspiring a new generation of curious minds who want to know how today’s discoveries in science, math, engineering and technology are impacting our lives, and shaping our future. Our stories parse meaning from the noise in a world of rapidly changing information. Visit the Seeker website https://www.seeker.com/videos Elements on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SeekerElements/ Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker Seeker on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SeekerMedia/ Seeker http://www.seeker.com/

The mission has ended for NASA’s Dawn spacecraft, but the science lives on. Dawn was an intrepid explorer of the asteroid belt and the first mission to orbit two worlds beyond Earth: https://go.nasa.gov/2zl1Y5T. For more info on the mission, visit https://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov

As part of the global effort to hunt risky asteroids and comets, ESA is developing an automated telescope to conduct nightly sky surveys, known as a the ‘Flyeye’ telescope due to its multiple optics and extra-wide field of view. This telescope is the first in a future network that will completely scan the sky and automatically identify possible new near-Earth objects (NEOs) for follow up by human researchers. Having the ability to predict if and when a dangerous object could strike Earth means measures can be put into place to minimise damage or, in future, to divert them before impact. The first Flyeye telescope will be installed in Italy beginning in 2019. Learn more about the exciting Flyeye telescope in the video, originally created as part of ESA’s joint, live webcast with ESO for Asteroid Day 2018. Watch it here: https://youtu.be/rZv4wQsOMuA ★ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/ESAsubscribe Learn more: http://bit.ly/ESAAsteroidDay

An exploration of the latest developments surrounding Oumuamua, the interstellar asteroid/comet/planet fragment. What is it? Where did it come from? https://www.youtube.com/eventhorizonshow https://www.patreon.com/johnmichaelgodier Music: Cylinder Eight by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/cylinders/ Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/

The Hayabusa-2 spacecraft was launched by Japan’s space agency (Jaxa) in 2014. Three-and-half years later it reached its destination - the asteroid known as 162173 Ryugu. BBC Click’s Spencer Kelly meets the team behind the project to find out more. Subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1uNQEWR Find us online at www.bbc.com/click Twitter: @bbcclick Facebook: www.facebook.com/BBCClick

Japan’s space agency on Friday shared a movie of the MASCOT lander descending onto the asteroid Ryugu.

Webinar archive entitled, “Asteroid Exploration and the Latest from the Hayabusa2 and OSIRIS-REx Sample Return Missions” featuring NASA Astromaterials Research & Exploration Science (ARES) scientist, Dr. Paul Abell. Formal presentation runs ~52 minutes; Q&A session continues through the end of the video archive. (Live webinar held on 9/27/18). Note: Choppy video in the recording from ~25:10 – ~25:45.

The Japanese Hayabusa 2 mission has successfully managed to put 2 of its 4 'rovers' onto the surface of Ryugu and return the closest ever pictures from the surface of an asteroid. There was some concern when mission controllers didn't update us for a day, but, now we have pictures showing the spacecraft are healthy and moving over the surface.

Hyabusa2 has captured the highest resolution image of asteroid Ryugu so far.

Japan's rovers have sent back video footage and images from asteroid Ryugu's surface.

Astronomers have gotten closer to identifying an interstellar object's home star.

The Japanese space agency, JAXA, has become the first country to land two rovers on an asteroid. But these rovers, called Rover1A and Rover1B, aren't your ordinary rovers that explore a new world by driving on it. These rovers hop. And they will hop all over asteroid Ryugu for science. ------------------------------------------------------ Tech Insider tells you all you need to know about tech: gadgets, how-to's, gaming, science, digital culture, and more. Subscribe to our channel and visit us at: http://www.businessinsider.com/sai TI on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/techinsider TI on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tech_insider/ TI on Twitter: https://twitter.com/techinsider INSIDER on Snapchat: https://insder.co/2KJLtVo ------------------------------------------------------ Following is the transcript of the video: Japan has landed two hopping robots onto asteroid Ryugu as part of the Hayabusa2 mission. It's Japan's second mission to an asteroid, where it plans to return some samples of Ryugu to Earth by the early 2020s. So that scientists can study the samples with more sophisticated instruments and hopefuly uncover some of the biggest scientific mysteries of all. Following is a transcript of the video. On September 21, Japan’s space agency made history. It became the first country to land not one, but two rovers onto an asteroid. Already, the unmanned rovers have sent back the first images while on the surface. And no, so far it’s looking like there are no alien cities on its surface. But this mission, called Hayabusa2, could ultimately help solve one of the grandest scientific mysteries of all: Where did life on Earth come from? Scientists have been studying asteroids for years. NASA, for example, landed its N.E.A.R Shoemaker spacecraft on asteroid Eros in 2001. But its Japan’s space agency that is the first to deploy a pair of rovers to explore an asteroid’s surface. Japan launched the Hayabusa2 mission in December, 2014. So, it has already been about 3.5 years in the making. The spacecraft rendezvoused with its target in June 2018. Snapping a series of pictures that revealed the asteroid’s shape. The asteroid of choice was 162173 Ryugu, or Ryugu for short. In Japanese it refers to a magical, underwater Dragon Palace. Now, the asteroid flies through space, around the sun ever 16 months. Conveniently between the orbits of Earth and Mars. Making it an ideal target for the mission. Which, if all goes according to plan, will return a sample of the asteroid to Earth by the early 2020s. As the spacecraft flew closer to the asteroid’s surface, it prepared to deploy its first two unmanned rovers. But these guys aren’t your typical space rover. They’re slightly bigger than the size of a large iPhone. Measuring just 7 by 18 centimeters. And they won’t be driving around on the asteroid’s surface. They’ll be hopping. Yup, you heard that right. Hopping. Japan designed the rovers with a spinning cylinder inside that gives it the power to hop about a few meters at a time. This reduces the risk of getting stuck on the rocky, uneven surface. But it doesn’t come without it’s own risk. Asteroids are relatively small and therefore have a weak gravitational pull. And even by asteroid standards, Ryugu is tiny. It’s less than a kilometer across, making it no larger than a few city blocks. So, if the rovers hop too high, they could potentially go flying off into space. But so far, the mission looks good. The rovers have already achieved their first hop. Now, this may be the first time Japan has landed on an asteroid but it won’t be the last. These two rovers are just the first of four that Japan aims to land on Ryugu. The other two rovers are scheduled to land within the next year. In the process, Japan hopes to collect and return a sample of Ryugu to Earth. So that scientists can study it in more detail, looking for traces of water and organic material. If it turns out that asteroids like Ryugu contain similar material that we see on Earth it would be strong evidence for the idea that life on Earth first came from an asteroids billions of years ago. But this is a mystery that we can only answer if we study asteroids directly.

The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency's spacecraft successfully landed two tiny rovers on asteroid Ryugu on Sept. 22.

Japan's rovers made history by successfully landing on the surface of Ryugu.

A newly discovered asteroid roughly 70 meters in size narrowly missed earth today, passing between the earth and the moon. This time lapse covers 2 hours and 26 minutes of its approach to earth last night while it was approximately 260,000 km from Earth. 15 second exposures with an SBIG ST-2000XCM and 8" Meade LX200 classic @ f/6.3. Tracked using my custom TeleTrak software.

If we want to travel to and live on other worlds, asteroids may provide the right resources for life in deep space. Watch More Space Crafts! | https://bit.ly/2w0YKD1 Read More: NASA Moves Up Launch of Psyche Mission to a Metal Asteroid https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2017-149 “Psyche, NASA's Discovery Mission to a unique metal asteroid, has been moved up one year with launch in the summer of 2022, and with a planned arrival at the main belt asteroid in 2026 -- four years earlier than the original timeline.” Asteroid Mining Might Just Work—If Only We Can Land on the Dang Things https://gizmodo.com/asteroid-mining-might-just-work-if-only-we-can-land-on-1823778581 “Companies are in the earliest stages of developing ways to mine asteroids for resources usable for space colonization. Spacecraft meant to study and take advantage of asteroid resources up close will have to survive the environments of their utterly unearthly hosts.” Asteroids | NASA https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/small-bodies/asteroids/in-depth/ “Asteroids, sometimes called minor planets, are rocky remnants left over from the early formation of our solar system about 4.6 billion years ago” ____________________ Seeker inspires us to see the world through the lens of science and evokes a sense of curiosity, optimism and adventure. Visit the Seeker website http://www.seeker.com/ Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker Seeker on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SeekerMedia/ Space Crafts on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SeekerSpaceCrafts/ Seeker http://www.seeker.com/

HD VERSION here: https://www.virtualtelescope.eu/new-exclusive-feature-access-premium-hd-live-contents/ Next 9 Sept. 2018, the near-Earth Asteroid 2018 RC will have a very close, but safe, encounter with us, coming at about 220.000 km from the Earth’s surface, 50% of the lunar distance. The Virtual Telescope Project will show it to you live.

Original air date: Friday, Sept. 7 at 11 a.m. PT (2 p.m. ET, 1800 UTC) Join JPL for a Science Chat to talk about the role of the agency's Dawn spacecraft in studying the beginning of our solar system, and the approaching end of its 11-year mission. Participants include: Jim Green, NASA chief scientist Carol Raymond, Dawn principal investigator at JPL Marc Rayman, Dawn mission director and chief engineer at JPL Follow us on your favorite social media platforms for updates @NASAJPL.

NASA’s Dawn spacecraft turned science fiction into science fact by using ion propulsion to explore the two largest bodies in the main asteroid belt, Vesta and Ceres. The mission will end this fall, when the spacecraft runs out of hydrazine, which keeps it oriented and in communication with Earth. For more info on the mission, visit https://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov

The Hypatia stone is one of the weirdest rocks on the planet. It's not just out of this world, it might be out of this solar system! At 0:54 Reid says "Meteorical Society," but it should be "Meteoritical Society." For special, curated artifacts of this universe, check out https://scishowfinds.com/ ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters: Lazarus G, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, سلطان الخليفي, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, Tim Curwick, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: http://www.astronomy.com/news/2018/01/the-hypatia-stones-composition-leaves-researchers-questioning-where-and-how-it-formed https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-01/uoj-ehs010918.php https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012821X13004998 https://www.livescience.com/61409-extraterrestrial-hypatia-stone.html https://www.researchgate.net/publication/322097558_Petrography_of_the_carbonaceous_diamond-bearing_stone_Hypatia_from_southwest_Egypt_A_contribution_to_the_debate_on_its_origin ------ Images: https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/polished-banded-agate-gm821135262-132773273 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Roca_del_elefante,_Heimaey,_Islas_Vestman,_Su%C3%B0urland,_Islandia,_2014-08-17,_DD_036.JPG https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/159943.php?from=381431 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Libyan_Desert_Glass.jpg https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11541 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/onyx-marble-blue-orange-yellow-red-purple-brown-beijing-china-gm522303770-91557345 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NWA869Meteorite.jpg https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/texture-lot-of-diamonds-isolated-on-white-background-gm906744550-249877602 https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/dictionary/Kuiper_Belt.html https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PIA17046_-_Voyager_1_Goes_Interstellar.jpg

The New Horizons spacecraft detected Ultima Thule, the Kuiper belt object (486958) 2014 MU69 for the first time from a distance of 172 million kilometers. It will fly by Ultima on New Year's Day, 2019. #UltimaThule #TubeRitual #NoSmallCreator 🔴 Subscribe to my channel: https://youtube.com/christianready?sub_confirmation=1 🔴 Share this video with a friend: https://youtu.be/k2Ub1ppBaAg 🔴 From out of town? Translate this video! http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_video?ref=share&v=k2Ub1ppBaAg 🔴 Read the NASA press release: Ultima in View: NASA’s New Horizons Makes First Detection of Kuiper Belt Flyby Targethttps://www.nasa.gov/feature/ultima-in-view-nasa-s-new-horizons-makes-first-detection-of-kuiper-belt-flyby-target 🔴 More cool space news: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDykhzVT15w&list=PLrAnGxL8nxOE8WyIR3KM8Jrklyn63A_aJ 🔴 Underground lake on Mars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkQMI53L1Wc 🔴 Water on the Moon: https://youtu.be/k2Ub1ppBaAg

On Aug. 17, 2018, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft obtained the first images of its target asteroid, Bennu (circled in green), from a distance of 1.4 million miles (2.2 million km), or almost six times the distance between the Earth and Moon. This cropped set of five images was obtained by the PolyCam camera over the course of an hour for calibration purposes and in order to assist the mission’s navigation team with optical navigation efforts. Bennu is visible as a moving object against the stars in the constellation Serpens.

NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission launched in 2016 and now (August, 2018) is entering its approach phase. OSIRIS-REx will arrive at asteroid Bennu in December, 2018. OSIRIS-REx will help unveil the mysteries of our solar system's formation. Read the approach phase web feature at https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2018/nasas-osiris-rex-begins-asteroid-operations-campaign For more information, go to nasa.gov/osirisrex or asteroidmission.org Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Katrina Jackson Music credit: "Valiant" by Dimitris Mann [ASCAP] and Scott Goodman [ASCAP]; Open Note ASCAP; Icon Trailer Music This video is public domain and along with other supporting visualizations can be downloaded from the Scientific Visualization Studio at: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13051 If you liked this video, subscribe to the NASA Goddard YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/NASAExplorer Follow NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center · Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/NASA.GSFC · Twitter http://twitter.com/NASAGoddard · Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/ · Instagram http://www.instagram.com/nasagoddard/ · Google+ http://plus.google.com/+NASAGoddard/posts

A giant and “potentially hazardous” asteroid is on track to zip past Earth next week.

A spectacular fireball was captured by NASA cameras.

This video depicts OpGrav in an asteroid flyby and rendezvous context. The host spacecraft releases a set of small deployable probes prior to an asteroid flyby. It images the probes against the star-background. The images are processed and turned into a time-series of right-ascension and declination measurements. The progression of these measurements is then used to fit out the asteroid’s mass. Similarly, probes are deployed and tracked around an asteroid in a rendezvous scenario. Here the host spacecraft is orbiting the asteroid. The measurements are now used to determine higher order terms in the asteroid’s gravity field. For more information: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/swarm-flyby-gravimetry-optical-gravimetry

Some of the rarest, most precious materials on Earth originated very, very far away, and are only available to us now because of the incredible Hayabusa mission of JAXA, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. The Hayabusa spacecraft landed on asteroid 25143 Itokawa in November 2005. Against all the odds, it scraped up about 1 500 tiny grains of surface material and brought them back to Earth. These Hayabusa grains have become the focus of scientific study around the world – and three of them are currently being examined at ESA’s technical centre in the Netherlands. Find out more in this video, originally created as part of ESA’s joint, live webcast with ESO for Asteroid Day 2018. To watch the replay go to https://youtu.be/rZv4wQsOMuA ★ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/ESAsubscribe Learn more: http://bit.ly/ESAAsteroidDay

A NASA video shows all known asteroids in the solar system.

In October 2017, astrobiologist Karen J. Meech got the call every astronomer waits for: NASA had spotted the very first visitor from another star system. The interstellar comet -- a half-mile-long object eventually named `Oumuamua, from the Hawaiian for "scout" or "messenger" -- raised intriguing questions: Was it a chunk of rocky debris from a new star system, shredded material from a supernova explosion, evidence of alien technology or something else altogether? In this riveting talk, Meech tells the story of how her team raced against the clock to find answers about this unexpected gift from afar. Check out more TED Talks: http://www.ted.com The TED Talks channel features the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design -- plus science, business, global issues, the arts and more. Follow TED on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/TEDTalks Like TED on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TED Subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/TED

Everything you want to know about preventing an asteroid from hitting the Earth, featuring Dr. Bruce Betts, chief scientist of The Planetary Society. -- Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: http://planet.ly/ytsubscribe Follow us! Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/planetarysociety Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/exploreplanets Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/planetarysociety On the web: http://www.planetary.org Join us: http://www.planetary.org/join Stay in touch with our monthly e-newsletter: http://www.planetary.org/connect About The Planetary Society: The Planetary Society has inspired millions of people to explore other worlds and seek other life. With the mission to empower the world's citizens to advance space science and exploration, its international membership makes the non-governmental Planetary Society the largest space interest group in the world. Carl Sagan, Bruce Murray and Louis Friedman founded the Planetary Society in 1980. Bill Nye, a longtime member of the Planetary Society's Board, serves as CEO.

In this clip from Asteroid Day LIVE, Richard Dawkins talks to Brian Cox and fellow scientists about the importance of science in today‘s world. Asteroid Day is a global movement to protect Earth from asteroid impacts. Join us today! Host a local event and sign the 100X Declaration, here: http://asteroidday.org

Three of the world's largest radio telescopes team up to show a rare double asteroid. 2017 YE5 is only the fourth binary near-Earth asteroid ever observed in which the two bodies are roughly the same size, and not touching. More: https://go.nasa.gov/2zxrh7U This video shows radar images of the pair gathered by Goldstone Solar System Radar, Arecibo Observatory and Green Bank Observatory. More information about asteroids and near-Earth objects: https://neo.jpl.nasa.gov https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroidwatch

Three of the world's largest radio telescopes team up to show a rare double asteroid. 2017 YE5 is only the fourth binary near-Earth asteroid ever observed in which the two bodies are roughly the same size, and not touching. This video shows radar images of the pair gathered by Goldstone Solar System Radar, Arecibo Observatory and Green Bank Observatory. More information about asteroids and near-Earth objects: https://neo.jpl.nasa.gov https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroidwatch

Robert Picardo of The Planetary Post and Dr. Amy Mainzer from NASA JPL discuss our efforts to look for asteroids and comets near Earth and how we plan to deflect the dangerous ones that could come our way. Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: http://planet.ly/ytsubscribe Follow us! Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/planetarysociety Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/exploreplanets Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/planetarysociety On the web: http://www.planetary.org ---- Join us: http://www.planetary.org/join Stay in touch with our monthly e-newsletter: http://www.planetary.org/connect About The Planetary Society: The Planetary Society has inspired millions of people to explore other worlds and seek other life. With the mission to empower the world's citizens to advance space science and exploration, its international membership makes the non-governmental Planetary Society the largest space interest group in the world. Carl Sagan, Bruce Murray and Louis Friedman founded the Planetary Society in 1980. Bill Nye, a longtime member of the Planetary Society's Board, serves as CEO.

Head of the European Space Agency Dr. Jan Woerner talks about the space agency of the future in this clip from Asteroid Day LIVE. This is part of a panel discussion with Professor Brian Cox and Luxembourg Deputy Prime Minister Etienne Schneider. Asteroid Day is a global movement to protect Earth from asteroid impacts. Join us today! Host a local event and sign the 100X Declaration, here: http://asteroidday.org