The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART): Hitting an Asteroid Head On
DART is the Double Asteroid Redirection Test. The Earth is hit by Asteroids and pieces of asteroids all the time. Every year or so We get hit by things maybe the size of a...
Category: Asteroids & Comets
DART – The First Planetary Defense Mission
My name is Nancy Chabot. I’m a planetary scientist here in APL in the space exploration sector and I’m really pleased to be here today to talk to you about the dart mission on...
How Will We Know if NASA’s DART Mission Successfully Changed an Asteroid’s Orbit?
This is Lowell Observatory. Lowell is one of many observatories around the world that will be observing the DART impact, NASA’s first ever planetary defense test mission to see how much a spacecraft impact...
Astronauts Show How NASA’s DART Mission Will Change an Asteroid’s Motion in Space
Hi, everyone, I’m Thomas Pesquet, and I’m with my favorite astronaut, Shane Kimbrough, up here on the space station. Today, we’re going to talk about a very cool new NASA mission called DART. Can...
Behind the Spacecraft: NASA’s DART, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test
In case there was an asteroid coming towards Earth and you’re there. You can actually stop it. I mean, that’s kind of fantastic. NASA is crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid. What? You think...
NASA Psyche Mission: Journey to a Metal World
♪It’s a shame, but livingin the city, very rarelydo you get to see stars. – I feel like I have anew connection to themin a way that Ihaven’t before. – If I’m out in...
New Findings About Bright Spots on Ceres
The following video explains new findings about bright spots on Ceres. Namely, scientists have discovered that Ceres has more than 300 bright spots across the surface.
Meet ‘Oumuamua’, the First Asteroid from Another Star
Using the Pan-STARRS1 telescope in Hawaii, scientists have detected an asteroid from another star on October 19 this year. After the interstellar asteroid made the closest fly by the Sun, they were able to...
Geminid Meteor Shower 2017
This year, the Geminid meteor shower will reach its peak on December 13 and 14. This is certainly the best annual meteor shower that will be visible from December 7 until December 17.
Meteoroid Shower Captured from the International Space Station (ISS)
This video captured the recent meteoroid shower above our planet from the International Space Station (ISS). The video is created by Paolo Nespoli on November 5, this year.
Three Meteor Showers Are About to Happen This Month
The following video gives us a short review of three meteor showers that are about to happen this month – Leonids, Sothern Taurids, and Northern Taurids. It also gives us useful and practical instructions...
Scientists Detected the First Comet from Another Star in Our Solar System
A team of astronomers led by scientists from the Queen’s Belfast University has detected the first comet from interstellar space visiting our solar system. The comet is named A/2017 U1 and has an extreme...
Orionid Meteor Shower 2017
This time of the year is a period when the Orionid meteor shower takes our views toward the night sky and the Orion constellation. This year, it will reach its peak activity between October...
Recent Meteor Shower Has Captured from 5 US Countries
The following video shows us an amazing view of the last meteor shower that happened on October 15. The video contains the pictures from 5 US countries where the fireball has been caught.
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