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Killer Asteroid Hunters Spot 27,500 Overlooked Space Rocks

30 April 2024 at 09:00
With the help of Google Cloud, scientists churned through hundreds of thousands of images of the night sky to reveal that the solar system is filled with unseen objects.

Β© B612 Asteroid Institute/University of Washington DiRAC Institute/OpenSpace Project

An algorithm and cloud computing identified overlooked space rocks. Most, in green, are in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, but other items in orange share Jupiter’s orbit, and items in light blue are closer to Earth.

NASA Picks 3 Companies to Help Astronauts Drive Around the Moon

3 April 2024 at 19:26
The agency’s future moon buggies will reach speeds of 9.3 miles per hour and will be capable of self-driving.

Β© NASA TV

An artist’s concept of Intuitive Machines’s lunar RACER (Reusable Autonomous Crewed Exploration Rover) vehicle intended to explore the moon on future Artemis missions.
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