The First Privately Funded Killer Asteroid Spotter Is Here
Researchers at the B612 Foundation’s Asteroid Institute developed a new tool for tracking space-rock trajectories—even with limited data.
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Researchers at the B612 Foundation’s Asteroid Institute developed a new tool for tracking space-rock trajectories—even with limited data.
Researchers identified 104 new asteroids using an algorithm called THOR (Tracklet-less Heliocentric Orbit Recovery), which analyzes historical telescope data to search for previously undetected astero
A new software called THOR can look at archived data and spot asteroids that we have previously seen but never noticed.
A former NASA astronaut wants to protect Earth from killer asteroids and has developed a software tool to help defend from doom.
The new tool allows the detection of previously unknown asteroids without the actual use of telescopes or any space observation equipment.