March Newsletter from NEOCC
The ESA SSA-NEO Coordination Centre has released its March newsletter. Download it here to learn about the most relevant data and events on asteroids and comets approaching the orbit of the Earth. If you want the newsletter straight in your inbox every month, just fill in the form here.
Second transient Earth Trojan
Good morning Neorockers and friends! Starting the day by sharing important developments in the asteroid world. Until now, we knew for sure that only one asteroid Earth Trojan (2010 TK7) existed. Ground-breaking research has changed this, with the confirmation that 2020 XL5 is in fact the second transient Earth Trojan. In this recently published article, you can find out more about the
Don’t panic and look up!
Have you watched Don’t look up and are you wondering what would happen in real life with a NEO targeting Earth? Our NEROCKER Ettore Perozzi from the Italian Space Agency can help us understand the difference between fiction and reality. On the one hand, rather than relying on manual calculations performed by a single team of astronomers, in real life, interconnected nets
Happy, NeoRocking New Year!
Here we are in 2022! Happy New Year to all you Neorockers out there! January is an interesting month to look up at the sky. Check out here what planets will be on show this month. NEOROCKS will be busy this month too! Pop back soon to find out more! Photo by Weston MacKinnon on Unsplash
Merry Christmas from NEOROCKS!
We are off on our winter break now, so we wish all our Neorockers and friends a very Merry Christmas! While you are drinking your mulled wine, take a look up at the sky. Plenty to see on Christmas night, from the Orion Nebula, to the Pleiades and even an impressive planet show. Happy Christmas gazing! Photo by Jamie Street on Unsplash
DART, the first mission to deflect an asteroid, has been launched!
Today is an important day in the asteroid world! NASA’s DART mission has been launched to test an asteroid deflection technique, targeting the Didymos binary asteroid system. Today, the European Space Agency is involved too, as the first signals coming from the space craft will be captured by the ESA’s NNO-2 antenna, measuring 4.5 metres across and located in New Norcia, Western
Calling all budding young writers!
Know any primary and secondary school children that love writing and space? Also
NEOROCKS @ EPSC 2021
Our Neorockers were out in force at the Europlanet Science Congress (13 – 24 September 2021) and you can find all their presentations on our new Scientific Outputs page (which we are very proud of, so check it out!!!). Photo by Tamara Gak on Unsplash
Two new asteroid names…
Remember we told you about the naming of the Asteroids in our #NEOROCKS4Kids video, with the Italian Space Agency. We said that Asteroids could be named by the person that discovered them and could be named after whoever deserves a place in the sky. Well, who could be more deserving that the health and civil protection services that have been by
World Space Week
Here at NEOROCKS, we are loving the World Space Week and this year's celebration of Women in Space. Among the many events, have a listen to the interview with Maruška Strah, Executive Director of World Space Week Association and mentor at UNOOSA’s Space4Women programme. NEOROCKS supports women in space from an early age, starting with our young mini-Neorockers! Photo from official poster of