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Posted on 23 July 20214 September 2022

Rogue Sky Objects in Japanese Cinema

Tokyo 2020 - the greatest Earth on show - Intel drone globe from the Nippon Budokan

The opening ceremony of Tokyo 2020 made a massive impact when seemingly out of nowhere a rogue planet appeared in the sky over the Olympic stadium. A shimmering ring gate made of hundreds of drones had morphed into a slowly rotating Earth, like something straight out of a sci-fi movie. In tribute to the drone-made …

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Posted on 15 March 20219 September 2022

Astro-Mining in the Movies

Travelling by train on the Moon in Moon Zero Two (1969)

From titanium, helium-3 and sapphire, to pergium, tylium and opus, whether nudging an asteroid too close to Earth, cloning lunar miners to save costs, or mining the outer reaches of the Solar System, here are some movies and TV shows about mining in space. This list is presented in no particular order and the results …

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Posted on 3 January 202116 December 2022

The Largest Objects in the Asteroid Belt

The 22 largest objects in the asteroid belt (asteroids and dwarf planets)

A useful graphic showing the largest objects in the asteroid belt — the first 22 objects in decreasing size from dwarf planet 1 Ceres to 7 Iris ...

Posted on 1 November 202020 December 2022

Every Asteroid and Comet Disaster Movie Ever Made

Earth-threatening asteroids and impacts

Compiling a list of every asteroid and comet disaster movie ever made is no easy feat. First, you need to identify potential candidates. Then you have to watch them all, which can be somewhat harder than finding them. Much like asteroids and comets themselves, there's a whole spectrum of content in these dramas, from the …

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Posted on 18 August 202020 December 2022

Asteroids and Comets Visited by Spacecraft

Graphics showing all of the asteroids and comets visited by spacecraft...

Posted on 31 December 20193 September 2022

Earth-Threatening Asteroids and Comets in the Movies

Impact Earth (2015) from the list of every asteroid and comet disaster movie ever made. Earth threatening asteroids and comets.

It's the end of the year and one particular tabloid newspaper is again warning us that it could soon be the end of the world — yes, asteroid 2019 AE3 is in our vicinity and the apocalypse is coming. In keeping with the tabloid drama, below is a link to a list of all the …

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Posted on 10 July 20191 March 2023

A History of Asteroid Classification

Asteroid Taxonomies - Alluvial diagram showing the evolution of asteroid classification systems

I once read a quote in a conference abstract that stated the paper had been written to serve as “a historical guide to the asteroid literature for the perplexed”. That quote aptly sums up my desire for writing a piece on the history of asteroid classification and taxonomies, and the schemes currently in use. When …

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Posted on 30 June 201913 February 2023

Making an Impact: Lights, Camera and Asteroid!

More than 100 years have passed since the first film was shown in movie theatres that depicted a rock from space wreaking havoc on Earth—although in that case it was a comet rather than an asteroid making an impact. That movie, a silent black and white film called The End of the World released in …

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