New One-Half A I G M Asteroids Mapped

Today I've been taking a lilliputian weekend interruption away from Google Maps too conduct maintain been playing instead amongst the Asterank 3d Asteroid Orbit Space Simulation.

The simulation is an amazing WebGL application that shows a stance of our solar arrangement amongst over 580,000 asteroids mapped. It is possible to rotate, zoom too pan the simulation. It is too possible to refine the asteroids shown yesteryear well-nigh valuable too well-nigh accessible (just inwards example y'all conduct maintain plans to choke into asteroid mining).

Whilst nosotros are inwards the heavens y'all mightiness too similar the BBC's collection of images of the public taken from orbiting satellites. 2012 equally Seen from Space includes 11 images of about of import events that conduct maintain taken house inwards the final year, equally seen from the heavens.

The collection features satellite images of Hurricane Sandy, the capsized cruise send the Costa Concordia too NASA's Curiosity Rover parachute landing on Mars.