A spacecraft is on its way to a harmless asteroid slammed by NASA in a previous save-the-Earth test
Scientists are eager to examine the impact’s aftermath up close to know exactly how effective Dart was and what changes might ...
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What is the Hera program? Inside ESA's mission to study asteroid altered by NASA with SpaceX's Falcon 9
What is the European Space Agency's Hera program? The ESA launched satellites on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Monday morning ...
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Near-Earth asteroid data: Probing possible fifth force of the universe
Near-Earth asteroids are closely monitored due to their implications for planetary defense. The team utilized ground-based ...
"Mini Moon" asteroid begins temporary orbit around earth
An asteroid the size of a bus that is being dubbed a "mini-moon" has begun orbiting earth. Brian Hackney reports.
Asteroid alert! Two massive airplane-sized asteroid coming towards Earth at scary speed today, NASA warns
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is closely monitoring two asteroids, 2024 SN8 and 2018 JG38, both set to pass near ...
Is Earth destined for another extinction-level asteroid event? | The Excerpt
Robin George Andrews, author of "How to Kill an Asteroid," joins The Excerpt to discuss how scientists are working to ...
ESA launches Hera mission to return to deflected asteroid in bid to learn how to protect Earth
Hera will survey the asteroid deflected by NASA's DART spacecraft, the results of which could lay the foundation of Earth's ...
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Strange snowman-shaped asteroid spotted zooming past Earth
A series of radar images taken by Nasa has revealed that a large asteroid which zoomed past Earth last week was actually two ...
An asteroid known as a 'mini-moon' will join Earth's orbit for 2 months starting Sunday
A small asteroid will join Earth's orbit around the sun for two months beginning Sunday, becoming a 'mini-moon.' ...
NASA laser-based data transmission demonstrates serviceable internet 290 million miles from Earth
In late July, the Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) transmitted laser data across 290 million miles from the Psyche ...
Near-Earth asteroid data help probe possible fifth force in universe
In 2023, the NASA OSIRIS-REx mission returned a sample of dust and rocks collected on the near-Earth asteroid Bennu. In ...
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Speculated ‘doomsday’ asteroid swarm less likely to impact Earth, study finds
We took advantage of a rare opportunity when this swarm of asteroids passed closer to Earth, allowing us to more efficiently ...