SpaceX rocket snaps amazing views of Earth during Hera asteroid probe launch (photos)
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket snapped a pretty special in-space selfie on Monday (Oct. 7). The shot, captured during the launch of the European Space Agency 's Hera asteroid -inspecting mission, shows a gorgeous blue Earth hanging in space beside the nozzle of the Falcon 9 's upper-stage Merlin engine.
An international team of researchers with a wide range of backgrounds has found evidence of asteroids providing the compounds ...
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Speculated ‘doomsday’ asteroid swarm less likely to impact Earth, study findsWe took advantage of a rare opportunity when this swarm of asteroids passed closer to Earth, allowing us to more efficiently ...
Near-Earth asteroids are closely monitored due to their implications for planetary defense. The team utilized ground-based ...
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is closely monitoring two asteroids, 2024 SN8 and 2018 JG38, both set to pass near ...
An asteroid the size of a bus that is being dubbed a "mini-moon" has begun orbiting earth. Brian Hackney reports.
A small asteroid will join Earth's orbit around the sun for two months beginning Sunday, becoming a 'mini-moon.' ...
Asteroids are ripe for mining. Some contain gold or platinum. Others could help make rocket fuel. When they're mini-moons, ...
In 2023, the NASA OSIRIS-REx mission returned a sample of dust and rocks collected on the near-Earth asteroid Bennu. In ...
A six-mile-long asteroid, which struck Earth 66 million years ago, wiped out the dinosaurs and more than half of all life on ...
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