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 ...
A spacecraft is on its way to a harmless asteroid slammed by NASA in a previous save-the-Earth test
A spacecraft blasted off Monday to investigate the scene of a cosmic crash. The European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft ...
Asteroid Apophis' path near Earth in 2029 offers rare lessons in defending planet
Apophis will travel closer to us than any similarly sized astronomical object in recorded history, scientists said. It will ...
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Speculated ‘doomsday’ asteroid swarm less likely to impact Earth, study finds
Researchers from the University of Maryland used the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) telescope to study the Taurid swarm.
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 ...
Asteroid alert by NASA! Two giant airplane-sized asteroids are approaching Earth at a frightening speed today
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is monitoring two asteroids, 2022 FC5 and 2022 SU21, both expected to pass near Earth ...
Mission to asteroids: ESA Hera mission launches atop a SpaceX rocket from Cape Canaveral
The Hera mission launched Monday from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 40. It's destination - an asteroid system NASA altered ...
We Can Thank Deep-Space Asteroids for Helping Start Life on Earth
Astronomers and biologists have long believed that a lot of the chemistry necessary for life was imported to Earth aboard ...
How to defend Earth from asteroids to be explored by new space craft
The European Space Agency is preparing to launch its first planetary defense mission:: File:: 'Hera' will assess a small moon ...
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Earth now has another moon as small asteroid joins our orbit
Like many of the asteroids that come near Earth, it is thought to have come from the Arjuna belt, where the objects are small. While it is relatively common for the Earth to fly by and even pull ...
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A new birthplace for asteroid Ryugu
However, researchers assume that, like other near-Earth asteroids, Ryugu is not native to the inner Solar System, but travelled there from the asteroid belt located between the orbits of Mars and ...
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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 ...