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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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 ...
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 ...
A spacecraft is on its way to a harmless asteroid slammed by NASA in a previous save-the-Earth test
The European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft rocketed away on a two-year journey to the small, harmless asteroid rammed by ...
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 ...
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Europe launches space mission in defense against city-killer asteroids
The Hera mission will investigate the result of NASA’s asteroid redirection test, in which the U.S. agency rammed a ...
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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.
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 ...
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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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Don't worry (too much) about asteroids hitting Earth
Hundreds of thousands of such smaller NEOs are yet to be catalogued. "We discover around 3,000 near-Earth asteroids [NEAs] every year," said Cano. "[But] we need [...] to find them quicker." ...
4 asteroids — including one plane sized and two house sized objects — to approach the Earth today, NASA warns: here’s all we know
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