Swarms of orbiting sensors could map an asteroid's surface
It seems like every month a new story appears announcing the discovery of thousands of new asteroids. Tracking these small ...
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After 14 years in space, NASA's prolific NEOWISE asteroid-hunter is about to shut down
A NASA asteroid-hunting mission is coming to a close, paving the way for the next generation of planetary defense efforts.
Asteroid bigger than Westminster Abbey to pass by Earth in 'close shave'
The asteroid, named 2024 MT1, is bigger than London's famous Westminster Abbey at 260 feet and will pass within 932,056 miles ...
Surprising Findings in NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample: Could They Unlock the Origins of Life?
Analysis of a sample from asteroid Bennu found essential life components and hints of a watery past, offering insights into ...
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NASA’s Asteroid, Comet Hunting Telescope Set to Retire at End of Month
The space agency will retire the NEOWISE spacecraft after two missions spanning more than 14 years of orbital operation.
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5 Zodiac Signs With The Best Horoscopes On July 9 When Asteroid Pallas Goes Direct
We have a major astrological transit happening on July 9, 2024: Pallas retrograde will end and the asteroid will go direct ...
NASA Drops Stunning New Images Of Mile-Wide Asteroid With Its Own Moon
NASA's recent capture of two large asteroids passing close to Earth was not just a routine observation. One of the asteroids ...
NASA snaps images of an asteroid large enough to have a moon of its own
Initially discovered in 2011 by the NASA-funded Catalina Sky Survey in Tucson as it passed by, this giant space boulder is ...
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Jumping on an asteroid: How VR is being used to visit worlds we can never reach
I'm standing so close to JAXA's Hayabusa2 asteroid lander that I could reach out and touch it. Instead, I jump on top of it ...
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Ancient asteroid reveals solar system’s secrets
Unique and ancient asteroid fragments brought to Earth by a Nasa spacecraft are helping Australian scientists unlock ...