NASA Asteroid Alert: Two asteroids to fly by earth today – Here's what we know
NASA is tracking two asteroids set to fly by Earth today. One of the asteroids is the size of an airplane, while the other is ...
Earth's new mini-moon belongs to a group of promising targets for future asteroid miners trying to send humans on deep-space missions
Asteroids are ripe for mining. Some contain gold or platinum. Others could help make rocket fuel. When they're mini-moons, ...
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Nuking an asteroid could save Earth from destruction, researchers show in 1st-of-its-kind X-ray experiment
A powerful burst of X-rays from a nuclear explosion could be used to stop Armageddon just in the nick of time, a new ...
Nukes (Yes, Nukes) Could Save Earth from an Asteroid
Eager to not meet a similar fate, the National Academy of Sciences has called for planetary defense to be a national priority ...
Radar Catches Oddly Shaped Stadium-Sized Asteroid Zooming Past Earth
The Deep Space Network’s Goldstone Solar System Radar near Barstow, California, captured a series of radar images of the near ...
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Can you see Earth's new 'minimoon' with the naked eye?
On Sunday, Sept. 29, Earth captured a new "minimoon" called 2024 PT5. The bus-size asteroid is expected to orbit our planet ...
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Asteroid Ryugu has unexpected 'family ties' near Jupiter
A new study sheds light on the birthplace of asteroid Ryugu, which is now believed to have formed near Jupiter.
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Asteroid Ceres is a former ocean world that slowly formed into a giant, murky icy orb
A crater-rich dwarf planet named Ceres located in the main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter was long thought to be composed of a materials mixture not dominated by water ice.