Twenty years ago, the U.S. Congress instructed NASA to find 90% of near-Earth asteroids threatening Earth. They've made ...

It reports, names and numbers new discoveries. Multiple observatories ... working on planetary defense options in the case of a dangerous asteroid. NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test mission ...

Recently, NASA was tracking a large asteroid flying past Earth known as the so-called "city killer." "This one got a lot of attention because it rose to a threat level that we just have not seen ...

It reports, names and numbers new discoveries. Multiple observatories ... working on planetary defense options in the case of a dangerous asteroid. NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test mission ...

The YR4 asteroid is currently the most dangerous space object near Earth, according to NASA, and its impact on the planet would have the same power as a nuclear bomb. While the chance of an impact ...

we might not go below 1 percent” before the asteroid moves too far away, he said, adding that this “doesn’t mean anything dangerous.” “Then we have to wait until mid-2028 to make certain ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every ... have the capability to protect ourselves from something like a dangerous asteroid impact … What an amazing thing. As a dry run for future ...

China's space agency says it has launched a spacecraft that promises to return samples from a pair of asteroids near Mars and yield "groundbreaking discoveries and expand humanity's knowledge of the ...

This means that if a dangerous asteroid were ever detected heading ... helping to ensure the future of impactful stories about the discoveries and ideas shaping our world today.

Nathan Moore of the Sandia National Laboratories details a possible new method to stop a dangerous asteroid from hitting the earth: a burst of X-rays from a nuclear explosion. RASCOE: Perhaps ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 is back in the spotlight ... Despite a few months topping the hit list of the most dangerous asteroids, it is now certain that 2024 YR4 won’t hit our planet.