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

Not to let Japan grab all the extraterrestrial glory, NASA completed its own seven-year OSIRIS REx mission to retrieve a sample of the asteroid Bennu — the most dangerous known asteroid in the ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Scientists have ruled out the possibility that the asteroid, Apophis, will collide with Earth during its "exceptionally close fly-by." But in the future, there could be more dangerous asteroid ...

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 ...

And in fact, astronomers have already used AI to spot a potentially dangerous asteroid using an algorithm written specifically for the Vera C. Rubin observatory. Who knows what future discoveries ...

On each orbit, the spacecraft will spend less than a day in the dangerous radiation zone near ... Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday.