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Earth is hit by asteroids all the time, but to avoid severe damages in the future NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test ...
THERE may be a flaw in Nasa’s only defence against Earth-shattering asteroids, according to new analysis. In 2022, the US ...
When NASA's DART mission crashed into the asteroid Dimorphos, the first stage of the impact saw the spacecraft's solar panels strike and pulverize two large boulders on the target, debris from which ...
Debris released from the asteroid Dimorphos during NASA's DART mission has a higher momentum and less random distribution ...
Astronomers at the University of Maryland found that a surprising burst of rocky debris released during the DART mission ...
In 2022, NASA rammed a spacecraft into an asteroid to see if it could alter its orbital period around its parent asteroid.
NASA has identified a 120-ft wide asteroid, 2025 MV89, set to pass near Earth on July 4 at a safe distance. Travelling at a speed of 31,204 km/h, it poses no threat to our planet.
YR4 won’t hit Earth, but a 4% chance remains for a lunar impact. ESA's upcoming NEOMIR telescope could revolutionize early ...
Keeping Earth safe from asteroids isn’t just spotting them – it’s also helping people understand what a high-impact probability with Earth means.
Nasa has suffered a major set back in a plan to stop apocalyptic asteroids from smashing into Earth. Astronomers believe ...
I/ATLAS, earlier known as A11pI3Z, is only the third interstellar visitor to be discovered passing through our corner of the ...
The detection of 3I/ATLAS marks our solar system’s third time saying aloha to an interstellar visitor, following the ...