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Billionaires going to space aim to industrialize the moon, asteroids, and Mars. It's time to set some ground rules.
Billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have huge plans in space, but there are no laws or regul…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA monitoring asteroids hurtling toward Earth at ferocious speeds
According to the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration or NASA's asteroid tracker, two a…
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An asteroid loaded with $10 quintillion worth of metals edges closer to US reach
NASA is preparing to launch a spacecraft to study an asteroid thought to be made up of $10 quintill…
Filip De Mott
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Photos show the 3.86 billion-mile journey of NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample mission from start to finish
NASA's OSIRIS-REx traveled almost 4 billion miles to get a sample of the asteroid Bennu. Scientists…
Jenny McGrath
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Two tiny asteroids to zoom past Earth this Diwali — likely without any fireworks
While both of them are on the watch list of asteroids to track, it’s unlikely that they will b…
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NASA will preserve asteroid samples from OSIRIS-Rex for centuries to come so that scientists not even born yet can study them
The asteroid samples landed in the Utah desert Sunday morning, ending NASA's first ever mission to …
Maiya Focht,Katie Hawkinson
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NASA scientists plan to bake, slice, and fire lasers at the asteroid sample from OSIRIS-REx to understand the creation of our solar system
Scientists plan to methodically examine samples from NASA's first asteroid mission, OSIRIS-REx, to …
Maiya Focht
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A school bus-sized asteroid will make its closest approach to Earth tomorrow — safely zooming past the planet
Asteroid 2020 SW was discovered earlier this month on September 18 by the Catalina Sky Survey. A…
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16 asteroids are set to fly past Earth in June — one that's more than twice the size of the Taj Mahal
June is a busy month for asteroids with over 17 asteroids that have already flown past the Earth wi…
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NASA cases Asteroid Bennu ahead of snatch and grab — finds six new secrets, including a possible void under the surface
Officially called the Touch-and-Go (TAG) maneuver, the spacecraft will land on the asteroid for …
Prabhjote Gill
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An asteroid flew closer to Earth than the Moon — but nobody knew till two days later
Asteroids come and go, but we normally know when they’ll be flying past the planet. However, last m…
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Asteroid Day — everything you need to know about the rocks in our solar system that could one day hit Earth
Asteroid Day is just around the corner and there are many questions that people have about asteroid…
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Asteroid Day is next week — top five things you need to know
Asteroid Day happens on June 30 every year to mark the anniversary of the most devastating impact i…
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NASA scientists calculated the exact date an asteroid could hit Earth with the force of at least 24 nuclear bombs. Thankfully, it's a long way off.
There's a 1/2,700 chance asteroid Bennu could hit the Earth, and scientists think it could happen o…
Marianne Guenot
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Adam Driver asked NASA how it plans to save Earth from world-ending asteroids
Adam Driver wondered how NASA would save the world if a giant asteroid were approaching. Three spac…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Here’s how you can watch the biggest asteroid of 2020 live as it zooms past the Earth
The good news is that you don’t have to be an expert astronomer or scientist in order to catch t…
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The biggest asteroid of 2020 will zoom past Earth on April 29 — adhering to 'social distancing' and even wearing a mask
The biggest asteroid of the year doesn’t care that Earth is under lockdown — and it’s set to zoom p…
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An asteroid is acting like a comet — confirming what scientists have speculated for years
Asteroid 2019 LD2 isn't your typical space rock, and it's not acting like it either.
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The 10 biggest asteroids that pose a threat to Earth in 2020
There are swarms of millions of asteroids in the Solar System. Most of them keep to themselves as t…
