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NASA explains how it would alert the public of an apocalyptic asteroid strike
In the event an asteroid is headed for Earth, here's how NASA plans to alert the public of an impen…
Ellyn Lapointe
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The biggest asteroid of 2021 is going to zoom past Earth tonight flying as fast as 100,000 kmph
An asteroid twice as big as the Statue of Unity is set to zoom past Earth tonight flying at 100,000…
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Five asteroids are set to fly past the planet today — two of them are bigger than the Eiffel Tower
Three of the asteroids are relatively small and pose a smaller threat to the planet if they were…
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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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Watch NASA launch a probe to smash into an asteroid. It's practice for pushing city-killing space rocks away from Earth.
NASA may one day need to save Earth from an incoming asteroid. The plan: launching a spacecraft to …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Aylin W…
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NASA is intentionally crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid on Monday. Here's how to watch the collision live.
NASA's DART mission will crash into Dimorphos, a small asteroid 6.8 million miles away, to test our…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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Watch NASA launch a spacecraft to explore ancient asteroids that lead and trail Jupiter around the sun
The Trojan asteroids have barely changed since the birth of our solar system. NASA's Lucy mission a…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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The asteroid NASA is about to strike poses no threat to Earth, but 60% of city-killer rocks fly under the radar
NASA's DART mission is about to practice deflecting an asteroid away from Earth. But NASA can't pro…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA is finally advancing a space telescope that could track down dangerous asteroids before they strike Earth
Potentially hazardous asteroids often skim past Earth without warning. A space telescope that looks…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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In a NASA simulation of an asteroid impact, scientists concluded they couldn't stop a space rock from decimating Europe
Space agencies participated in a week-long NASA exercise in which they tried - and failed - to stop…
Aylin Woodward,Morgan McFall-…
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NASA and Europe’s first target to keep an asteroid from hitting Earth has officially been dubbed Dimorphos
In the past, it has held many titles from Didymoon to S/2003 (65803) — it’s provisional designat…
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A space telescope that could protect Earth from asteroids has been stuck in 'NASA mission limbo hell' - but it may finally escape
A telescope in orbit could track asteroids that may crash into Earth. But no such mission has moved…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA says a 'potentially hazardous' asteroid, which could be bigger than the Eiffel Tower, will shoot past Earth next week
A huge asteroid, known as 2021 KT1, will make a "close approach" to Earth on June 1 at about 10:24 …
Zahra Tayeb
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In its first 100 days, the James Webb telescope peered deep into space, took beauty shots of faraway galaxies and glittering nebulae, and saw a spacecraft slam into an asteroid
Since July, the powerful infrared telescope has sent hundreds of observations back to scientists on…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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NASA's 'Lucy' is going to travel 4 billion miles to explore seven Trojan asteroids — and an asteroid Moon
While conducting reconnaissance on their first target — Eurybates — the team was surprised to …
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NASA and the European Space Agency are meeting to defend the Earth against asteroids
ESA, NASA and other researchers from around the world are meeting up in Rome next week to ch…
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NASA's asteroid-blasting spacecraft has stored over 2 pounds of alien dust and rock to bring back to Earth
Mission scientists raced to stash the asteroid sample because it was leaking into space. Now the pr…
Susie Neilson,Morgan McFall-J…
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NASA is rushing to hold onto its first sample of asteroid dust before too much leaks into space: 'Time is of the essence'
A valve on the probe's sample-collecting arm won't close, and bits of asteroid are floating away. T…
Susie Neilson,Morgan McFall-J…
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NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is about to suck up asteroid rubble for the first time. Watch the risky maneuver live.
The NASA probe will attempt an intergalactic high-five with asteroid Bennu and use a robotic arm to…
Susie Neilson,Morgan McFall-J…
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A NASA spacecraft just landed on an asteroid to suck up rocky dust to bring back to Earth. Here's how the mission works.
NASA's Osiris-Rex could find ingredients for life on an asteroid that might crash into Earth. But t…