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Sep 19, 2023 · An asteroid NASA's been tracking for nearly 25 years could impact Earth in the future, a new report reveals.
Jul 28, 2023 · Asteroids are the rocky remnants of material leftover from the formation of the solar system and its planets approximately 4.6 billion years ago. The majority of asteroids originate from the...
Nov 10, 2023 · The NASA spacecraft OSIRIS-APEX hovers over the surface of the near-Earth asteroid Apophis, using its thrusters to disturb the asteroid's surface to reveal what lies beneath.
Feb 21, 2024 · Any day now, it could happen: We could detect an asteroid on an Earth-crossing trajectory. It might be tomorrow; it might be a thousand years from now. So what can we do about it?
Nov 27, 2023 · About once a year, an asteroid the size of a car slams into the atmosphere and explodes on arrival, creating some cool fireworks, before harmlessly disintegrating far from Earth’s surface.
May 10, 2024 · Asteroid Apophis is heading to Earth, and scientists have revealed three tiny spacecraft concepts that could race to meet the space rock in April 2029. Skip to main content Open menu Close menu
Sep 24, 2023 · NASA's Osiris-REx mission has successfully returned a pristine sample of asteroid back to Earth. This cupful-or-so of space rock could shed light on the solar system's origins.
Oct 11, 2023 · NASA reveals the contents of a cannister returned from 4.5 billion-year-old asteroid Bennu - explaining it contains "the building blocks" of life on Earth. Scientists outline the unprecedented ...
Apr 22, 2024 · A close-up image of the asteroid Ida taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA. There are lots of asteroids in our solar system. Most of them live in the main asteroid belt—a region between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
Sep 25, 2023 · A space capsule carrying NASA’s first asteroid samples has landed in the Utah desert. The Osiris-Rex spacecraft released the capsule Sunday, following a seven-year journey to asteroid Bennu and back.
