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NASA warns building-sized asteroid 2022 YS5 set for close Earth flyby on July 17; here’s why scientists are on alert

Asteroid 2022 YS5 is a building-sized asteroid that is scheduled to make a close approach to Earth on July 17, capturing the attention of astronomers, scientists, and space agencies worldwide.
Houston Chronicle

NASA smacked an asteroid in 2022. Now, a spacecraft is on the way for part 2.

Upon Hera's arrival at Didymos and Dimorphos—which is slated for late 2026—the mission will perform its own "crash scene investigation," measuring the asteroid's mass and shifted orbit from up close, ...
The Verge

NASA’s DART mission punched the Didymos asteroid in 2022 — now it’s time to go back

The ESA’s autonomous Hera mission is going through preflight testing before it has to navigate the real Didymos asteroid system. The ESA’s autonomous Hera mission is going through preflight testing ...
Gizmodo

NASA Punched an Asteroid in 2022. Another Probe Is Now on Its Way to the Wreckage

A follow-up mission to DART, Hera will travel to a binary asteroid to observe the aftermath of NASA's wildly successful kinetic impact test. Reading time 3 minutes In September 2022, a NASA spacecraft ...
Gizmodo

NASA Smashed Into an Asteroid in 2022. The Debris Could End Up Reaching Earth

Rocks knocked off Dimorphos could come back to bite us in a few years—in the form of harmless meteors. Reading time 2 minutes In September 2022, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test successfully ...
New York Post

‘Potentially hazardous asteroid’ detected with new algorithm

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a “potentially hazardous asteroid.” On July 18, 2023, an algorithm called HelioLinc3D identified a 600-foot asteroid, which has since been christened “2022 SF289.” ...