Humanity isn’t asteroid-proof yet. But we’re getting closer.
Once the new measurements were taken and the math was done, the probability of YR4 hitting the Earth began to decline, ...
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NASA Isn't Telling Us Something About This Asteroid
NASA recently announced a new mission to study an asteroid that seems far more important than they’re letting on. The space ...
Asteroid Mining Startup Loses Its Spacecraft Somewhere Beyond the Moon
A privately built spacecraft is tumbling aimlessly in deep space, with little hope of being able to contact its home planet.
This asteroid might not hit Earth in 2032 after all—here’s how we know
Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.
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Earth’s 1st Asteroid Mining Prospector Heads to the Launchpad
Asteroid 2022 OB5 is small ... The company will test a small mock-up of the technology aboard the International Space Station following a launch to the station this summer. The legalities of ...
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NASA reduces likelihood of asteroid impacting earth to 1.5%
NASA said the probability of the asteroid hitting the Moon is currently at 0.8%. Space station's replacement crew arrives in Florida in preparation of SpaceX launch March 7 (UPI) -- The ...
NASA's two stuck astronauts finally preparing to return after 9 months in space
Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have to wait until their replacements arrive at the International Space Station next week ...
The first private asteroid mission probe is probably lost in deep space
California startup AstroForge launched a spacecraft dubbed Odin on February 26, but the team lost communication with it ...
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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 149 — SpaceX, Moon Missions, and Killer Asteroids?
On Episode 149 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik discuss the latest space news, including a potentially hazardous asteroid, SpaceX's plans to launch and land in the Bahamas, and the ...
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The asteroid Bennu is even weirder than we thought
Analysis of samples brought back to Earth from the asteroid Bennu reveal that it has a bizarre chemical make-up and is ...