"Mini Moon" asteroid begins temporary orbit around earth
An asteroid the size of a bus that is being dubbed a "mini-moon" has begun orbiting earth. Brian Hackney reports.
SpaceX’s Hera launch offers sublime view of Earth
A SpaceX rocket that launched a planetary defense mission on Monday captured a breathtaking view of Earth shortly after reaching orbit.
A spacecraft is on its way to a harmless asteroid slammed by NASA in a previous save-the-Earth test
Scientists are eager to examine the impact’s aftermath up close to know exactly how effective Dart was and what changes might ...
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What is the “mini moon” that is now orbiting Earth
Earth will have a cosmic guest. A so-called “mini moon” will join our actual moon in circling the planet until Nov. 25. What ...
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A European spacecraft launches to perform a crash scene investigation on an asteroid
A NASA spacecraft knocked into an asteroid two years ago to test planetary defense. Now, a new mission will inspect the ...
ESA launches Hera mission to return to deflected asteroid in bid to learn how to protect Earth
Hera will survey the asteroid deflected by NASA's DART spacecraft, the results of which could lay the foundation of Earth's ...
European mission departs Earth to investigate an asteroid wrecked by NASA
Two years ago, a NASA spacecraft smashed into a small asteroid millions of miles from Earth to test a technique that could ...
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Did Earth Once Have a Ring Like Saturn? Geologists Find Evidence for a Halo of Orbiting Space Rocks 466 Million Years Ago
Previously, experts suggested that this high-bombardment period was caused by debris from the breakup of a large asteroid between Mars and Jupiter, per Newsweek’s Jess Thomson. But Tomkins and his ...
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ESA’s Hera mission launched aboard SpaceX, to probe NASA knocked off asteroid Dimorphos
ESA has launched the first planetary defense Hera spacecraft aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 to investigate NASA-deflected Dimorphos ...
Scientists Find Evidence It Wasn’t Just One Asteroid That Wiped Out The Dinosaurs
Scientists have discovered new evidence that it wasn't just one asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago.
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 ...
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Future long-term astronauts may end up eating asteroids (thanks to bacteria)
How could we feed astronauts on lengthy space missions? These researchers have a quirky idea.