Asteroid Apophis to pass Earth in 2029 with no impact risk, NASA says
NASA administrator Jared Isaacman discusses Artemis II mission and future of space exploration NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman joins…
‘Make Pluto a planet again’? NASA chief revives debate that divides astronomers
Will Pluto become a planet again?Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute Many of us are…
Astronomer Finds a Shortcut to Mars by Following an Asteroid’s Journey Through Space
A one-way trip to Mars takes somewhere between seven and 10 months, following a fairly direct route between…
NASA announces exact date ‘God of Chaos’ asteroid will pass close to Earth
It will come within around 20,000 miles of the Earth’s surface, which is closer than some satellites –…
A complete set of canonical nucleobases in the carbonaceous asteroid (162173) Ryugu
Extraction and purification of organic molecules from samples The Ryugu A0480 (11.9 mg) and C0370 (8.3 mg) aggregate samples were…
NASA’s DART Mission Did More Than Just Nudge an Asteroid, Study Says
In September 2022, NASA’s DART spacecraft rammed into the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos at nearly 15,000 miles per hour…
Astronomers Wake Up to 800,000 Notifications From Observatory Watching the Night Skies
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory spent the night staring at the dark cosmos, alerting astronomers of ongoing changes…
NASA asteroids: No way to stop 15000 city-killing asteroids from striking Earth: NASA scientist warns |
NASA Warns: Thousands of City-Killing Asteroids Untracked, Earth Vulnerable In a stark and widely reported warning, NASA’s planetary…
A Possible Lunar Impact in 2032 Could Spark Days of Meteor Showers on Earth
A large rocky asteroid will make a close approach to Earth in 2032, with the tantalizing prospect of…
These Are the Asteroids You Should Mine
A new generation of rockets aims to unlock new business models in space, including the science fiction dream…