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Probe to smash into an asteroid at 15,000mph
10-7-2021 |
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NASA has announced more details of an upcoming mission that will attempt to redirect an asteroid.
NASA reveals revised risk of Bennu collision
8-12-2021 | 6
At a news conference yesterday, the space agency revealed how likely it is that the asteroid will hit us.
'Complex organic matter' found on asteroids
8-3-2021 | 2
Scientists have identified two unusual asteroids between Mars and Jupiter that shouldn't actually be there.
Osiris-Rex heads for home with Bennu samples
5-11-2021 | 1
NASA's Osiris-Rex spacecraft is now on its way back to Earth with samples collected from the asteroid Bennu.
NASA pretends to hit Earth with a large asteroid
VIDEO 5-2-2021 | 10
A planetary defense exercise at the weekend ended up 'destroying' an area of Europe around 100km wide.
Dino-killing asteroid also created the Amazon
4-5-2021 | 8
A new study has shown that the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs also gave birth to the Amazon rainforest.
Apophis flyby offers glimpse ahead of 2029
2-14-2021 | 2
Astronomers will have the opportunity to study the enormous space rock when it passes us by in March.
Dust and soil from asteroid Ryugu revealed
12-15-2020 | 5
Scientists in Japan have unveiled the contents of the Ryugu sample capsule which recently returned to Earth.
Mass extinctions follow 27-million-year cycle
12-14-2020 | 16
Scientists have determined that mass extinctions have occurred throughout history with striking regularity.
Is there a piece of our moon behind Mars ?
11-8-2020 | 5
Scientists have discovered that an asteroid trailing behind Mars could actually be a fragment of the Moon.
New study targets $10,000 quadrillion asteroid
10-29-2020 | 14
An asteroid with enough riches to make everyone on Earth a billionaire is the subject of a new Hubble study.
NASA's OSIRIS-REx touches down on asteroid
10-21-2020 | 11
The space probe has successfully pulled off an ambitious landing maneuver on an asteroid 200 million miles away.
Asteroid Bennu may have had flowing water
10-10-2020 | 0
The larger space rock from which Bennu was formed may have once had water flowing across its surface.
Asteroid to hit Earth on day before US election ?
8-24-2020 | 21
Rumors have been circulating about an asteroid strike on November 2nd, but just how worried should we be ?
Killer asteroid struck at 'worst possible angle'
5-31-2020 | 2
The destructiveness of the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs wasn't just down to its large size.
Approaching asteroid is 'wearing a face mask'
4-24-2020 | 3
A large asteroid due to pass relatively close to the Earth next week appears to be taking its own precautions.
Trump signs order to mine space resources
4-13-2020 | 16
The US President has signed a new executive order to support the acquisition of resources in space.
No, COVID-19 is not an extraterrestrial virus
3-21-2020 | 5
Scientists have moved to debunk the claim that the coronavirus fell to Earth on a comet or asteroid.
MIT develops asteroid strike 'decision map'
2-22-2020 | 5
Scientists have come up with a way to decide upon the best response to an incoming apocalyptic asteroid.
Volcanism ruled out in dino extinction debate
1-18-2020 | 2
A new study has suggested that it was an asteroid strike, not volcanism, that ultimately wiped out the dinosaurs.
