NASA, Earth and asteroid
A huge asteroid, as big as a car, is moving towards Earth at high speed today; NASA warns
A 17-foot asteroid, roughly the size of an airplane, will approach Earth on October 4. Named 2024 TF, it will pass by at a distance of 186,000 miles. Despite its size, NASA assures there’s no immediate danger as the asteroid’s distance poses no significant threat.
A New Era in Asteroid Deflection and Planetary Defense
Scientists simulated a nuclear explosion using x-ray pulses to push an asteroid-like rock away in space-like conditions.
Apophis will travel closer to us than any similarly sized astronomical object in recorded history, scientists said. It will ...
Robin George Andrews, author of "How to Kill an Asteroid," joins The Excerpt to discuss how scientists are working to ...
Prof Alan Fitzsimons is an astronomer from Queen’s University Belfast and has been assisting with the asteroid mission for ...
Asteroids are ripe for mining. Some contain gold or platinum. Others could help make rocket fuel. When they're mini-moons, ...
Earth will capture a miniature, “second moon” this week, according to NASA scientists. The new moon is actually a tiny ...
When asteroid samples dropped to the Utah desert in 2023, it was go time for NASA's dedicated curation team.
But asteroids aren't inherently menacing. They're just ancient objects, formed early in our solar system's history, that ...
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