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Hera mission set to revisit asteroid after NASA's redirection test
The European Space Agency is sending a probe to get a closer look at the asteroid Dimorphos, which had its orbit altered by NASA’s DART mission in 2022 ...
Asteroid Apophis' path near Earth in 2029 offers rare lessons in defending planet
Apophis will travel closer to us than any similarly sized astronomical object in recorded history, scientists said. It will ...
NASA Asteroid Alert: Two asteroids to fly by earth today – Here's what we know
NASA is monitoring two asteroids, one the size of an airplane and the other like a bus, flying by Earth today. Additionally, ...
AFP on MSN13h
Hera spacecraft to probe asteroid deflected by defence test
Europe's Hera probe is tentatively scheduled to launch Monday on a mission to inspect the damage a NASA spacecraft made when ...
Al Jazeera English2h
Was Bruce Willis right? Could a nuclear blast save us from killer asteroid?
Scientists simulated a nuclear explosion using x-ray pulses to push an asteroid-like rock away in space-like conditions.
The ESA’s Hera mission takes flight toward the asteroid deflected by NASA’s DART probe two years ago
In 2022, a probe was sent crashing into an asteroid as part of a “planetary defence” test. This Monday, the second part of ...
The Next Web1h
ESA’s ‘planetary defence mission’ has startups dreaming of asteroid mining
The Hera mission will explore an asteroid deflection test. It also gives startups a chance to refine their technologies.
Is Earth destined for another extinction-level asteroid event? | The Excerpt
Robin George Andrews, author of "How to Kill an Asteroid," joins The Excerpt to discuss how scientists are working to ...
NASA Confirms Two Massive Asteroids To Pass By: Could They Hit Earth? | Here's What We Know
Earth flybys of two massive asteroids, 2024 SD3 and 2024 SR4, on October 3, 2024. While posing no threat to Earth, their ...
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 ...
Five-mile asteroid impact crater below Atlantic captured in 'exquisite' detail by seismic data
New images of an asteroid impact crater buried deep below the floor of the Atlantic Ocean have been published today by ...
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Airplane-Sized Asteroid, Among Two Space Rocks, Set To Pass By Earth Today
Two asteroids, 2024 TE (car-sized) and 2024 SR4 (aircraft-sized), are on an Earth-approach path today. Will it have any ...