Earth 1, asteroids 0: The next generation of planetary defense takes shape at JPL
The NEO Surveyor fulfills a 2005 act of Congress ordering NASA to catalog 90% of near-Earth objects larger than 459 feet, ...
Humanity isn’t asteroid-proof yet. But we’re getting closer.
Once the new measurements were taken and the math was done, the probability of YR4 hitting the Earth began to decline, ...
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Europe's Hera spacecraft aces self-driving test at Mars before asteroid mission
The spacecraft captured the Red Planet and its enigmatic moons, Deimos and Phobos, marking its first deep-space imaging ...
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5 NASA'S ASTEROID DEFENSE INITIATIVES TO PROTECT EARTH
Asteroids threaten Earth, prompting NASA to develop defense strategies. Advanced detection systems and deflection missions are five key initiatives for planetary safety. Expected to launch in 2027 ...
Top Chinese scientist calls for global cooperation in near Earth asteroid defense
The 776th session of the Xiangshan Science Conference, themed "Key Scientific and Engineering Challenges in Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA) Defense," convenes on March 13 at the Xiangshan Hotel in Beijing.
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 no longer threatens to hit Earth, but we can still hit it — for science!
If an asteroid really threatened the Earth, what would a planetary defense mission look like ... A spacecraft like New ...
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Earth 1, asteroids 0: The next generation of planetary defense takes shape at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
LOS ANGELES – There is a non-zero chance that somewhere in the nearby solar system ... defense program at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. “If we did want to, say, deflect the asteroid ...
Hera Asteroid Probe Spots Mysterious Martian Moon During Flyby
The Hera probe has swung around Mars, using the planet’s gravitational pull to fling itself toward its asteroid target.
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Martian moon caught on camera during Hera flyby
Deimos is the smaller and less photographed of Mars’ moons. This egg-shaped object, only measuring about 7.7 miles in diameter (12.4 kilometers), is tidally-locked with the Red Planet making it often ...