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 (140 ...
‘City-killer’ asteroid won’t hit Earth in 2032, but don’t worry— another threat is looming
Asteroid 2024 YR4 won’t hit Earth in December 2032, but that doesn’t mean we’re out of the woods forever. Researchers warn ...
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Woo! Science: Asteroids, satellites and a sneaky solar eclipse are what's 'up'
A case in point: a European Space Agency satellite, known as ERS-2, launched in 1995 and inactive since 2011, tumbled through ...
Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists search for elusive dark matter throughout the universe
Seeing the invisible, that’s what a small group of scientists at Los Alamos National Labs are trying to do with data recovered from a near-Earth asteroid and ...
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NASA is 'asteroid hunting' to protect the Earth
Around 66 million years ago an asteroid hurtled towards Earth and smashed into the planet, setting off a chain of events that ...
‘Potentially Hazardous’ Asteroid To Make Its Closest Approach To Earth In More Than 100 Years This Week
A "potentially hazardous" Apollo-class asteroid will be making its closest pass by Earth in more than 100 years this week.
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What meteorites tell us about their birthplace in space
Scientists traced origins of 75 meteorites back to specific regions in the asteroid belt, revealing new insights into their ...
Asteroid 2024 YR may not hit Earth in 2032, but it—and others—will keep coming back
In late 2024, astronomers spotted asteroid 2024 YR4 on a trajectory that could potentially threaten Earth. This observation ...
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Meteorites and asteroids tracked back to their place of origin in the solar system
Meteorites are rocks from space that survive their fiery descent through Earth's atmosphere and reach the ground. More than ...
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Mapping the asteroid belt: Where do meteorites come from?
For the first time, scientists are creating a geologic map of the asteroid belt—the region between Mars and Jupiter filled ...
Scientists Followed 75 Meteorites and Mapped the Asteroid Belt’s Violent Origins
A team of astronomers has spent over a decade tracing meteorite impacts on Earth back to their original sources in the ...
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Renowned Greek Astrophysicist Krimigis: Colony on Mars “a Distant Dream”
World-renowned Greek astrophysicist Stamatios Krimigis says that a human settlement on Mars is a distant dream.