Asteroids

The Asteroid Dimorphos Looks Totally Different After NASA’s DART Mission Walloped It

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Dr. Sarah Adams

In September 2022, a NASA spacecraft smashed into a tiny asteroid to nudge it off its orbital course. The mission was a ...

How NASA would alert the public about an apocalyptic asteroid strike

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Dr. Sarah Adams

US News By Jesse O’Neill Published Feb. 18, 2024, 3:12 p.m. ET A government agency that monitors extinction events explained how they ...

Defunct NASA mission helps find water on asteroids for first time

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Dr. Sarah Adams

A NASA mission that was retired in 2022 has helped scientists detect water on the surface of two asteroids. Researchers from the ...

NASA Data Detects Water on Asteroids for the First Time Ever

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Dr. Sarah Adams

Water has been found on the surface of two asteroids for the first time, scientists said in a new paper. Two silicate-rich ...

5 asteroids, including one the size of a sports stadium, to pass near Earth this week

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Dr. Sarah Adams

News By Chris Nesi Published Jan. 28, 2024, 6:36 p.m. ET An asteroid the size of a sports stadium was hurdling towards ...

Videos of 2024 BX1 asteroid landing in Germany

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Dr. Sarah Adams

News By Jesse O’Neill Published Jan. 21, 2024, 1:13 p.m. ET A “harmless” fireball from a disintegrating meteorite lit up the night ...

Asteroid collision with Earth will not happen in 2024

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News By Jesse O’Neill Published Jan. 7, 2024, 12:59 p.m. ET Crisis averted! A 54-million-ton “lost” asteroid large enough to devastate regions ...

Scientists exploring if deploying nuke could stop catastrophic asteroid

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Dr. Sarah Adams

News By David Propper Published Dec. 24, 2023, 9:33 p.m. ET A study about the nuclear possibility was published this month. NASA/AFP ...

Earth received a message from 10M miles away — but it wasn’t E.T.

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Lifestyle By Alex Mitchell Published Nov. 21, 2023, 2:30 p.m. ET How’s this for a long-distance call? The National Aeronautics and Space ...

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft swoops past first of 10 asteroids on long journey to Jupiter

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Dr. Sarah Adams

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s Lucy spacecraft on Wednesday encountered the first of 10 asteroids on its long journey to Jupiter. ...