When NASA sent the DART spacecraft to collide with the asteroid Dimorphos in 2022, the US space agency demonstrated that…
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When it was first discovered in 2004, Apophis was recognized as one of the most dangerous asteroids due to its…
For the first time, water molecules have been detected on the surface of an asteroid, proving that these remnants of…
A small asteroid entered Earth’s atmosphere and burned up early Sunday morning over eastern Germany.A video shared on social media…
While extracting a scoop of soil from an orbiting space rock and bringing it back to Earth may seem like…
Space mining. His NASA images from https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/asteroids/16-psyche/in-Depth/ were used for this synthesis.getty There’s nothing quite like the late-night charm of…
For generations, Western space missions have been conducted primarily outdoors. We knew where they were going, why they were going…
An asteroid impact could bring an end to flourishing life on a planet. Just ask a dinosaur. Oh yeah, they’re…
The threat of asteroids hitting Earth is ever-present, and scientists have spent decades tracking asteroids and working to devise ways…
This December, skywatchers will enjoy the opportunity to observe the Geminid meteor shower, which peaks on the night of December…