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How Nasa’s Dart mission could save Earth from rogue asteroids
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNasa‘s Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or Dart mission, witnessed a spacecraft slam into an...
Defending Earth takes the whole planet: Why NASA crashed into an asteroid – on purpose
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOn Sept. 26, NASA crashed an uncrewed, refrigerator-size spacecraft into an asteroid. And we did it...
Planetary defense: NASA's arsenal for protecting Earth from potential killer asteroids
Florida Today via Yahoo News· 2 years ago--- An asteroid the size of Texas hurtles straight toward Earth, threatening to kill most living...
Nasa gears up to practise saving Earth from killer asteroids with new mission
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe dinosaurs could only watch helplessly as an asteroid or comet brought their reign on Earth to an...
Building-sized asteroid to buzz by Earth on Halloween — weeks after astronomers first spotted it
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA newly discovered building-sized asteroid will fly near Earth on Halloween, passing as close as...
NASA probe changed asteroid's course in successful test
CBS News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe deliberate 14,000-mph crash of a small NASA probe into the asteroid Dimorphos two weeks ago...
NASA probe crashes into asteroid in planetary defense test
CBS News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSeven million miles from Earth, a NASA spacecraft crashed head on into a tiny asteroid Monday at a...
This Nonprofit Wants to Catapult Material From Incoming Asteroids to Protect Earth
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 11 months agoIn February 2013, an asteroid about the size of a house punched its way through Earth’s atmosphere...
Scientists Say ‘Rubble Pile’ Asteroids Are Surprisingly Hard to Kill
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRubble pile asteroids are more common and durable than previously thought, according to new...
Hubble Spots ‘Boulder Cloud’ From NASA’s Asteroid-Smashing DART Mission
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 11 months agoAstronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have detected nearly 40 boulders near Dimorphos—the...