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NASA is crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid to test a plan that could one day save Earth from...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Double Asteroid Redirection Test is the first planetary defense experiment ever attempted....
This Rare Asteroid May Be Worth 70,000 Times the Global Economy. Now NASA Is Sending a Spaceship to...
Robb Report via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNASA’s mission to an asteroid that could be worth 70,000 times the global economy is expected to...
SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launches NASA's Psyche probe to bizarre metal asteroid (video)
Space via Yahoo News· 7 months agoA SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launches NASA's Psyche asteroid mission on Oct. 13, 2023. CAPE...
Sky Shorts: NASA's DART mission to test asteroid deflector impactor
The Repository via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBack on July 26, astronomers were surprised to discover an asteroid wider than 2 football fields...
How NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission will help protect Earth against asteroid Bennu and its flyby in 2182
Space via Yahoo News· 8 months agoAsteroid Bennu is the space rock with the highest known probability of hitting Earth in the next 200...
What to Know About NASA's Unprecedented Psyche Mission to a Metallic Asteroid
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 7 months agoWedged between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, the main asteroid belt contains over 1 million rocky...
An asteroid the size of a bus will fly near Earth on Feb. 22 — but don't worry (video)
Space via Yahoo News· 3 months agoA NASA line map of the path of asteroid 2024 DW between Earth and the moon's orbit on Feb. 22, 2024....
How NASA Captured a Piece of the Solar System's Past From an Ancient Asteroid
Time via Yahoo News· 8 months agoInfrared sensors on the ground detected the heat signature of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft’s...
NASA’s most high-risk endeavor in decades and other boundary-pushing space missions planned for 2024
CNN via Yahoo News· 4 months agoSign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating...
NASA's $985 million Psyche mission to all-metal asteroid nears liftoff
United Press International via Yahoo News· 9 months agoPreparations are proceeding for the launch a NASA orbiter that uses futuristic electric propulsion...