Search results
Asteroid Apophis will swing past Earth in 2029 — could a space rock collision make it hit us?
Space via Yahoo News· 3 months agoAn animation shows Apophis' 2029 path compared to the swarm of satellites orbiting Earth. The...
Ferris Wheel-Sized Asteroid Spotted, Low Chance of Earth Collision
Popular Mechanics via AOL· 1 year agoAsteroid Discovered, Low Chance of Earth CollisionScience Photo Library - ANDRZEJ WOJCICKI - Getty...
Japan testing spacecraft technology to deflect asteroid on collision course with Earth
The Independent via Yahoo News· 5 months agoJapan’s Jaxaspace agency is reportedly planning tests to repurpose its Hayabusa2 spacecraft to prove...
Earth is safe from a devastating asteroid impact for 1,000 years (probably)
Space via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAn artist's illustration of asteroids headed toward Earth. Astronomers have completed a...
Collision with NASA spacecraft altered shape of asteroid Dimorphos
Reuters via AOL· 2 months agoWhen NASA sent its DART spacecraft to slam into the asteroid Dimorphos in 2022, the U.S. space...
Nasa spacecraft collision with asteroid expelled over 1,000 tons of dust
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe deliberate collision of Nasa’s Dart spacecraft with the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos is estimated...
Asteroid flying towards Earth in one of the closest encounters ever recorded, says Nasa
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAn asteroid is hurtling towards Earth and is expected to make one of the closest passes ever, Nasa...
'Planet killer' asteroids pose no threat to Earth for at least 1,000 years — but smaller rocks could...
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 year ago3D rendering of the asteroid passing near the Earth. Rest easy: Earth probably won't be creamed by a...
NASA crashes DART spacecraft into an asteroid, testing a tactic to bump space rocks away from Earth
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe surface of Dimorphos moments before NASA's DART spacecraft crashed into it.NASA NASA...
Skyscraper-sized asteroid to pass Earth this week. Here's how close it will actually get
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA "potentially hazardous" asteroid, almost the size of the world's tallest skyscraper, will pass...