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NASA has been tracking an asteroid with unusual characteristics, but could there be more to the story than they’re letting on ...
When NASA steered its Dart probe into an asteroid, it was supposed to determine how much it could be deflected. The consequences were unexpectedly severe.
A small shift in trajectory has raised the risk of a lunar impact — but the scariest part is, we can't track it anymore.
NASA's DART spacecraft attempted to deflect an asteroid about the size of the Great Pyramid of Giza. New work tracking the debris has found a few fairly large surprises.
NASA has issued an alert regarding a massive airplane-sized asteroid, 2019 NW5, expected to pass closely by Earth today.
Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Produced, Edited, and Narrated by: David Ladd (AIMM) Animations by: Walt Feimer ...
NASA's Lucy mission captured the highest resolution image yet of Donaldjohanson, the uniquely shaped asteroid.
Astronomers estimate that an asteroid this large comes this close to Earth only about once every 7,500 years. It also appears ...
Recent analyses indicate that asteroid 2023 DW is moving at a speed of 25 kilometers per second and is currently situated ...
When NASA's DART spacecraft slammed into the asteroid moon Dimorphos in September 2022, it didn't just change the asteroid's ...
Scientists with NASA’s Lucy mission are finally wrapping up the process of refining the data gathered by the spacecraft’s ...
World Asteroid Day 2025 is upon us! Here's how you can celebrate the event by livestreaming real-time views of near-Earth ...