NASA has thrown a lifeline to scientists working on a mission to visit an asteroid that will make an unusually close flyby of ...
Companies are getting in on the ground floor of mining asteroids in space for precious minerals and important terrestrial ...
A NASA spacecraft bound for an unexplored metal-rich asteroid has reignited its plasma thrusters, continuing its cruise deeper into the Solar System after switching to a backup fuel line. The $1.4 ...
On the count of three, engineers in the Johns Hopkins University control room erupt in cheers. It’s early fall 2022, and amid rows of computer monitors and a dozen television screens, the team ...
Apophis was first discovered in 2004, and appeared that it could potentially impact earth in 2029, 2036, or 2068 ...
For a few weeks in January and February this year, asteroid 2024 YR4 had us all worried. Shortly after it was discovered, astronomers calculated that the asteroid had a 1-in-83 chance of hitting Earth ...
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