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Nukes (Yes, Nukes) Could Save Earth from an Asteroid
A new study from Sandia National Laboratories focuses on how X-rays from a nuclear explosion could impact an asteroid on a ...
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Earth unlikely to be destroyed by doomsday asteroid swarms, study explains
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — The end of the world won’t come from a swarm of deadly asteroid strikes, a new study explains.
Asteroid mining: A potential trillion-dollar industry
Earth's newest celestial neighbor has finally arrived. Astronomers using a powerful telescope in Sutherland, South Africa, ...
Spacecraft launches towards asteroid knocked off course by Nasa
A spacecraft is on its way to visit an asteroid that US space agency Nasa knocked off course in 2022. The Hera craft launched ...
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Asteroid named after Chinese expert
An asteroid was officially named Zhongnanshan in honor of the prominent Chinese respiratory disease expert during a naming ...
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This Asteroid May Help Reveal a Fifth Fundamental Force in The Universe
Near-Earth asteroid Bennu has taught us a lot about the nature of asteroids and the history of our planet, and it's not done ...
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Spacecraft Dispatched to Asteroid That NASA Slammed in Previous Save-the-Earth Test
The European Space Agency’s Hera spacecraft has embarked on a two-year mission to study a small asteroid previously impacted ...
Scientists Discover a Second Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid
For decades, the disappearance of dinosaurs has been tied to the Chicxulub asteroid, whose crater lies partly beneath ...
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Saturn’s first Trojan asteroid has finally been discovered
Saturn is known for its stunning rings and its many moons (four seen here), but they aren’t the planet’s only companions. Its first known Trojan — an asteroid that shares the planet’s orbit around the ...
A spacecraft is on its way to a harmless asteroid slammed by NASA in a previous save-the-Earth test
The European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft rocketed away on a two-year journey to the small, harmless asteroid rammed by ...
NASA Punched an Asteroid in 2022. Another Probe Is Now on Its Way to the Wreckage
A follow-up mission to DART, Hera will travel to a binary asteroid to observe the aftermath of NASA's wildly successful ...