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Space agencies from the US, Europe and Japan are all making plans to visit the asteroid Apophis when it makes an extremely ...
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft successfully flew past asteroid Donaldjohanson, collecting data and images of the second of its 11 ...
What if an asteroid could change the course of Earth’s climate? 🚀🌍 Dive into the possibilities and ponder the impact of cosmic events on our planet. Could it be a blessing or a curse? #Asteroids #Cl ...
Watch out, Earth! A colossal 99-foot asteroid named 2024 CR9 is approaching our planet! 🌍✨ Stay informed and curious as we ...
NASA is closely monitoring a building-sized asteroid as it makes its closest approach to Earth today, among a group of five ...
Lucy’s next stop — “the main event,” as Levison calls it — will be the Trojan asteroids that share Jupiter’s orbit around the ...
Much of what scientists know about the early solar system comes from meteorites—ancient rocks that travel through space and survive a fiery plunge through Earth's atmosphere. Among meteorites, one ...
An Apollo-class asteroid, 2011 VG9, is approaching Earth at a staggering speed, set to pass on April 16th. While not ...
New Webb Telescope data confirms that asteroid 2024 YR4 poses no threat to Earth during its 2032 flyby. As for the Moon, not so much.
The Lucy mission is on a 12-year journey to explore a peculiar set of asteroids that lead and follow Jupiter as it orbits the Sun. As it journeys to these Trojan asteroids, the probe is preparing for ...