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NASA’s New Asteroid Hunter Takes a Big Step Toward Protecting Earth

NASA’s NEO Surveyor has passed its critical design review, clearing the way for construction and testing. This infrared telescope will be the first space mission dedicated to detecting hazardous asteroids and comets,

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An asteroid could hit Earth in 2032, NASA says. Here's what to know about the potential "city killer."

Rivkin led the investigation for NASA's 2022 DART mission, which successfully nudged an asteroid off its course using a spacecraft — a strategy known as a "kinetic impactor." The target asteroid ...

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NASA Says an Asteroid Could Hit Earth in 2032 – Here's What to Know

Interest is swirling in a recently spotted asteroid that has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032 – though the odds have increased slightly over the last few weeks. NASA has made it clear that despite the increase,

So About That Asteroid That Could Hit Earth ...

Even the smallest odds of an impact sound alarming, but scientists’ ability to calculate them is actually good news.

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Auction offers Neil Armstrong's reply to NASA engineer's Apollo 11 mission patch ideas

"Thanks for all your effort," wrote the first moonwalker. Neil Armstrong was appreciative, but as explained in his ...

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Asteroid's odds of hitting Earth go up as Webb telescope is tasked with studying potential "city-killer"

An asteroid has a small chance of hitting Earth less than eight years from now, and astronomers are enlisting the help of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to study it. Characterized as a ...

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What we know about possible Nasa mission to ‘deflect’ asteroid heading for Earth

NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission impacted the asteroid Dimorphos in September 2022. The collision changed Dimorphos's orbit successfully, and now scientists hope to study ...

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Chances of asteroid striking Earth in the next decade has nearly doubled, NASA says

A 2% chance of an asteroid strike is "uncommon," officials say. The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has doubled in a matter of weeks, according to NASA astronomers.

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Scientists taking 'active measures' for asteroid with slight chance of hitting earth.

DART and Hera: Missions to test, study asteroid-obliterating tech The ongoing scientific preparation is not just about observation. In September 2022, NASA demonstrated that it was possible to ...

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NASA to study 'city-killer' asteroid as chances of hitting Earth increase

Astronomers are enlisting the help of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to study an asteroid that has a small chance of striking Earth less than eight years from now. Characterized as a potential ...

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Astronomers have spied an asteroid that may be heading for Earth: What we know so far

The Tunguska impact was a "city killer" type event, leveling forest across a city-sized patch of land ... capacity to ...

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