7 Asteroids That Nearly Grazed Earth: A Cosmic Close Call
An April 2021 event demonstrated how often close encounters can occur when a tiny 4-meter asteroid flew within 19,800 ...
Orlando Sentinel14 天
FAA gives SpaceX the OK to launch just 1 Falcon 9 on asteroid mission for Europe
The FAA is giving the OK for the launch of the European Space Agency’s Hera mission, a followup to NASA’s DART mission that impacted an asteroid in 2021 as part of a planetary defense test to ...
earth15 天
It's official: Earth now has two moons
Over the past few weeks, you’ve probably heard somewhere that Earth was going to get a second moon. Well, we can now confirm that Earth now officially has two moons after capturing asteroid 2024 PT5.
Newsday15 天
Asteroid Apophis' path near Earth in 2029 offers rare lessons in defending planet
In April 2029, a 20-million ton asteroid once thought to pose a potentially catastrophic collision risk with the Earth will fly by our home. Apophis, named for the Egyptian god of chaos and evil ...
CNN16 天
When a massive asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs, ants began farming fungi
It turns out these insects have been some of the world’s tiniest farmers for 66 million years, thanks in part to the asteroid that struck Earth and set off a chain of events that led to the ...
France 2417 天
Hera spacecraft to probe asteroid deflected by defence test
Paris (AFP) – Europe's Hera probe is tentatively scheduled to launch Monday on a mission to inspect the damage a NASA spacecraft made when it smashed into an asteroid during the first test of ...
Al Jazeera English17 天
Was Bruce Willis right? Could a nuclear blast save us from killer asteroid?
It’s been almost 25 years since Bruce Willis, playing the fictional character Harry Stamper in the blockbuster movie, Armageddon, saved Earth from an asteroid careering towards the planet.
New Scientist17 天
Hera mission set to revisit asteroid after NASA's redirection test
Two years after a NASA spacecraft slammed into the asteroid Dimorphos, another mission to map the space rock is about to launch. The data it collects will refine Earth’s planetary defences ...
Phys.org17 天
ESA's Hera spacecraft set for asteroid 'crime scene investigation'
An asteroid around 140 meters (460 feet) wide—which is a little smaller than Dimorphos but could still take out a major city—hits our home planet around every 20,000 years.
Nature17 天
A spaceship punched an asteroid — we’re about to learn what came next
The European Space Agency (ESA) is set to launch a mission that will assess how effective humanity could be in protecting Earth from an asteroid impact. Called Hera, the mission will visit a rock ...
Indiatimes17 天
NASA Asteroid Alert: Two asteroids to fly by earth today – Here's what we know
NASA is monitoring two asteroids, one the size of an airplane and the other like a bus, flying by Earth today. Additionally, Earth has temporarily captured a second 'moon,' a 10-meter-wide asteroid ...