Asteroid strike gone wrong could put Earth in fresh danger, scientists warn
To do this, the team gathered data from the DART mission and developed a computational technique to figure…
The Tiny Cosmic “Keyholes” That Could Send Asteroids Back to Earth
Asteroid deflection could backfire if the impact shoves the rock into a cosmic keyhole, a hidden trapdoor in…
Scientists Find Earth’s Hidden Quasi-Moon After 60 Years
2025 PN7 is a “quasi-moon” that appears to have been in orbit of Earth since the 1960s without…
China proposes flyby mission to asteroid Apophis during 2029 Earth encounter
HELSINKI — Chinese scientists are proposing using a pathfinder spacecraft to make a flyby of asteroid Apophis when…
China designing mission to defend Earth from asteroids, top space researcher says
China is planning an advanced mission to strike an asteroid and alter its orbit with a spacecraft to…
MIT Scientists May Have Finally Solved the Moon’s Magnetic Mystery
An image of the lunar far side. Credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University A massive impact may have temporarily strengthened…
NASA alert! Asteroid 2025 OL1 set for close Earth encounter on July 30 at 16,900 mph; scientists track rare near-Earth flyby |
Earth is about to witness a close celestial visitor as asteroid 2025 OL1 approaches our planet. Roughly the…