Mission Impossible? Asteroid the Size of a House Poses New Challenge for Hayabusa2
An artist’s impression of Japan’s Hayabusa2 space mission touching down on the surface of the asteroid 1998 KY26.…
NASA Scientists Consider Blowing Up “City-Killer” Asteroid Headed for the Moon
Fictional depiction of what blowing up the asteroid could look like. AI-generated image. A city-block-sized asteroid named 2024…
NASA wants to blow up this asteroid with a nuclear charge before it reaches the Moon
Many celestial objects travel within our solar system, and sometimes they can pose a significant threat to Earth…
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…
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 planning mission to strike asteroid, alter its orbit: Report
China is moving forward with plans for an ambitious planetary defense mission aimed at testing whether a spacecraft…
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…
Doug Liman Talks XR Thriller ‘Asteroid’, Tom Cruise Space Project
Close to 30 years have passed since Doug Liman’s breakout feature Swingers played in the Venice Film Festival’s…
Watch an Extremely Bright Fireball Light up the Night Sky Above Japan
An extremely bright meteor lit up the night sky over Japan on Tuesday night. It could be seen…
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…