Asteroid Apophis' path near Earth in 2029 offers rare lessons in defending planet
Apophis will travel closer to us than any similarly sized astronomical object in recorded history, scientists said. It will ...
ESA's Hera spacecraft set for asteroid 'crime scene investigation'
Europe's Hera probe is tentatively scheduled to launch Monday on a mission to inspect the damage a NASA spacecraft made when ...
Earth’s 2nd ‘moon’ has arrived: What you need to know
A second moon has officially entered Earth’s orbit — sort of. Although it’s being called a “mini-moon,” the object is ...
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Hera spacecraft to probe asteroid deflected by defence test
Europe's Hera probe is tentatively scheduled to launch Monday on a mission to inspect the damage a NASA spacecraft made when ...
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A spaceship punched an asteroid — we’re about to learn what came next
ESA’s Hera mission will study a rock called Dimorphos, which was blasted by NASA, to work out how successful that approach ...
There was more than one asteroid that wiped out dinosaurs, scientists say
The crater left from the second asteroid's impact has been dubbed the Nadir crater, and it was first discovered in 2022.
Earth has hosted mini-moons in the past, and one of them will revisit in 27 years
Earth now officially has two moons after its gravity caught an asteroid. Our planet captured asteroid 2024 PT5 on Sunday, ...
When a massive asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs, ants began farming fungi
New research shows that ants have been farming fungi for 66 million years — thanks in part to the asteroid that fueled the ...
The asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs was not alone
Scientists think that a second asteroid crashed into the Earth at the same time that a meteor was condemning the dinosaurs to extinction.
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Hera mission set to revisit asteroid after NASA's redirection test
The European Space Agency is sending a probe to get a closer look at the asteroid Dimorphos, which had its orbit altered by NASA’s DART mission in 2022 ...
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Did two asteroids wipe out the dinosaurs? New massive crater on Atlantic seafloor suggests a deadly double impact
Scientists found a previously hidden massive asteroid crater in the Atlantic Ocean. Did two asteroids wipe out the dinosaurs?
ESA's Hera spacecraft to probe asteroid deflected by defence test
Europe's Hera probe is tentatively scheduled to launch Monday on a mission to inspect the damage a NASA spacecraft made when ...