En route to an asteroid, spacecraft snaps ghostly views of Earth
The Hera spacecraft is flying to the site of a pulverized asteroid. But on the way there, the probe looked back home, ...
Asteroid-Seeking Spacecraft Snaps Poignant Views Of Earth
ESA's Hera spacecraft captured farewell views of Earth and the moon as it sails away into space to investigate the asteroid ...
Asteroid-sample return mission enables researchers to conduct largest geophysical observation campaign of its kind
The OSIRIS-REx project made history last year as the first U.S. mission to bring back an asteroid sample from space—and with ...
The Day NASA Smashed an Asteroid: What It Was Like Inside Mission Control
The author of a new book on the DART mission takes us behind the scenes of the day NASA smacked an asteroid.
The Dino-Killing Asteroid May Have Actually Been a One-Two Punch
The end of non-avian dinosaur’s time on Earth is often depicted as one big, knockout blow delivered by the cataclysmic ...
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Earth unlikely to be destroyed by doomsday asteroid swarms, study explains
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — The end of the world won’t come from a swarm of deadly asteroid strikes, a new study explains.
Asteroid mining: A potential trillion-dollar industry
Earth's newest celestial neighbor has finally arrived. Astronomers using a powerful telescope in Sutherland, South Africa, ...
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This Asteroid May Help Reveal a Fifth Fundamental Force in The Universe
Near-Earth asteroid Bennu has taught us a lot about the nature of asteroids and the history of our planet, and it's not done ...
A spacecraft is on its way to a harmless asteroid slammed by NASA in a previous save-the-Earth test
The European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft rocketed away on a two-year journey to the small, harmless asteroid rammed by ...
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The whole world is watching this asteroid: NASA wants to blow it to smithereens
Discover NASA's Hera mission and how it's vital for planetary defense against asteroids, ensuring Earth's safety from ...