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How NASA science data defends Earth from asteroids
YR4 made headlines in February with the news that it had a chance of hitting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032, as determined by an ...
Earth 1, asteroids 0: The next generation of planetary defense takes shape at JPL
The NEO Surveyor fulfills a 2005 act of Congress ordering NASA to catalog 90% of near-Earth objects larger than 459 feet, which is roughly the size at which an asteroid could take out a city, or ...
Asteroid 2024 YR4: Where do near-Earth asteroids come from – and what can we learn form them?
Nasa says there is a small chance a recently spotted asteroid could collide with the Moon. Studying it can inform our ...
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NASA's Lucy probe captures 1st close-up images of asteroid Donaldjohanson, revealing 'strikingly complicated geology'
"These early images of Donaldjohanson are again showing the tremendous capabilities of the Lucy spacecraft as an engine of discovery." ...
NASA’s Lucy Gears Up for a Thrilling Close Encounter With a Mysterious Space Relic
NASA’s Lucy mission is about to fly past asteroid Donaldjohanson, a strange, elongated rock in the main belt. While this ...
NASA's Lucy spacecraft gets up-close look of strange peanut-shaped asteroid: See images
NASA's Lucy spacecraft recently got an up-close look at a strange peanut-shaped space rock floating through the cosmos in the ...
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‘City-killer’ asteroid won’t hit Earth in 2032, but don’t worry— another threat is looming
“Since Jupiter’s orbit takes 12 years ... TN17 is one of 2,500 known potentially hazardous asteroids — Near Earth Objects that are larger than 460 feet wide and that could come within ...
Why meteorites that hit Earth have less water than the asteroid bits brought back by space probes — a planetary scientist explains
A planetary scientist explains new research explaining the differing compositions between space rocks that hit Earth and are ...
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Earth 1, asteroids 0: The next generation of planetary defense takes shape at JPL
Astronomers have already identified roughly 2,500 asteroids larger than 140 meters that could come worryingly close ... view of the field around Earth's orbit than existing telescopes do.