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'Planetary defense is knowing what's out there and what could do harm to us.' Meet the scientist who helped build NASA's asteroid response plan
Lindley Johnson has been a pioneer in blueprinting warning and response scenarios to any potential impact of Earth by an ...
Lunar Gateway’s skeleton is complete—its next stop may be Trump’s chopping block
Back then, the elements that eventually coalesced into the Gateway were geared toward a nebulous initiative to capture a ...
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See ESA Hera Spacecraft's Trajectory To The Didymos Asteroid System
ESA’s Hera mission is two-year flight to the Didymos binary asteroid system. See its trajectory here. Credit: ESA - European ...
‘God Of Chaos’ Asteroid: It’s Exactly Four Years Until The Rarest Space Event Of Our Lives
On Friday, April 13, 2029, an asteroid will come closer to Earth than orbiting geosynchronous satellites in a ...
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The Asteroid That Was Predicted to Hit Earth: See It in a New Image
A few months ago, an asteroid created quite a buzz. At one point, asteroid 2024 YR4 had a 3.1% chance of hitting Earth, ...
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That asteroid that once had a chance of striking Earth? Scientists now know more
Scientists said it most likely originated in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, and is rich in silicates. At ...
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Steve Wintermute: And now for something different: A tale of two cameras
NASA and the European Space Agency have recently released photos taken by the Webb telescope, which uses the world’s most ...
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We now know the shape of notorious asteroid 2024 YR4 that dominated headlines recently — it's probably 'suburban,' too
"We are a bit surprised about its origin in the central main asteroid belt, which is a location in the asteroid belt that we ...
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NASA’s Webb captures first glimpse of asteroid once seen as earth’s biggest threat
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured stunning new images of an asteroid that was once ranked as the biggest threat to Earth. Earlier this year, the asteroid 2024 YR4 shot to the top of the ...
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Asteroid that caused panic about deadly collision with Earth is huge, Nasa finds
But there is a slight chance it could hit the Moon then. The asteroid swings our way every four years. Nasa and the European Space Agency released the photos - showing the asteroid as a fuzzy dot ...