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, ...
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Humanity isn’t asteroid-proof yet. But we’re getting closer.
While our asteroid detection systems are way ahead of our asteroid defense systems, there are some options, at least theoretically. Project Icarus had already figured it out back in the 1960s ...
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A Near-Miss with a City-Killer Asteroid Highlights Gaps in Earth’s Defenses
The threat from near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 may have subsided, but discoveries of other hazardous space rocks are set to ...
Earth Is Safe From Menacing Asteroid—but Our Moon Might Take the Hit
New Webb Telescope data confirms that asteroid 2024 YR4 poses no threat to Earth during its 2032 flyby. As for the Moon, not ...
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Hubble captured a stunning video of NASA’s DART colliding with an asteroid
was NASA’s attempt to test a possible asteroid defense system that relies on slightly changing the asteroid’s orbit. NASA deemed the collision a success back in September. What many might not ...
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Meteorites and asteroids tracked back to their place of origin in the solar system
Meteorites are rocks from space that survive their fiery descent through Earth's atmosphere and reach the ground. More than ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 no longer threatens to hit Earth, but we can still hit it — for science!
If an asteroid really threatened the Earth, what would a planetary defense mission look like ... A spacecraft like New ...
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Europe's Hera spacecraft aces self-driving test at Mars before asteroid mission
The spacecraft captured the Red Planet and its enigmatic moons, Deimos and Phobos, marking its first deep-space imaging ...
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Top Chinese scientist calls for global cooperation in near Earth asteroid defense
He called for a defense system integrating prevention and response, backed by in-orbit tests to refine mitigation strategies. Wu's appeal aligns with growing global concerns over asteroid threats ...
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NASA to launch asteroid hunting spacecraft in 2027
A NewsNation exclusive reveals NASA’s high-tech plan to save Earth if an asteroid ever comes barreling toward the planet. The NEO Surveyor, set to launch in 2027, is the first spacecraft ...
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Should giant asteroid head for Earth, Hawaii is first line of defense
The asteroid, 2024 YR4, was detected by UH’s Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS ... It’s one of the first lines of defense against dangerous asteroids, being one of the ...
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Remember that asteroid that isn't going to hit Earth? We could send a mission to explore it
Asteroids are essentially leftover material from the formation of the solar system ca ... help inform planetary defense strategies. "It is a potentially hazardous asteroid that may still hit ...