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Earth's satellites at risk if asteroid smashes into Moon: study
Jun 23, 2025 (AFP)
Earlier this year there were briefly fears that the 60-metre-wide (200-foot-wide) asteroid called 2024 YR4, which is big enough to level a city, would strike Ea...
NASA raises chance for asteroid to hit moon
Jun 19, 2025 (UPI)
According to the newest data collected, NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has refined the expected course fo...
Ethical and legal clarity urged as planetary defense faces asteroid threats
Jun 17, 2025 (SPX)
A new research paper from Swinburne University of Technology addresses the ethical, legal, and social implications surrounding asteroid mining and planetary def...
ESA Flyeye telescope begins full sky survey for asteroid detection
Jun 12, 2025 (SPX)
Engineered with a unique compound-eye-inspired design, Flyeye was developed by ESA and OHB Italia to monitor a sky area over 200 times the size of the full Moon...
Millions of new solar system objects to be found and 'filmed in technicolor'
Jun 04, 2025 (SPX)
The NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory is set to revolutionize our knowledge of the solar system's "small bodies" - asteroids, comets and other minor planets. Th...
Redwire delivers flight computer for ESAs Comet Interceptor mission targeting primordial comet
May 28, 2025 (SPX)
This computer, part of the third-generation Advanced Data and Power Management System (ADPMS-3), was supplied under contract with OHB Italia S.p.A. It will be k...
China launches Tianwen-2 asteroid and comet study mission
May 28, 2025 (UPI)
The Long March 3B Y110 rocket lifted off toward the near-Earth asteroid 469219 Kamo'oalewa and is expected to take a year to reach the asteroid. Asteroid sample...
China launches space probe seeking asteroid samples: Xinhua
May 28, 2025 (AFP)
Beijing has ploughed billions of dollars into its space programme in recent years in an effort to achieve what President Xi Jinping describes as the country's "...
Politecnico di Milano to help chart Apophis asteroid during 2028 deep space mission
May 28, 2025 (SPX)
Apophis, a 350-meter-wide asteroid, will pass within 31,000 kilometers of Earth-closer than many satellites in geostationary orbit. ESA has selected Politecnico...
Numerical models uncover how barred olivine crystals formed in ancient meteorites
May 26, 2025 (SPX)
Led by Associate Professor Hitoshi Miura, the team used a phase-field model to numerically reproduce barred olivine structures, offering new insight into how th...
Ancient pollen reveals stories about Earth's history, from the asteroid strike that killed the dinosaurs to the Mayan collapse
May 21, 2025 (SPX)
However, pollen grains are far more than allergens - they are nature's time capsules, preserving clues about Earth's past environments for millions of years. Po...
Second CubeSat added to ESAs Ramses mission for close study of Apophis
May 21, 2025 (SPX)
The Ramses mission, which could be officially confirmed at ESA's Ministerial Council meeting this November, is scheduled to launch in 2028. The main spacecraft ...
Laser ultrasound used to reveal the elasticity of space rock for the first time
May 20, 2025 (SPX)
Many meteorites are made of crystalline materials, formed under exotic conditions that cannot be replicated on earth. The stiffness of the crystals that make up...
China Prepares for Launch of Tianwen 2 Asteroid Sample-Return Mission
May 19, 2025 (SPX)
The Tianwen 2 probe, which reached the launch preparation area on Sunday, is now undergoing prelaunch checks at the center. It arrived at the spaceport in late ...
Why collect asteroid samples
May 13, 2025 (SPX)
Several space missions have flown by asteroids before and gotten a peek at their compositions, but bringing a sample back to Earth is even more helpful for scie...
Ancient Scottish meteorite strike rewrites timeline of life on land
Apr 30, 2025 (SPX)
The impact, responsible for creating the Stac Fada Member rock formation, was long believed to have occurred 1.2 billion years ago. Using zircon crystals as geo...
New analysis upends belief that asteroid Vesta has planetary interior
Apr 30, 2025 (SPX)
Astronomers studied it for clues to how early planets grew, and what Earth might have looked like in its infancy. Now, Michigan State University has contributed...
Carbon reactions during impacts reveal why meteorites seem less shocked
Apr 28, 2025 (SPX)
Meteorite collisions serve as time capsules, preserving clues about the early solar system. However, meteorites rich in carbon have long appeared to bear fewer ...
waNASA's Lucy Spacecraft Images Asteroid Donaldjohanson
Apr 23, 2025 (SPX)
The asteroid was previously observed to have large brightness variations over a 10-day period, so some of Lucy team members' expectations were confirmed when th...
NASA's Lucy Spacecraft Images Asteroid Donaldjohanson
Apr 23, 2025 (SPX)
The asteroid was previously observed to have large brightness variations over a 10-day period, so some of Lucy team members' expectations were confirmed when th...
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