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Asteroid named after Chinese expert
An asteroid was officially named Zhongnanshan in honor of the prominent Chinese respiratory disease expert during a naming ...
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Saturn’s first Trojan asteroid has finally been discovered
Saturn is known for its stunning rings and its many moons (four seen here), but they aren’t the planet’s only companions. Its first known Trojan — an asteroid that shares the planet’s orbit around the ...
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 ...
Irish Sun24d
Fears city-killer ‘God of Destruction’ asteroid could hit Earth as experts warn of deadly deflection
EARTH could collide with its deadly cosmic neighbour, Apophis, an asteroid 1,100ft (335m) wide, should a rare chain event occur, according to a new study. Though it would be a one in a billion chance.
Fox News24d
Stadium-sized asteroid deemed 'potentially hazardous' by NASA, is expected to move 'relatively close' to Earth
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is monitoring a "potentially hazardous" asteroid that is moving past Earth on Tuesday. NASA told Fox News Digital that the rocky object ...
Interesting Engineering4d
ESA’s Hera mission launched aboard SpaceX, to probe NASA knocked off asteroid Dimorphos
ESA has launched the first planetary defense Hera spacecraft aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 to investigate NASA-deflected Dimorphos ...
Nature8d
A spaceship punched an asteroid — we’re about to learn what came next
ESA’s Hera mission will study a rock called Dimorphos, which was blasted by NASA, to work out how successful that approach ...
European spacecraft launches for ‘crash scene investigation’ of first planetary defense test
The European Space Agency’s Hera mission and two satellites are on their way to survey the aftermath of NASA’s DART spacecraft, which intentionally hit an asteroid in 2022.
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Asteroid disintegrates safely in ‘fireball’ flash over the Philippines
The asteroid – measuring about 1 metre (3 feet) across – was spotted by astronomers in Arizona before it broke apart above ...
Five-mile asteroid impact crater below Atlantic captured in 'exquisite' detail by seismic data
New images of an asteroid impact crater buried deep below the floor of the Atlantic Ocean have been published today by ...
India TV4y
Huge asteroid will come close to Earth on September 1: Is it dangerous?
An asteroid, as huge as a high-rise building, will pass near the Earth on Tuesday, September 1. Asteroid 2011 ES4 will make a close approach towards Earth and will be closer to our planet than the ...