The first flight mission for planetary defense, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) seeks to validate a method to ...
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Earth's first planetary defense

Earth is hit by asteroids all the time, but to avoid severe damages in the future NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test ...
Let’s get the first question out of the way quickly. Asteroid 2024 YR4, a 50- to 90-meter-wide Earth-approaching object, is likely not going to hit our planet in 2032. But, since the odds of it ...
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - Scientists across the world are focusing on an asteroid that has a slim chance of hitting Earth. Here's what to know about the asteroid, as well as the role one Arizona observatory ...
A rock the size of a 30-story building is hurtling towards Earth. Travelling 20 times faster than a bullet, Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 2.3 per cent chance of hitting us in 2032, roughly the same ...
(NewsNation) — The odds that a potentially destructive asteroid will collide with Earth in 2032 have increased once again, NASA says, but the chance of an actual impact is still quite slim. NASA’s ...
An asteroid recently spotted in the cosmos with a non-zero chance of hitting Earth in the coming years may have caused some alarm. Don't freak out – yet. Yes, the asteroid has little more than a 1% ...
Astronomers are considering blowing up the “city killer” asteroid, estimated to have a small chance of crashing onto the Moon in 2032, to cut the risk of the collision debris destroying satellites.
A video from NASA shows the great lengths it'll go to collect samples. Aug. 28, 2013— -- The pulsing drums, rumbling brass and minor key that serve as soundtrack to one of NASA's recent videos ...