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Next month NASA's Lucy probe will visit an asteroid that's been waiting 150 million years to say hello
"These relics are effectively fossils of the planet formation process, holding vital clues to deciphering the history of our ...
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5 Space Missions to Watch in April 2025: Polar Orbits, Space Weather and NASA’s Lucy
TBD: ULA’s Vulcan launches U.S. space force missions. April could also see United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Vulcan Centaur ...
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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 ...
Enormous asteroid the size of Germany which would wipe out all life on earth if it hit
An asteroid discovered over 200 years ago which is roughly the size of Germany would have catastrophic consequences for life ...
NASA’s Heat-Seeking Space Telescope Is Almost Ready to Spot Killer Asteroids
NASA’s NEO Surveyor, a spacecraft specifically designed to detect asteroids that could threaten Earth, is on track for a 2027 ...
Earth 1, asteroids 0: The next generation of planetary defense takes shape at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The NEO Surveyor fulfills a 2005 act of Congress ordering NASA to catalog 90% of near-Earth objects larger than 459 feet (140 ...
NASA’s $1.4 billion asteroid tracker to hunt ‘city-killer’ space rocks to save Earth from apocalypse
NASA's $1.4 billion NEO Surveyor space telescope is designed to spot and track potentially hazardous asteroids, offering ...
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NASA to launch spacecraft to track asteroids that threaten Earth
A NewsNation exclusive reveals NASA’s high-tech plan to save Earth if an asteroid ever comes barreling toward the planet. The ...
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Europe’s Hera spacecraft aces self-driving test at Mars before asteroid mission
Hera spacecraft successfully tested its autonomous surface feature tracking system during a high-speed flyby of Mars, marking ...
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AstroForge Still Confident It Will Mine Asteroids After 2 Major Failures
Despite losing both of its spacecraft, the startup is preparing for its $55 million Mission 3, which will launch next year.
Discover Magazine on MSN8d
Asteroid Mining Gives Companies Hope in the Search for Rare Metals
Learn about the projects that hope to acquire rare metals from space by mining asteroids, creating a budding industry with ...
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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 ...