HAPPENING IN OUR OWN BACKYARD. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME ANYONE HAD DEMONSTRATED YOU COULD ACTUALLY DEFLECT AN ASTEROID USING A POWERFUL X RAY BURST. PHYSICIST NATHAN MOORE AND HIS TEAM WITH AN ...
Scientists Warn These Asteroids May Grow ‘More Dangerous’ As They Approach Earth ...
NASA's Parker Solar Probe captured this image showing the nightside surface of Venus. A family of asteroids share the planet's orbit, and two new studies suggest that one day the space rocks could ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A swarm of large asteroids likely lurking around Venus could one day pose an "invisible threat" to Earth if left unchecked, ...
When we think about asteroids that could threaten Earth, we often imagine massive, city-sized rocks hurtling through space. But what if the real danger comes from much smaller, barely detectable ones?
This is a colored view of the C-type asteroid 162173 Ryugu, seen by the ONC-T camera on board of Hayabusa2. Source - ISAS/JAXA, CC SA 4.0. This is a colored view of the C-type asteroid 162173 Ryugu, ...
NASA’s growing focus on asteroids isn’t just about science — it’s about survival. Recent discoveries show how little warning we may have before a dangerous impact. Even relatively small asteroids ...
To keep solar power stations from getting lazy, Sandia National Laboratories scientist John Sandusky is looking to give heliostat mirrors a side hustle. At the National Solar Thermal Test Facility ...
An artist’s illustration of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope revealing a population of small asteroids in the main asteroid belt. The asteroid that extinguished the dinosaurs is estimated to have ...