Are we on the verge of mining metals from the asteroids above Earth?
As an asteroid mining start-up's latest mission goes awry, Josh Sims looks at how close we really are to extracting rare ...
NASA Tracking Bus-Size Asteroid Approaching Earth
NASA is tracking a bus-sized asteroid that will be zooming past the Earth today at a speed of nearly 28,028 miles per hour. The space rock, known as "2025 FO6," is estimated to be about 35 feet across ...
NASA Tracking Plane-Sized Asteroid Approaching Earth Today
The space rock, which measures 150 feet across and is traveling at 38,922 miles per hour, is one of five on NASA's radar.
Asteroid 2024 YR May Not Hit Earth In 2032, But It - And Others - Will Keep Coming Back
A radar image of asteroid Alinda taken in January 2024. The rectangular region is about three kilometres a side. (NASA/JPL) ...
An Asteroid (Probably) Isn’t Hitting Earth Any Time Soon
Once, a very long time ago, a massive asteroid hit the Earth and wiped out the dinosaurs. In addition to functionally ...
City-killer asteroid may be hurtling towards Earth right NOW…& we have no way to detect it, space agency chiefs warn
A CITY-KILLER asteroid could be hurtling towards Earth but going completely undetected, a space agency chief warned. Humanity has only just recovered from the near-miss of asteroid YR4, which ...
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Killer Asteroid Will Miss Earth But Return for a Shot at Revenge
They're named after the absolutely enormous asteroid 887 Alinda, first discovered in 1918. At roughly 2.5 miles across, 887 Alinda would cause an extinction-level catastrophe if it struck Earth.
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‘City-killer’ asteroid won’t hit Earth in 2032, but don’t worry— another threat is looming
Asteroid 2024 YR4 won't hit Earth in December 2032, but that doesn't mean we're out of the woods forever. via REUTERS We could experience a rock market crash. Asteroid 2024 YR4 won’t hit Earth ...
Earth 1, asteroids 0: The next generation of planetary defense takes shape at JPL
The NEO Surveyor fulfills a 2005 act of Congress ordering NASA to catalog 90% of near-Earth objects larger than 459 feet, ...
Asteroid Bennu Holds Traces of Ancient Water – And Maybe Life’s Origins
Scientists at Lab are unraveling the mysteries of Bennu, a 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid, using cutting-edge technology. The ...
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Are we on the verge of mining metals from the asteroids above Earth?
As an asteroid mining start-up's latest mission goes awry, Josh Sims looks at how close we really are to extracting rare minerals from the many celestial bodies above us. Thirty years ago the ...