NASA Tracking Car-Size Asteroid Approaching Earth
The space rock is expected to zoom past our planet at a zippy 28,655 miles per hour, according to the space agency.
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 ...
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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 ...
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.
Earth’s in the Clear From Menacing Asteroid in 2032—But Our Moon Might Not Be
New Webb Telescope data reconfirms that asteroid 2024 YR4 poses no threat to Earth during its 2032 flyby. As for the Moon, ...
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 ...
Hunt for 25,000 hidden asteroids as scientist reveals how we’d stop a dangerous city-killer rock hurtling towards Earth
NASA is about to begin a massive hunt for hidden asteroids, and may uncover city-destroying space rocks we’ve missed.
Dodging Doomsday: NASA’s $1.4 billion telescope will hunt city-killing asteroids, prevent Earth’s next big bang
Surveyor, a $1.4-billion infrared telescope designed to detect asteroids and comets that could pose a threat to Earth.
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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 ...
NASA Tracking Airplane-Sized Asteroid Nearing Earth
Asteroids of this size regularly pass through the Earth's neighborhood, often unnoticed, unless they are actively tracked by ...
‘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. Researchers warn ...