How often do asteroids come near Earth?
This artist’s concept depicts an asteroid drifting through space. Many such objects frequently pass Earth. To help prepare for the ...
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2 asteroids just zipped by Earth, and NASA caught footage of the action
The Goldstone Solar System Radar, part of NASA’s Deep Space Network, made these observations of the recently discovered 500-foot-wide (150-meter-wide) ...
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NASA volunteers help find 15 rare asteroids with tails
Published Mar 24th, 2024 9:02AM EDT Despite popular belief, not all space rocks with tails are comets. In fact, asteroids ...
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Trojan Asteroids Loom Closer as NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Fires Up Engine for First Time
Fresh off of its first asteroid encounter that revealed a bonus space rock, Lucy is now ready for the big ...
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Near-Earth Asteroids as of September 2023
September 2023 Each month, NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office releases a monthly update featuring the most recent figures on NASA’s planetary defense efforts, near-Earth object close approaches, and other timely ...
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Collisions between asteroids may lead to formation of metal asteroids able to generate and record magnetism: Study
An artist’s illustration of a metal asteroid. Credit: ASU/Peter Rubin Yale researchers may have solved a longstanding puzzle as to ...
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