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Why asteroid that could make everyone on Earth a billionaire is worth £8,000,000,000,000,000,000
This comes after Nicola Fox of NASA's science mission directorate said: "Psyche is by far the largest [asteroid], and that's ...
An Asteroid Will Fly By Earth in 4 Years. Scientists Are Racing to Uncover Its Secrets.
As the asteroid lines up for a planetary flyby in 2029, space agencies are coordinating to conduct some groundbreaking ...
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'Planetary defense is knowing what's out there and what could do harm to us.' Meet the scientist who helped build NASA's asteroid response plan
Lindley Johnson has been a pioneer in blueprinting warning and response scenarios to any potential impact of Earth by an ...
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NASA's Lucy probe flies by the asteroid Donaldjohanson on Easter Sunday
The first was a flyby of the asteroid Dinkinesh on Nov. 1, 2023. This Sunday, Lucy was expected to fly past her second target ...
Why meteorites that hit Earth have less water than the asteroid bits brought back by space probes — a planetary scientist explains
A planetary scientist explains new research explaining the differing compositions between space rocks that hit Earth and are ...
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NASA’s Lucy spacecraft beams back pictures of an asteroid shaped like a lumpy bowling pin
CAPE CANAVERAL (AP) — NASA’s Lucy spacecraft has beamed back pictures from its latest asteroid flyby, revealing a long, lumpy, odd-shaped space rock. The space agency released the images ...
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Still shooting for the stars
Next, Tianwen 2 will fly back to Earth's orbit and release its reentry module, which will return to the ground with the ...
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Peanut-shaped surprise for Lucy in asteroid flyby
“Asteroid Donaldjohanson has strikingly complicated ... spectra that could yield clues to Donaldjohanson’s surface composition, particle size, and level of radiation. The Lucy mission will ...
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NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft to Make High-Speed Flyby of Asteroid Donaldjohanson at 30,000 MPH
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft is set for a high-velocity encounter with the asteroid Donaldjohanson on Sunday, April 20, marking a ...
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NASA's Lucy spacecraft beams back pictures of an asteroid shaped like a lumpy bowling pin
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s Lucy spacecraft has beamed back pictures from its latest asteroid flyby, revealing a long, lumpy, odd-shaped space rock. The space agency released the images ...