China builds ‘planetary defense’ team as concerns grow over 2024 YR4 asteroid

China has started assembling a planetary defense team to counter the threat of near-Earth asteroids following the discovery of a large asteroid that could strike our planet in seven years.

Bennu asteroid contains building blocks of life, say scientists

The chemical building blocks of life have been found in the grainy dust of an asteroid called Bennu, an analysis reveals.

SpaceX launches its European mission Hera to study a deviated asteroid

The aerospace company SpaceX successfully launched the European Hera mission on October 7, which will study the impact of a NASA spacecraft against the asteroid Dimorphos.

1st US asteroid sample mission returns sample to Earth

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, the first U.S. mission to collect a sample from an asteroid, returned Bennu asteroid sample to Earth on Sunday.

Asteroid-Smashing NASA Probe Sent Boulders into Space

The US space agency says dozens of rock fragments were sent into space when it conducted a successful effort in 2022 to knock an asteroid off its path by making a satellite collide with it.

Asteroid equal in size to Eiffel Tower just 2.4 mln km away from Earth

Asteroid 2006 HV5, measuring about 300 meters in diameter, has approached the Earth closer than ever this century and is now just 2.4 million kilometers away, the Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics under the Russian Academy of Sciences has said in a news release.

Planetary asteroid and comet defense system may appear in ten years, scientist says

A planetary system for protection of the Earth from comet and asteroid threat may gain tangible shape in ten years, and technological basis for such system already exists, says Natan Eismont, lead researcher at the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Space Research Institute.

Scientists discover asteroid that could collide with Earth

An international team of astronomers on Monday announced the discovery of a large asteroid whose orbit crosses that of Earth, creating a small chance far in the future of a catastrophic collision.

NASAs DART Spacecraft Alters Orbit Of Asteroid In Planetary Defense Test Mission

 NASA said on Tuesday that its planetary defense test mission from several weeks ago successfully used the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft to collide with an asteroid to alter its orbit.

NASA's DART mission successfully smashes spacecraft into asteroid

 

A NASA spacecraft rammed an asteroid at blistering speed Monday in an unprecedented dress rehearsal for the day a killer rock menaces Earth.

Large asteroid to fly 4.8 mln km away from Earth - Roscosmos - TASS

An asteroid having the diameter of 1.3 km will fly on March 4 at a distance over 4.8 mln km from our planet and will not collide with the Earth, Russian state space corporation Roscosmos said in its Telegram channel.

Nuking An Asteroid to Prevent It from Hitting Earth Could Actually Work, Study Shows - Tasnim News Agency

(Tasnim) – Reassuring news for those waiting to delay the apocalypse for as long as possible: A new study suggests that our last line of defense against an asteroid hitting Earth is an effective strategy after all.

Huge Asteroid to Fly Through Earth's Orbit - Sputnik International

The approaching asteroid is approximately 220 meters in diameter and is expected to travel past our planet at a speed of about 8 kilometres per second.

Chinese Scientists Suggest Launching Dozens of Rockets to Prevent Asteroid Collision With Earth - Sputnik International

In a newly published research, experts at China's National Space Science Center have proposed launching a fleet of rockets into space to simulate diverting an asteroid away from Earth.

Cómo evitar que un asteroide colisione con la Tierra

 

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NASA spacecraft starts trip back after collecting asteroid samples - The Jerusalem post | EL ETOS UT

A NASA spacecraft, which scientists believe has collected samples from an asteroid, began its two-year journey back to Earth on Monday.

Space Probe Finds Ingredients For Life On Asteroid

 

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Huge Asteroid the Size of a Cruise Liner to Make Close Approach to Earth This Week - Sputnik International

A huge asteroid the size of a cruise liner will whizz past the Earth this week. 

NASA said 2016 QE45 is estimated to be between 120 and 270 metres in width, which makes it almost as big as the Queen Elizabeth II ocean liner.

No threat to Earth as huge asteroid zooms past | Al Jazeera

The largest asteroid to pass by Earth this year has made its closest approach, posing no threat of a cataclysmic collision but giving astronomers a rare chance to study a rock formed during the beginning of our solar system.

NASA warns of THREE asteroids headed towards Earth, as Japan prepares for next mission to nearby space rock — RT

 As 2020 draws to a close and the number of existential threats to life on Earth appears to diminish at least slightly, NASA is warning about the close flybys of three asteroids over 40 meters in diameter.