NASA is launching its first Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) targeting an asteroid. A NASA spacecraft is set to smash into an asteroid (posing no threat to earth) early on Tuesday. The Test will be carried out to test a technology to defend Earth against potential asteroid or comet hazards in future.
In some bad news for companies hoping to mine space-rocks for their valuable ores, a new study has claimed that only 10 near-Earth asteroids may be suitable for commercial-scale mining
Washington: In order to defend Earth from asteroids, the trick is to spot the near-Earth objects first, according to NASA researchers. A mere 17-20 metres across, the Chelyabinsk meteor caused extensive ground damage and numerous injuries when it exploded on impact with the Earth’s atmosphere in February 2013. To prevent another such impact, Amy Mainzer, […]
Washington: NASA has selected eight new teams to conduct fundamental and applied research about the Moon, near Earth asteroids, and the Martian moons Phobos and Deimos and their near space environments. The Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI) will support the new teams for five years at a combined total of about $10.5 million […]
Washington: NASA has ruled that the pair of asteroids flying by Earth this weekend could pose a threat to our planet. “These asteroids have been well observed – once since 2000 and the other since 2010 – and their orbits are very well known,” said NASA’s Planetary Defence Officer Lindley Johnson. “Both of these asteroids […]
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