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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 ...
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. The space rock, known as "2025 FO6," is estimated to be about 35 feet across ...
Humanity isn’t asteroid-proof yet. But we’re getting closer.
Once the new measurements were taken and the math was done, the probability of YR4 hitting the Earth began to decline, ...
NASA to launch asteroid hunting spacecraft in 2027
A NewsNation exclusive reveals NASA’s high-tech plan to save Earth if an asteroid ever comes barreling toward the planet. The NEO Surveyor, set to launch in 2027, is the first spacecraft specifically ...
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5 NASA'S ASTEROID DEFENSE INITIATIVES TO PROTECT EARTH
Asteroids threaten Earth, prompting NASA to develop defense strategies ... ATLAS is an early warning system that scans the sky for approaching asteroids, giving Earth valuable time to prepare ...
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Meteorites and asteroids tracked back to their place of origin in the solar system
Meteorites are rocks from space that survive their fiery descent through Earth's atmosphere and reach the ground. More than ...
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Next month NASA's Lucy probe will visit an asteroid that's been waiting 150 million years to say hello
"These relics are effectively fossils of the planet formation process, holding vital clues to deciphering the history of our solar system." The next stop for NASA's asteroid-hopping spacecraft ...
Should giant asteroid head for Earth, Hawaii is first line of defense
The asteroid, 2024 YR4, was detected by UH’s Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) and given a 3% probability ...
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Will an asteroid hit Earth? Likely not. NASA gives 'all clear' as odds fall to near zero
YR4's probability of impacting Earth first began to fall last Wednesday when NASA announced ... in mounting a planetary defense if the day ever comes that an asteroid does pose a threat.
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NASA: Asteroid 2024 YR4 not a threat to Earth. But the moon is still in the region of uncertainty
2024 in Chile through the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS). Lindley Johnson, Planetary Defense Officer Emeritus with NASA, said the asteroid's future orbit in ...
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NASA to launch asteroid hunting spacecraft in 2027
A NewsNation exclusive reveals NASA’s high-tech plan to save Earth if an asteroid ever comes barreling toward the planet. The NEO Surveyor, set to launch in 2027, is the first spacecraft ...