NASA to Build an Asteroid Hunting Space Telescope
NASA has approved production of infrared space telescope called " Near-Earth Object Surveyor space telescope" to detect asteroids that might threaten Earth.
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Asteroid the size of the Great Pyramid may hit Earth in 2022, says NASA
An asteroid estimated to be around the size of the Great Pyramid of Giza may hit the Earth on May 6, 2022, according to the National Aeronautics and Space…
Astronomers measure smallest star size to date using clever asteroid trick
A team of international astronomers, including Irish researchers, has measured a tiny, distant star by tracking the shadows of nearby asteroids. Given the…
Japan Just Landed a Robot Spacecraft on an Asteroid
Touchdown Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2 touched down on the surface of Ryugu Friday a kilometer-wide asteroid with an orbit that periodically brings it close…
What’s the difference between a comet and an asteroid? | Innovation
In some cases, comets and their tails are so big that they’re visible to the naked eye. Yet astronomer Ed Krupp, director of the Griffith Observatory in Los…
A Pair of Japanese Robots (Hopefully) Just Landed on an Asteroid | Virtual…
ASTEROID LANDING
Move over, Bruce Willis — a pair of robots are the latest to attempt a landing on an asteroid millions of miles from Earth. But…
European lander prepares to reach Ryugu asteroid | Innovation
A European-made lander tasked with extracting samples from an asteroid orbiting the Sun some 300 million km away is expected to make landfall on Wednesday.…
This Japanese probe just took an epic hop on a strange little asteroid |…
The feat marked a trio of firsts: First soft landing on an asteroid, first deployment of rovers in a low-gravity setting, and first close-up look at the sort…
Here Are the First Photos Japan’s Robot Landers Sent Back From an Asteroid…
TOUCHDOWN
Japan’s space agency workers can now breathe easy. The pair of robots they sent hurtling toward the surface of an asteroid on Friday have…