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Could an asteroid wipe out life on Earth – and what are we doing about it?
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Could an asteroid wipe out life on Earth – and what are we doing about it?

The Independent  

Even as the asteroid hurtled towards Earth, we were arguing. Last month, for instance, the Earth was struck by an asteroid that was spotted just hours before it crashed into us – it was so small that it burnt up in the sky without posing any danger, but it was a widely-heralded reminder of the danger that might come with …

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Can nuclear blasts protect Earth from incoming asteroids? Scientists use X-rays in first successful test
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Can nuclear blasts protect Earth from incoming asteroids? Scientists use X-rays in first successful test

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Researchers in New Mexico used Sandia National Laboratory’s Z machine, the most powerful laboratory source …

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Earth is about to get its own asteroid 'mini-moon', but only for a short time
3 months ago

Earth is about to get its own asteroid 'mini-moon', but only for a short time

ABC  

A bus-sized asteroid is currently hurtling through our patch of the Solar System, but far from being a threat, a new study suggests the space rock will become Earth's companion for a couple of months. This means that for almost two months, the asteroid will be temporarily captured in Earth's orbit, before being flung back out into the Solar System. …

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Earth to get ‘mini-moon’ 2024 PT5, orbiting for 2 months | All you need to know
3 months ago

Earth to get ‘mini-moon’ 2024 PT5, orbiting for 2 months | All you need to know

Hindustan Times  

Earth is set to witness a ‘mini-moon’ called 2024 PT5, a small asteroid that will not collide with Earth but will orbit around it, similar to the Moon, for a brief period of around two months by the end of this month. A study suggests that 2024 PT5 likely originated from the Arjuna asteroid belt, which contains space rocks that …

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Week in tech: How a Nasa spacecraft altered an asteroid’s shape
9 months ago

Week in tech: How a Nasa spacecraft altered an asteroid’s shape

Live Mint  

A recap of what made news in the world of science and technology this week. Google fined $272 million in news copyright issue French regulators said on 20 March that tech giant Google was being fined $272 million for breaching commitments on paying media companies for reproducing their content online and using their material for its artificial intelligence chatbot Gemini …

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Christmas asteroid is coming close to Earth fast. We don't know what it's made of
2 years ago

Christmas asteroid is coming close to Earth fast. We don't know what it's made of

India Today  

The European Space Agency has issued a new challenge to amateur astronomers across the world. An asteroid is classified as a near-Earth object when its distance from our planet is less than 1.3 times the distance from Earth to the Sun, according to the Nasa Joint Propulsion Laboratory. Near-Earth asteroids fascinate ESA’s Planetary Defence Office in particular because they give …

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A "planet killer" asteroid is hiding in the Sun's glare
2 years, 1 month ago

A "planet killer" asteroid is hiding in the Sun's glare

Salon  

If you were to gauge humanity by the quantity of our disaster movies, the fear that an asteroid will hit planet Earth looms large — and perhaps rightly so, given this planet's geologic history. Most of the solar system's asteroids orbit in the region of the asteroid belt, which is between Mars and Jupiter, and is a region of the …

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Bam! NASA spacecraft crashes into asteroid in defense test | Watch
2 years, 2 months ago

Bam! NASA spacecraft crashes into asteroid in defense test | Watch

Hindustan Times  

A NASA spacecraft rammed an asteroid at blistering speed Monday in an unprecedented dress rehearsal for the day a killer rock menaces Earth. The galactic grand slam occurred at a harmless asteroid 7 million miles away, with the spacecraft named Dart plowing into the small space rock at 14,000 mph. Though the impact was immediately obvious — Dart’s radio signal …

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Asteroid to come dangerously close to Earth today: NASA on its impact
2 years, 4 months ago

Asteroid to come dangerously close to Earth today: NASA on its impact

Live Mint  

In the last couple of days, several asteroids dangerously whizzed past the Earth, which could have caused a major accident if one of them had hit the planet. And, NASA has alerted another asteroid 2022 OC4 will fly past the planet on Tuesday that might also come dangerously close to it. The asteroid 2022 OC4, which is about 36-foot-wide, is …

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NASA launches Double Asteroid Redirection Test aimed at deflecting asteroid
3 years, 1 month ago

NASA launches Double Asteroid Redirection Test aimed at deflecting asteroid

ABC  

NASA's one-way mission to crash a spacecraft into an asteroid has blasted off from California. Key points: This mission is to demonstrate the world's first planetary defence system The aim is to deflecting an asteroid from a potential collision with Earth DART will test its ability to alter an asteroid's trajectory with sheer kinetic force This mission is to demonstrate …

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Can rockets and spacecraft change an asteroid’s trajectory?
3 years, 5 months ago

Can rockets and spacecraft change an asteroid’s trajectory?

Live Mint  

Chinese researchers want to send more than 20 of China's largest rockets to practice turning away a sizable asteroid - a technique that may eventually be crucial if a killer rock is on a collision course with Earth. At China's National Space Science Center, researchers found in simulations that 23 Long March 5 rockets hitting simultaneously could deflect a large …

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World Asteroid Day 2022: All you need to know about Asteroids, its history and relevance
3 years, 5 months ago

World Asteroid Day 2022: All you need to know about Asteroids, its history and relevance

India TV News  

World Asteroid Day 2022: World Asteroid Day is marked and celebrated globally on June 30 every year. Here is all you need to know about the asteroid and 'World Asteroid Day 2021': What is an Asteroid? History of Asteroid: The UN adopted a resolution A/RES/71/90 in December 2016 and declared June 30 as International Asteroid Day. Relevance of World Asteroid …

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