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An exceedingly rare asteroid flyby will happen soon, but NASA may be left on the sidelines
Astronomers estimate that an asteroid this large comes this close to Earth only about once every 7,500 years. It also appears ...
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Chinese scientists push for cubesat swarm mission to fly by infamous asteroid Apophis
Chinese scientists push for cubesat swarm mission to fly by infamous asteroid Apophis China could launch a mission involving ...
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A Revolutionary, Low-Cost Asteroid Mission Is Now in Danger From NASA Cutbacks
The proposed national US budget for 2026 contains a few nasty surprises for NASA, and some serious disappointments—among them ...
Here's Why June 30 Is Celebrated As World Asteroid Day
The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution in December 2016, declaring June 30 International Asteroid Day.
World Asteroid Day 2025: Date, history, significance and 5 major asteroid incidents
The United Nations formally adopted Asteroid Day in 2016. The decision followed a proposal from the Association of Space ...
7 years, 2 asteroids and tonnes of shooting meteorites: Are Earth, astronauts and satellites really safe?
Can an asteroid, or two asteroids, crash into Earth in the next seven years? Scientists are observing these space rocks to ...
Don't look up: NASA is struggling to execute its planetary defense plan
The aerospace agency’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) audited the Planetary Defense plan and on Tuesday published the ...
Budget woes could hurt NASA’s hunt for killer asteroids - report
The report comes on the heels of President Donald Trump’s initial budget proposal for NASA, which calls for historically ...
World Asteroid Day 2025: History, Significance And What's Coming Towards Us
On that fateful day, an asteroid detonated above the remote Siberian wilderness in Russia, unleashing a force equivalent to 185 atomic bombs dropped on Japan's Hiroshima. The blast leveled ...