A harmless asteroid will whiz past Earth Saturday. Here's how to spot it
An asteroid will whiz harmlessly past Earth this weekend
June 28, 2024An asteroid will whiz harmlessly past Earth this weekend
June 28, 2024NASA was set on Wednesday to provide a first peek for the public at what scientists found inside a tightly sealed canister that was returned to Earth last month carrying
April 26, 2024NASA finally has counted up all the asteroid samples returned by a spacecraft last fall
February 16, 2024Astronomers say an asteroid as big as a skyscraper will pass within 1.7 million miles of Earth on Friday
February 01, 2024The little asteroid visited by NASA's Lucy spacecraft this week had a big surprise for scientists _ a mini moon
November 03, 2023In a historic reveal, NASA announced that its OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has returned an unprecedented asteroid sample containing “crucial elements” that may provide insight into the early days of our solar system. Arriving on September 24, a pristine sample from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, estimated to be around 4.5 billion years old, landed in the Utah desert within a capsule. Upon initial analysis, this sample exceeded NASA’s goal of 60 grams, marking it as the most substantial carbon-rich asteroid sample ever retrieved on Earth. This finding suggests the existence of water and an unexpectedly high concentration of carbon, hinting at the possibility
October 26, 2023A NASA spacecraft has rocketed away on a six-year journey to a rare asteroid made of metal
October 13, 2023