En Route to Poke an Asteroid, DART Spacecraft Had a Baby
16 Sep 2022, 13:44 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) deploys the LICIACube double camera satellite to document its impact with an asteroid on September 26
Here’s the Didymos Asteroid, Doesn’t Know Humans Have Bad Things Planned for It
8 Sep 2022, 12:12 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA's DART spacecraft captured its first images of the Dimorphos asteroid it'll smash into back in July, compiled pic just released by the space agency
DART Is Not NASA's First Mission To Crash Into an Asteroid, Let's Take a Look Back
4 Sep 2022, 16:43 UTC · By: Angela Balaciu / NASA has a long history of investigating asteroids and comets, as well as just smashing into them, sometimes because they wanted to
HERA Spacecraft Will Follow NASA's Plan To Change an Asteroid's Orbit
2 Sep 2022, 20:34 UTC · By: Angela Balaciu / The European Space Agency is sending Hera Spacecraft to investigate the aftermath of the impact of NASA’s DART spacecraft into an asteroid
525-Feet Asteroid Is Right Where It Should Be for Spacecraft to Slam Into It at 15K MPH
29 Aug 2022, 06:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / New telescope observations confirm the smaller Didymos asteroid will be at the calculated position for the DART impact set for September 26
NASA’s Bombing an Asteroid on September 26, We’re Promised No Threat to Earth
24 Aug 2022, 12:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) is expected to impact the smaller Didymos asteroid on September 26 at 7:14 p.m. EDT
Here's Most Recent Proof Unshielded Mars Still Gets Bombarded From Space
1 Aug 2022, 08:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / An most recent impact crater (possibly as young as 2014) was discovered in an image taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter back in 2020
Japan Finds Traces of Organic Matter on an Asteroid, The Building Blocks of Life on Earth
14 Jun 2022, 09:29 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Japanese Space Agency publishes the first results of its research on asteroid Ryugu samples, initial details paint an incredible picture
NASA to Point Returning Spacecraft at Scary Apophis Before Asteroid’s 2029 Close Approach
26 Apr 2022, 07:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA and the University of Arizona to send the OSIRIS spacecraft on a new mission once it returns next year, new target Apophis
NASA Spacecraft Completes Rigorous Testing in Preparation for Epic Space Journey
5 Apr 2022, 01:35 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / In August, NASA's Psyche spacecraft will leave our skies and will head toward a metal-rich asteroid located somewhere between Mars and Jupiter
NASA Knew Exactly When an Asteroid Would Hit Earth, Could Do Nothing to Stop It
17 Mar 2022, 10:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA's Scout system was able to calculate the time and general area of impact for a small asteroid last week, the fifth time this happened
Asteroid Detected Less Than Two Hours Before Entering Earth’s Atmosphere! Wait, What?
16 Mar 2022, 15:58 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / Even though astronomers are getting better at identifying near-Earth objects, the fact remains that sometimes we are still spotting them way too late
Psyche Spacecraft Gears Up for Historical Journey, Gets Massive Solar Arrays
7 Mar 2022, 21:14 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / NASA's Psyche spacecraft has received its massive solar arrays that will help it reach a mysterious metal-rich asteroid located between Mars and Jupiter
This Asteroid Made Quite a Splash on Mars, Visible From Space
27 Feb 2022, 03:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / HiRISE image captured in 2009 shows a small impact crater on Mars, complete with what scientists call cemented fine materials
This Spacecraft Will Sail on Light to Hunt Down Its First Near-Earth Asteroid
23 Jan 2022, 20:52 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / NASA's NEA Scout is a tiny spacecraft that is as big as a shoebox. Although small, it has some big plans: to chase down its first near-Earth asteroid
Chip-in-the-Wall Crater May Hold Clues to Mars' Past Climate
21 Jan 2022, 11:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / This small impact crater on the surface of Mars contains traces of buried ice that "can help answer questions about what the Martian climate was like long ago
Tiny Spacecraft Gears Up to Visit Small Asteroid, Will Use the Sun to Get There
21 Jan 2022, 01:59 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / NEA Scout is a tiny spacecraft that has a big goal: to reach asteroid 2020 GE, a near-Earth object smaller than a school bus
Don’t Look Up, Potentially Hazardous Asteroid Will Zip by Earth at 47,000 MPH Next Week
12 Jan 2022, 09:36 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA's Center for Near Earth Object Studies says an asteroid 1.1 km (0.68 miles) in diameter will zip by Earth at over 47,000 mph next week
Dozens of Secondary Impact Craters Are All That’s Left of an Ancient Martian Drama
3 Jan 2022, 13:21 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / At times, the main impact craters on Mars are so old that any connection they had with secondary craters is erased, complicating the work of scientists
NASA's Spacecraft Prepares for a Memorable Journey to a Strange Metallic Asteroid
26 Dec 2021, 05:30 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / In 2022, NASA's spacecraft Psyche will start its long space journey to get to a potato-shaped asteroid unusually rich in metal