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world’s first miniature radar to probe the interior of an asteroid

Following the incredible plan to move a harmless asteroid with NASA's DART mission, more research is required to determine exactly what kind of impact humanity had on the distant Dimorphos. With its launch in two years, the ESA's Hera mission aims to do just...

Team identifies parent body materials in Ryugu asteroid

An international team led by a researcher from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) discovered that one specific particle on the asteroid Ryugu can shed light on its parent body's unaltered initial materials. The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency launched the spacecraft Hayabusa2 to the asteroid 162173...

Water in asteroid dust offers clues to life on Earth

Specks of dust recovered by a Japanese space probe from an asteroid 300 million kilometres from Earth have revealed an unexpected component: a drop of water, according to scientists on Friday. The discovery lends credence to the theory that life on Earth originated in space. The...

NASA will crash a spacecraft into a 525-foot-wide asteroid in September. Here’s how to watch it

NASA is preparing for an "Armageddon"-style mission that will involve crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid, and they want the public to be able to watch it live. Asteroids come dangerously close to Earth all the time, but it's been over 65 million years since...

China plans a system to take out asteroids hurtling toward Earth

China plans to develop a system for monitoring asteroids that pose a threat to earth. It has highlighted the nation's growing ambitions for its space program.The country will also explore ways for taking out asteroids that endanger the planet. This is according to Wu...

Crescent shaped crater in Northeast China breaks record as largest impact crater that formed in last 100,000 years

Scientists have confirmed that a circular mountain ridge in China's Heilongjiang Province is a crater made by an asteroid strike. The study published in the journal Meteoritics & Planetary Science. Scientists described their study of the crater and what they learned about it. Scientists noticed what...