NASA tracking bus-sized asteroid approaching Earth tomorrow

According to the space agency's tracking, the rock is hurtling through space at more than 21,500 miles per hour.

Spacecraft's impact changed asteroid's orbit around the sun in a save-the-Earth test, study finds

A new study has found that an asteroid NASA used for target practice a few years ago was nudged into a slightly different ...
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Bus-sized asteroid will fly past Earth tonight mere days after being discovered. Here's what to expect

Asteroid 2026 EG1 was discovered on March 8, less than one week ago.

NASA's DART mission didn't just change the orbit of asteroid it hit

NASA's DART mission didn’t just change the orbit of Dimorphos, the asteroid it hit. It changed the orbit of the larger ...

NASA demonstrates humanity may be able to stop an Earth-bound asteroid

Here's what scientists have now learned about the DART mission.

Is 'city killer' asteroid going to hit the moon? See NASA outlook

Asteroid 2024 YR4, once feared to hit the moon in 2032, is now expected to safely miss the lunar surface by about 13,000 miles, according to recent observations from the James Webb Space Telescope ...
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NASA’s Asteroid-Smashing DART Mission Changed a Space Rock’s Orbit Around the Sun, Marking a First for Humanity

Studying the 2022 collision's effects can help scientists protect the Earth from celestial objects that might head toward us ...
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China's Tianwen-2 probe captures selfie with Earth en route to asteroid

China's Tianwen-2 spacecraft captured a selfie with Earth when it was about 26.7 million miles (44M km) from Earth and 28 million mi. (45M km) from asteroid 2016HO3. Credit: Space.com | footage courte ...
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Study: Spacecraft's impact changed asteroid's orbit around sun in save-the-Earth test

It's the first time a celestial body's orbit around the sun was deliberately changed. The asteroid that NASA's Dart ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 won't hit the moon in 2032 after all, NASA confirms

New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope provided a better understanding of the asteroid's orbit. The 300-foot-long asteroid was previously considered a threat to both Earth and the moon.