A spacecraft is on its way to a harmless asteroid slammed by NASA in a previous save-the-Earth testThe European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft, launched by SpaceX, is embarking on a mission to examine the asteroid Dimorphos, which was imp...
07 Oct, 2024, 09.14 PM IST
Apophis, ‘God of Destruction’ is set to skim Earth's orbit; Why scientists are watching closelyIn 2029, asteroid Apophis will make a close flyby, passing just 20,000 miles from Earth, an event visible to millions without telescopes. T...
18 Aug, 2024, 05.56 PM IST
Venus has likely signs of life, claims research paper. Details hereSigns of life in Venus planet? A research paper has found elements that are linked to life.
01 Aug, 2024, 08.27 AM IST
NASA studies what will happen if an asteroid coming to Earth is hitWhat will happen if an asteroid hurtling towards the Earth is hit midway to avoid the collision? National Aeronautical and Space Administra...
22 Jul, 2023, 02.34 AM IST
Hubble captures a time-lapse movie of DART collision: NASAThe Hubble movie offers invaluable new clues into how the debris was dispersed into a complex pattern in the days following the impact, NAS...
04 Mar, 2023, 05.04 PM IST
Humans can save Earth from ‘killer’ planetary bodies, reveals DARTThe Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission provides evidence that humanity can protect Earth from the impact of planetary bodies.
03 Mar, 2023, 10.55 PM IST
Smashing success: NASA asteroid strike results in big nudgeThe Dart spacecraft carved a crater into the asteroid Dimorphos on Sept. 26, hurling debris out into space and creating a cometlike trail o...
12 Oct, 2022, 12.41 AM IST
New asteroid strike images show impact 'a lot bigger than expected'The James Webb and Hubble telescopes on Thursday revealed their first images of a spacecraft deliberately smashing into an asteroid, as ast...
30 Sep, 2022, 05.46 PM IST
NASA's DART mission first step to prevent possible armageddon, say Indian scientistsIn a first-of-its-kind mission, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft successfully crashed into an asteroid on Tuesday to ...
27 Sep, 2022, 05.29 PM IST
NASA's DART mission successfully crashes spacecraft into asteroidTermed humanity's first test of planetary defence by NASA, the main objective behind the mission was to redirect the asteroid closer to Did...
27 Sep, 2022, 10.16 AM IST
NASA will smash its spacecraft into asteroid Dimorphos; do not miss out on real-time actionNASA has a spacecraft named DART which will collide with the asteroid Dimorphos resulting in a change in its orbit and speeding it up a bit...
26 Sep, 2022, 08.39 PM IST
Asteroid-smashing mission DART's success depends on ground-based telescopes. Find out whyThe action for NASA's DART spacecraft will take place in orbit, but telescopes on Earth are essential to the mission's success. Read on to ...
25 Sep, 2022, 12.47 AM IST
NASA spacecraft DART is set to crash into asteroid. Here's why?NASA plans to strike a minor and harmless asteroid a million miles away. NASA’s spacecraft, named Dart, will zero in on the asteroid to cru...
23 Sep, 2022, 11.47 PM IST
NASA launches test mission of asteroid-deflecting spacecraftA spacecraft that must ultimately crash to succeed was launched late on Tuesday from California on a NASA mission to demonstrate the world'...
24 Nov, 2021, 01.54 PM IST
NASA is crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid. Here’s how to watch the launchNASA plans to host a livestream of the launch on its YouTube channel starting at 12:30 a.m. Eastern time Wednesday.
24 Nov, 2021, 10.33 AM IST
NASA to launch test mission of asteroid-deflecting spacecraftA SpaceX rocket was set to blast off from California late Tuesday as NASA seeks to demonstrate a first-of-its-kind planetary defense system...
23 Nov, 2021, 05.51 PM IST
- NASA plans to save Earth by knocking asteroid off its orbit
Washington, July 9 (IANS) Aiming to show how to protect Earth from a future killer asteroid strike, NASA plans to crash a refrigerator-size...
09 Jul, 2017, 06.17 PM IST