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In 2021, a spacecraft was launched to explore a special group of asteroids within our solar system. Six years later, it will make its next flybyNASA’s Lucy mission will study 11 asteroids during its 12-year journey. It has already visited two main-belt targets and will next visit Eu...- In 2019, 11,482 Hubble Asteroid Hunter volunteers helped train an AI that scanned 37,000 Hubble images; the combined effort uncovered 1,701 asteroid trails, including 1,031 unknown objectsCitizen scientists helped astronomers find over one thousand new asteroids. These faint objects were previously missed by earlier surveys a...
- In 2025, Rubin's 3.2-billion-pixel camera in Chile began watching the universe. 1 year later, it can trigger 7 million alerts a night in 40 secondsEvery forty seconds, the Vera Rubin Observatory captures fresh images of the sky, thanks to its state-of-the-art camera and data processing...
- New Jersey meteorite that crashed through a family's roof turns out to be one of America's most important space rocks; Scientists discover building blocks of life insideA meteorite that crashed into a New Jersey home contains carbon-rich compounds, amino acids and other prebiotic molecules linked to the ori...
- Close shave for NASA's Lucy as spacecraft successfully fly past asteroid DonaldjohansonNASA’s Lucy spacecraft has successfully completed a close flyby of asteroid (52246) Donaldjohanson, located in the main asteroid belt betwe...
- Is the planet Earth in danger? What was found in the asteroid belt between Jupiter and Mars by the James Webb Space Telescope?The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) discovered a number of small asteroids, some of which may be heading towards Earth.
- Is it real? Everyone on the planet could become a billionaire if NASA can get this asteroid back to Earth; here's whyNASA has already made history in the last few decades and is already on the way of making some more, based on their latest discovery of a a...
- An asteroid the size of the Golden Gate Bridge is approaching—but should we worry?A large asteroid named 1998 ST27 is approaching Earth. Despite being potentially hazardous, it will pass by at a safe distance of 3,561,149...
- Once in 10 years. Asteroid 7 times the size of Qutub Minar will pass much closer to Earth. How to watch onlineThe Virtual Telescope Project captured images of asteroid 2024 ON, set to pass Earth on September 17, 2024, at a safe distance of one milli...
- NASA Warning: Asteroid larger than Qutub Minar speeding toward Earth. Are we safe?Asteroid 2024 OC, nearly double the size of the Qutub Minar, was observed by NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies as it neared Earth...
- Nasa's Psyche Mission targets asteroid with metals worth $10,000 quadrillionNasa's Psyche mission is preparing to depart for the asteroid Psyche, which is believed to contain metals worth $10,000 quadrillion. The sp...
- Comets are often found in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter: Here’s whyComets have been found hiding in rubbles of asteroids.
- Hubble spots strange binary asteroid with comet-like featuresAsteroids and comets are believed to be ancient remnants of the earliest years of the formation of our solar system more than four billion ...
- Astronomers identify oldest asteroid familyNew York, Aug 4 (IANS) Astronomers have identified the oldest known asteroid family, which extends throughout the inner region of the main ...
- NASA selects 2 missions to explore solar system's asteroidsWashington, Jan 5 (IANS) Aiming to find important clues to the earliest history of the solar system, NASA has announced two missions -- one...
- NASA to launch two robotic probes to study early solar systemThe missions, known as Lucy and Psyche, were chosen from five finalists and will proceed to mission formulation, with the goal of launching...
- I Want it All! Freddie Mercury gets asteroid named after him on 70th birthdayTo mark the singer's 70th birthday, the International Astronomical Union has named an asteroid '17473 Freddiemercury'.
- Asteroid 'murder mystery' solvedAn asteroid is classified as an NEO when its smallest distance from the Sun during an orbit is less than 1.3 times the average Earth-Sun di...
- NASA's new spacecraft may hitchhike across galaxyNASA scientists have designed the concept of a spacecraft that would hitch rides on comets and asteroids by spearing them with tethers.
- Moon formed 4.47 billion years ago: studyResearch indicates numerous kilometre-sized fragments from the giant impact struck main belt asteroids at much higher velocities to form th...
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