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No way to stop 15,000 ‘city-killer’ asteroids yet: NASA planetary defence chief flags detection gaps- NASA's biggest asteroid threat: The asteroids NASA can’t see and why they’re the ones that worry scientists most
- Collision alert: Chilling update on 'city-destroying' asteroid sparks NASA’s emergency plan
- 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
- European Space Agency to send spacecraft past Mars for 'crime scene investigation'The European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft is set to investigate the aftermath of NASA’s DART mission, which successfully deflected the as...04 Oct, 2024, 08.18 AM IST
- Could Nasa’s DART mission create a man-made meteor shower? Here’s what you need to knowIn the aftermath of NASA's DART mission, over two million pounds of space debris have been created. This could lead to a man-made meteor sh...02 Sep, 2024, 09.15 AM IST
- NASA had intentionally crashed a spacecraft into this asteroid. What study results showThe DART mission's collision with asteroid moonlet Dimorphos unveiled new details about the Didymos-Dimorphos system. The high-speed impact...31 Jul, 2024, 04.45 PM IST
- Statue of Liberty-sized asteroid zooms towards Earth at breakneck speed; NASA issues warningNASA has issued a warning about asteroid 2024 MT1, a large object heading towards Earth at 65,215 km/h. Despite its size—about as big as th...10 Jul, 2024, 08.03 PM IST
- NASA captures detailed images of passing asteroids, enhancing insights on planetary defenceNASA's JPL recently used radar to capture images of two passing asteroids. Asteroid 2011 UL21, discovered by Catalina Sky Survey in 2011, p...08 Jul, 2024, 02.15 PM IST
- Are we safe? NASA tracking monster 1.5-km-wide asteroid heading towards earthNASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory used radar to study 2011 UL21, a 1.5 km-wide binary with a moonlet, on June 27. On June 29, they examined ...04 Jul, 2024, 09.17 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
- 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
- No, it's not a movie! NASA crashes spacecraft into asteroid as big as a 'football stadium', Twitter calls it spectacularScientists expected the impact to carve out a crater, hurl streams of rocks and dirt into space.27 Sep, 2022, 12.58 PM 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 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
- Moon may have formed from collision of tiny 'moonlets'The study also claims that the Moon we see now is not Earth's first moon, but rather the last in a series of moons that orbited our planet.10 Jan, 2017, 06.16 PM IST
- 2016: A year that unlocked mysteries of our solar system!A newly discovered "great valley" in the southern hemisphere of Mercury provided more evidence that the small planet closest to the Sun is ...27 Dec, 2016, 02.27 PM IST
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