Asteroid, NASA and Earth

Life found on Ryugu asteroid sample

Science News2h
What will it take to defend the world from an asteroid?
In How to Kill an Asteroid, Robin George Andrews looks at the successes and shortcomings of planetary defense.
Hosted on MSN1d
Earth Bids Goodbye to Its 'Mini-Moon,' as Astronomers Investigate Where Our Planet's Asteroid Companion Came From
After almost two months of companionship, Earth has just lost its “mini-moon.” On Monday, the asteroid dubbed 2024 PT5 was ...
ExtremeTech on MSN1h
NASA: Mars Might Have Ripped Apart Asteroid to Build Its Moons
Mars is probably smaller than you think. It's just half the size of Earth, with barely a third of its mass. Even the Martian ...
Asteroids pass by each day. Luckily, large asteroid crashes are uncommon.
Every year, over 3,000 near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) are found by NASA's survey telescopes. With the use of more powerful and ...
Earth bids farewell to 'mini moon' asteroid set for return visit in 2055
Earth is parting company with an asteroid that's been tagging along as a “mini moon" for the past two months. The harmless ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN1d
China’s cat-like robot dog perfects mid-air jumps to conquer asteroid surfaces
Chinese researchers created an AI-powered robot that leaps across asteroid surfaces, adjusting its posture mid-air to enhance ...
Chinese cat robot built to always stick landing could revolutionise asteroid mining, scientists say
Chinese scientists have built a cat-inspired robot designed to adjust its posture and stick its landing even in low-gravity ...
A NASA probe is on its way to asteroid made of gold that's worth 100,000,000,000 trillion dollar
NASA’s Psyche mission, launched in October 2023, aims to explore a metal-rich asteroid worth $100,000 quadrillion, offering a ...