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Two years after NASA's Dart mission, which involved a deliberate spacecraft collision with the asteroid Dimorphos, researchers have revealed new findings about the aftermath. According to a study published on...

NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), the world’s first planetary defense experiment, was a resounding success when it managed to alter the orbit of the asteroid moon Dimorphos in 2022....

The recent findings from NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission have provided unprecedented insights into the twin asteroids Didymos and Dimorphos. This mission, which involved deliberately crashing a spacecraft...

ESA has begun the development of the Ramses mission to rendezvous with the asteroid Apophis ahead of its 2029 close flyby of Earth. The €63 million contract to start preparatory…

The European Space Agency's Hera mission is set to launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, aiming to study the aftermath of NASA's DART impact on the…

ESA’s Hera mission, a vital follow-up to NASA’s DART impact test on the asteroid Dimorphos, is nearing its October 7 launch. Hera will study the aftermath of the DART collision,…

Asteroids hurtling through space at mind-boggling speeds are not just the stuff of sci-fi nightmares—they're a real threat to our planet. While Earth has dodged catastrophic impacts for millions of...

China is set to launch its first asteroid deflection mission, targeting the near-Earth object (NEO) 2015 XF261 by 2030. This mission aims to demonstrate the country's planetary defense capabilities and...

Posted on Feb 5, 2019 in Astronomy, NASA, News, Science Stephen Hawking observed that one of the major factors in the possible scarcity of advanced intelligent life in our galaxy...

Recent research reveals that nuclear explosions, specifically the X-rays generated by such blasts, could offer a controlled method to divert asteroids heading toward Earth. Unlike previous ideas of destroying asteroids,…

On September 4, 2024, astronomers detected a small asteroid, 2024 RW1, just hours before its predicted atmospheric entry over the Philippines. The asteroid, roughly 1 meter (3 feet) in size,...

An asteroid the size of the Statue of Liberty, named 2024 MT-1, is set to make its closest approach to Earth today, July 8, 2024. Traveling at a speed of...

This week, two significant asteroids are expected to safely pass Earth within a 42-hour span, coinciding with this year's Asteroid Day. These events emphasize the importance of improving our capabilities...

The emergence of AI in asteroid detection. In an astounding display of technology, artificial intelligence (AI) has revealed the presence of more than 20,000 previously unknown asteroids in our solar...

A massive asteroid about the size of the Great Pyramid of Giza will pass by Earth today, NASA has warned. The 120m (394ft) asteroid, technically titled 2024 JZ, will travel...

Posted on Dec 2, 2022 in Astrobiology, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Cosmology, Extraterrestrial Life, quantum physics, Science, Science News, Space News, Universe This weekend’s stories include A quantum computer has simulated a...

Posted on Oct 27, 2022 in Astrobiology, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Early Universe, Extraterrestrial Life, James Webb Space Telescope, quantum physics, Science, Science News, Space News, Universe Today’s stories include How One...

Posted on Oct 10, 2022 in Artificial Intelligence, Climate Change, Consciousness, Extraterrestrial Life, James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), Planet Earth, quantum physics, Science, Science News, Technology Today’s stories include William...

Today’s stories include Black Holes Wobbling Three Times a Second have Proved Einstein Right to Astronomers Have Unveiled the World’s Largest Digital Camera, and much more. One of Jupiter’s moons...

Today’s stories include What does Earth look like from across the Universe to Carlo Rovelli: “Science is More Than Equations,” and much more. Artemis: Nasa ready to launch new era...

Today’s stories include Astronomers discover traces of ‘super-supernovas’ that destroyed earliest stars to Where is the center of the Universe? and much more. Where is the center of the Universe?...

Posted on Sep 25, 2022 in Astrobiology, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Extraterrestrial Life, James Webb Space Telescope, Milky Way Galaxy, NASA, quantum physics, Science, Space News, Universe This weekend’s stories include JWST’s...

Posted on Jul 14, 2022 in Planet Earth, Science, Science News Today’s stories range from  to is the Metaverse Science Fiction or Reality to Seven Spectacular Lessons from Webb’s First...

With stories ranging from the quest for the origin of the universe to the strange cloud in the Outer Solar System to the 60-year extraterrestrial SETI silence of our Milky...

The Hera spacecraft, on a mission to study the aftermath of NASA's DART asteroid impact, has beamed back its first images from space. Taken from a distance of over 1.6…

The FAA has cleared SpaceX to resume Falcon 9 launches after temporarily grounding the rocket due to an upper stage issue during the Crew-9 mission in September. After reviewing SpaceX’s…

The BepiColombo mission, a collaboration between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), successfully completed its fourth gravity assist flyby of Mercury on September 4,...

On September 3, 2024, China successfully launched a new group of classified Yaogan-43 remote sensing satellites from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, located in the mountainous Sichuan Province of southwest...

Hidden beneath the idea of the asteroids being plain space rocks is a more complex issue. Recent studies have shown that certain asteroids may possess moons having strange shapes like...

A significant astronomical event is set to occur as asteroid 2011 AM24, classified as a "potentially hazardous object," will make a close approach to Earth on July 26. This asteroid,...

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Cosmologists speculate based on hints of twisted light that offer clues to an exotic substance called “quintessence”that could be the  unknown force accelerating the expansion of the universe, with implications...

Planet Earth Report” provides descriptive links to headline news by leading science journalists about the extraordinary discoveries, technology, people, and events changing our knowledge of Planet Earth and the future...

Posted on Jun 4, 2019 in Astronomy, Featured Articles, Science “The double asteroid was hurtling by the Earth at more than 70 000 km/h, making observing it with the Very...

Posted on Jan 10, 2019 Based on findings by Japan’s Akatsuki spacecraft, to think of the atmosphere of Venus, start with an image of hell and work back from there....