A New Earth Trojan Asteroid Was Spotted - That's A Huge Opportunity
Astronomers have discovered a new Trojan asteroid that follows the same path around the Sun as Earth. Dubbed 2020 XL5, the newly discovered Trojan is…
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Sentry-II Launched: Tracking NASA's Latest System For Planetary Defense
One of the critical tasks that NASA handles for the entire world is tracking as many near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) as possible. So far, almost 28,000… -
NASA's DART Mission Launches And Heads Towards Its Demise
Scientists have confirmed that asteroids have impacted Earth in the past. Most of those impacts left craters of various sizes and caused no real harm… -
Near-Earth Asteroid Kamo`oalewa Might Be An Ancient Fragment Of The Moon
Researchers from the University of Arizona published a new study suggesting a near-Earth asteroid called Kamo`oalewa might be a moon fragment. The asteroid is a… -
Researchers Solve The Mystery Of Bennu's Lack Of Regolith
The NASA OSIRIS-REx mission ran into a surprising discovery when it visited asteroid Bennu in late 2018. Mission planners believed the asteroid's surface would have… -
NASA Wraps Up Preparations For Lucy Mission To Jupiter's Trojan Asteroids
NASA is wrapping up the final tasks that must be completed ahead of the Lucy mission launch scheduled for October, the space agency has announced.… -
The Next Near Earth, Potentially Hazardous Asteroid Is The Size Of A School Bus
Today is the day NASA predicted the asteroid 2021 NY1 would orbit closest to our own planet Earth. This asteroid is classified as a "very… -
ESO Images "Dog Bone" Asteroid Called Kleopatra In Detail
At the European Southern Observatory, Astronomers have leveraged the Very Large Telescope to take the most detailed images of a peculiar asteroid known as Kleopatra.… -
New Theory Proposed About Asteroid Vesta
There are many large asteroids in our solar system, and one called Vesta is the second largest of them all. Vesta has a diameter of… -
Blazing Fast Asteroid Orbits The Sun In 113 Days
Astronomers have discovered what they say is the fastest orbiting asteroid in the solar system. The asteroid orbits the sun in 113 days, giving it… -
A Giant Asteroid Buzzed The Earth Yesterday
A gigantic asteroid that is considered potentially hazardous by NASA zipped past the Earth yesterday at a very high rate of speed. The asteroid, called… -
NASA's DART Spacecraft Moves Closer To Launch
NASA has been hard at work on multiple missions, and one of those missions is called DART. Earlier this month, the spacecraft was sitting in…
