Up close with a stony asteroid - CNN
Jul 16, 2024 · CNN — When a cruise liner-size asteroid comes within 19,883 miles (32,000 kilometers) of Earth on April 13, 2029, it won’t be alone. The European Space Agency has announced that its new Ramses...
A space rock is about to become Earth’s new ‘mini-moon’ - CNN
Sep 20, 2024 · CNN — Earth is about to gain a new “mini-moon,” but it won’t stay around for long. The newly discovered asteroid, named 2024 PT5, will temporarily be captured by Earth’s gravity and orbit our world...
Watch newly discovered asteroid fly between Earth and moon ... - Space.com
Jan 28, 2024 · Watch newly discovered asteroid fly between Earth and moon on Jan. 27 (video) The space rock poses no threat to our planet, despite being on a path to zoom between Earth and the moon. When you...
NASA Lucy mission: A space rock got a moon after sun-driven quake - CNN
May 31, 2024 · A solar radiation-triggered quake likely caused the asteroid Dinkinesh to lose material. Some of it became a moon that now orbits the space rock, new research found.
Meteorites from Asteroid 2024 Bx1, which just hit Earth ... - Space.com
Jan 31, 2024 · Following the event, on Monday (Jan. 22), intrepid meteorite hunters were out searching for fragments of Asteroid 2024 BX1. One team that hit pay dirt was led by SETI meteor scientist Peter ...
‘Head-scratcher’: first look at asteroid dust brought to ... - Nature
Dec 12, 2023 · San Francisco, California. In the 2.5 months since NASA’s first asteroid sample-return mission landed safely on Earth, technicians have carefully plucked more than 70 grams of asteroid dust and...
Nasa hails 'awesome' rescue mission as asteroid sample reaches
Sep 24, 2023 · The container was released from Nasa's Osiris-Rex spacecraft a few hours earlier, before hurtling into Earth's atmosphere at 27,000mph - parachutes helped to slow its descent. Scientists believe...
NASA's Osiris-REx spacecraft returns sample of asteroid to Earth - NPR
Sep 24, 2023 · NASA's Osiris-REx mission has successfully returned a pristine sample of asteroid back to Earth. This cupful-or-so of space rock could shed light on the solar system's origins.
In a first, NASA returns asteroid samples to Earth - NBC News
Sep 24, 2023 · The asteroid samples were collected by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, which flew by Earth early Sunday morning and jettisoned the capsule over a designated landing zone in the Utah desert. The ...
NASA's Psyche spacecraft launches on first mission ever to a ... - NBC News
Oct 13, 2023 · A NASA probe launched into space Friday on a 2.2-billion-mile journey to a huge, metal-rich space rock in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. The Psyche spacecraft lifted off...