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Key Component for NASAs NEO Surveyor Returns to JPL
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 02, 2025 NASA's Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor mission is on track for a planned launch in late 2027, with a major milestone recently achieved. A critical part of the spacecraft-its instrument enclosure-returned to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California in early March after completing rigorous environmental testing at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. The 12-foot (3.7-meter) long angular structure, developed at JPL, serves a dual purpose: shielding the spacecraft's infrared tele ... read more |
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In the asteroid belt a mudball meteorite defied the oddsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 01, 2025 An international team of scientists has unraveled the story behind the April 2019 fall of rare meteorites near Aguas Zarcas in northern Costa Rica, highlighting that these so-called "mudball" meteor ... more 
Meteorite origins mapped to regions of asteroid beltLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 19, 2025 A comprehensive review in *Meteoritics and Planetary Science* reveals how astronomers have traced the source of various meteorite types to specific, previously unknown regions within the asteroid be ... more 
New Modeling Assesses Age of Next Target Asteroid for NASA's LucySan Antonio TX (SPX) Mar 18, 2025 Although NASA's Lucy spacecraft's upcoming encounter with the asteroid Donaldjohanson is primarily a mission rehearsal for later asteroid encounters, a new paper suggests that this small, main belt ... more 
UAE Space Agency advances asteroid exploration mission with design milestoneParis, France (SPX) Mar 18, 2025 The Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt (EMA) has successfully completed its Critical Design Review (CDR), a pivotal milestone in the project, held from February 24 to 26 with participation from E ... more |
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Chance huge asteroid will hit Earth down to 0.001 percentParis (AFP) Feb 25, 2025 The chance that a football field-sized asteroid capable of destroying a city will strike Earth in 2032 has fallen to 0.001 percent, the European Space Agency said on Tuesday. ... more 
Chinese Scientists Identify "Rocket Effect" as Key Driver of Boulder Motion on CometSydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 21, 2025 A team of Chinese scientists has linked the unexpected movement of a boulder on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko to a process known as the "rocket effect." This phenomenon, triggered by the uneven su ... more 
Politecnico di Milano and Georgia Tech introduce new insights into asteroid deflectionParis, France (SPX) Feb 21, 2025 How prepared is humanity to deflect an incoming asteroid? This question is addressed in two recent studies published in *Nature Communications*, stemming from a collaboration between Politecnico di ... more
Odds plummet that asteroid will hit Earth in 2032Paris (AFP) Feb 20, 2025 The chance that an asteroid capable of wiping out a city will hit Earth in eight years has been cut in half to around 1.5 percent, according to new calculations from NASA. ... more 
Dark Skies Enable New Observations of Asteroid 2024 YR4 Reducing Impact ProbabilityLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 20, 2025 With the return of darker skies following a period of bright full moon conditions, astronomers have resumed tracking asteroid 2024 YR4. Ground-based telescopes rely on dark skies to detect asteroids ... more |
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Do look up: How Earth can defend itself against asteroid
Paris (AFP) Feb 19, 2025 There is a very small chance that an asteroid capable of taking out an entire city could strike Earth in less than eight years. But even if this asteroid is hurtling our way, humanity is now able to defend itself against such a threat, experts say. The odds that the recently discovered asteroid will hit Earth on December 22, 2032 have now risen to 3.1 percent, NASA said on Tuesday, the highest probability for an impact by such a large space rock in modern forecasting. "Don't panic," Richard Mois ... read more 
'City killer' asteroid now has 3.1% chance of hitting Earth: NASAWashington (AFP) Feb 18, 2025 An asteroid that could level a city now has a 3.1-percent chance of striking Earth in 2032, according to NASA data released Tuesday - making it the most threatening space rock ever recorded by modern forecasting. ... more |
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Want some salt with thatTokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 18, 2025 Asteroids that pass close to Earth often raise concerns about potential collisions, but they also present valuable opportunities for scientific discovery. One such celestial body, the 900-meter-wide ... more
A 'city-killer' asteroid might hit Earth -- how worried should we be?Washington (AFP) Feb 07, 2025 A colossal explosion in the sky, unleashing energy hundreds of times greater than the Hiroshima bomb. A blinding flash nearly as bright as the Sun. Shockwaves powerful enough to flatten everything for miles. ... more
Scientists analyze asteroid collision impact on climate and ecosystemsDaejeon, South Korea (SPX) Feb 06, 2025 A new study led by the IBS Center for Climate Physics (ICCP) at Pusan National University, South Korea, explores the potential consequences of a medium-sized ... more 
A 'city-killer' asteroid might hit Earth -- how worried should we be?Washington (AFP) Feb 1, 2025 A colossal explosion in the sky, unleashing energy hundreds of times greater than the Hiroshima bomb. A blinding flash nearly as bright as the Sun. Shockwaves powerful enough to flatten everything for miles. ... more 
Rochester's Kevin Righter kept NASA space rocks free from contaminationRochester BY (SPX) Feb 03, 2025 Long before a NASA spacecraft carrying rocks it extracted from the surface of an asteroid millions of miles from Earth touched down in the Utah desert in September 2023, a team of scientists set abo ... more |
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