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The mission, focused on the Didymos-Dimorphos binary asteroid system, proved that an asteroid’s orbit can be altered by kinetic impactor technology. Rocks from space have walloped Earth for eons, and it’s only a matter of time until our planet lands yet again in the crosshairs of a very large asteroid. But unlike other forms of…
Asteroid 2012 BV13 could be as large as 220 meters in diameter, just a bit smaller than the 269 meter Titanic. It won't hit us though.
After passing a critical test, NASA's Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor — an infrared telescope that will search for threatening asteroids — entered the building phase in December 2022.
Space mining has matured to the point where there are dozens of startup companies planning to begin harvesting valuable resources from space.
Planetary scientists attending the first major conference since NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) permanently moved a space rock offered early findings about the asteroid and the impact.