Asteroid Apophis' path near Earth in 2029 offers rare lessons in defending planet
Apophis will travel closer to us than any similarly sized astronomical object in recorded history, scientists said. It will ...
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NASA Reveals 'Vast Ring of Hot Plasma' Around Earth
High-resolution image of the million-degree hot plasma halo encircling Earth captured by NASA’s JENI instrument. The ...
Powerful solar flare is headed towards Earth, Nasa says
A powerful solar flare has been hurled out of the Sun, and could cause disruption on Earth. The flare comes amid increasing ...
NASA's use of rover prototype on Earth will pave way for Artemis V lunar surface travel
NASA engineers at Johnson Space Center are designing a new lunar rover prototype called the Ground Test Unit. The space ...
How to defend Earth from asteroids to be explored by new space craft
The European Space Agency is preparing to launch its first planetary defense mission:: File:: 'Hera' will assess a small moon ...
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Hera mission set to revisit asteroid after NASA's redirection test
The European Space Agency is sending a probe to get a closer look at the asteroid Dimorphos, which had its orbit altered by NASA’s DART mission in 2022 ...
NASA's instruments capture sharpest image of Earth's radiation belts
Juice (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer) mission made history with a daring lunar-Earth flyby and double gravity assist maneuver, a ...
12.8 Billion Miles From Home: How NASA Ingenuity Keeps Voyager 2 Running With Limited Power
NASA engineers have deactivated the plasma science instrument on the Voyager 2 spacecraft as its power diminishes over time.
NASA captured the clearest ever images of Earth’s radiation belt
NASA has released the clearest images ever compiled of Earth’s magnetosphere radiation belt. But the spacecraft that accomplished the feat wasn’t only designed to detail the vital atmospheric region ...
Earth to capture a 'second moon' this weekend, NASA says
Earth will capture a miniature, "second moon" this week, according to NASA scientists. The new moon is actually a tiny ...
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NASA’s Voyager 1 Fires Dormant Thrusters After Decades
NASA engineers have successfully reactivated a set of thrusters on Voyager 1, unused for decades, to keep the 47-year-old ...