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Amateur astronomers with smart telescopes are joining NASA missions to track dangerous asteroids and discover comets. One citizen scientist in South Africa captured crucial data during NASA's asteroid deflection test.
Scientists are calling for more collaborations between artists and researchers to rebuild public confidence in science. The strategy comes as funding cuts threaten research programs worldwide.
The world's most powerful space survey telescope just started collecting data, and it's already discovering asteroids at a mind-blowing pace. In its very first images, the Rubin Observatory found 1,500 new asteroids, including some spinning faster than scientists thought possible.
Four years after NASA crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid to test Earth's defenses, scientists confirmed it worked even better than expected. The impact not only changed the asteroid's path but altered its orbit around the Sun for the first time in human history.
Four years after NASA deliberately crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid, new research confirms humanity just changed a space rock's path around the Sun for the first time ever. The successful experiment means we now have a proven way to protect our planet from future asteroid threats.
On April 13, 2029, asteroid Apophis will pass closer to Earth than satellites orbit, creating a once-in-millennia stargazing event visible without telescopes across Europe, Africa, and Asia. Scientists are launching multiple missions to study this harmless space rock that will offer unprecedented insights into our solar system.
In 2029, private company ExLabs will make history by landing spacecraft on asteroid Apophis as it passes closer to Earth than our satellites. Multiple nations are sending missions to study this once-in-thousands-of-years event that will be visible to the naked eye.
Scientists finally cracked the puzzle of why asteroid Bennu looked so unexpectedly rocky when NASA's spacecraft arrived. The answer hiding inside samples brought back to Earth reveals a fractured world that changes how we understand asteroids.
A Silicon Valley nonprofit is working to protect our planet from dangerous asteroid impacts through research, education, and global cooperation. Since 2002, the B612 Foundation has been advancing asteroid detection and deflection strategies while teaching the world about these cosmic threats.
Humanity just passed its first planetary defense test. NASA deliberately crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid in 2022, and new data confirms we successfully changed how two space rocks orbit the sun.
A spacecraft just completed a supersonic speed boost in deep space, setting itself up to visit the asteroid that humanity deliberately smashed two years ago. The mission will help turn planetary defense from a one-time experiment into a repeatable safety system.
A major science organization is launching a digital series that shows how Earth science research translates into real solutions for communities worldwide. The series premiews in December 2026 and goes global in January 2027.
When NASA deliberately smashed a spacecraft into an asteroid in 2022, scientists hoped to prove we could defend Earth from space rocks. New data reveals the impact did something even better: it shifted the entire asteroid system's path around the Sun.
Two major space agencies just signed a historic agreement to send a spacecraft to asteroid Apophis during its rare close flyby of Earth. The mission will gather crucial data to help protect our planet from future asteroid threats.
China is preparing to launch its first planetary defense mission in December 2027, aiming a spacecraft at asteroid 2016 WP8 to test humanity's ability to protect Earth from space threats. The mission marks another nation joining the effort to keep our planet safe from asteroids.
Over 900 Calgary students from Grade 5 to 12 are presenting their self-designed science experiments at the city's largest youth science fair this weekend. Two Grade 12 students developed a promising wound infection detector using red cabbage extract after a cooking accident sparked their curiosity.
When a building-sized asteroid set Earth in its crosshairs last year, one British lawyer had to alert every government on the planet. Aarti Holla-Maini successfully activated the UN's planetary defense system for the first time ever.
For the first time in human history, we've measurably changed how a space rock orbits the Sun. NASA's 2022 asteroid impact proved we can defend Earth from cosmic threats.
A powerful new telescope in Chile is about to reveal millions of solar system objects we've never seen before. The Rubin Observatory could triple known near-Earth asteroids and find 40,000 new trans-Neptunian objects over the next decade. #
That asteroid scientists were watching? New data from the James Webb Space Telescope just confirmed it will safely miss the Moon in 2032. What looked like a small chance of impact turned into a clear all-clear thanks to unprecedented observations.
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