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Can We Defend Earth from Asteroids? Here's What You Need to Know
Efforts to protect Earth from asteroid impacts have made significant strides, notably with NASA’s DART mission, which successfully altered the orbit of the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos in 2022. This achievement marked a key advancement in planetary defence, demonstrating that asteroid deflection is a viable strategy. However, the success of DART al...
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NASA’s 15-Year-Old NEOWISE Spacecraft Re-Enters Earth's Atmosphere After 15 Years in Space
NASA's NEOWISE spacecraft, originally launched as WISE in 2009, has ended its mission after nearly 15 years in operation. It successfully identified around 3,000 near-Earth objects and contributed significant data to the scientific community. NEOWISE's demise was attributed to the current solar maximum, leading to its atmospheric re-entry. As NEOWI...
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Airplane-Sized Asteroid Racing Toward Earth At 30,381 km/h, NASA Reports
Comparable in size to an airplane and traveling at 30,381 km/h, this Apollo asteroid will safely miss Earth by 3.4 million kilometers.
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Can We Defend Earth from Asteroids? Here's What You Need to Know
Efforts to protect Earth from asteroid impacts have made significant strides, notably with NASA’s DART mission, which successfully altered the orbit of the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos in 2022. This achievement marked a key advancement in planetary defence, demonstrating that asteroid deflection is a viable strategy. However, the success of DART al...
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NASA’s 15-Year-Old NEOWISE Spacecraft Re-Enters Earth's Atmosphere After 15 Years in Space
NASA's NEOWISE spacecraft, originally launched as WISE in 2009, has ended its mission after nearly 15 years in operation. It successfully identified around 3,000 near-Earth objects and contributed significant data to the scientific community. NEOWISE's demise was attributed to the current solar maximum, leading to its atmospheric re-entry. As NEOWI...
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Airplane-Sized Asteroid Racing Toward Earth At 30,381 km/h, NASA Reports
Comparable in size to an airplane and traveling at 30,381 km/h, this Apollo asteroid will safely miss Earth by 3.4 million kilometers.
