Figuring out why Phaethon is behaving this way could give us new insight into a class of asteroids considered "potentially hazardous" – skimming past Earth as they orbit the Sun.
And yet, unlike a comet, it seems to have no ice. Scientists have referred to it as a " rock comet ".
NASA asteroid-sampling mission on track for delivery next year | Space
The spacecraft at the center of NASA's first asteroid sample return mission has altered its trajectory in preparation for its return to Earth next year.
On Sept. 21 OSIRIS-REx spacecraft fired its thrusters for 30 seconds for a course correction. This is the first time the spacecraft carrying a sample of the near-Earth asteroid Bennu has altered its trajectory since leaving the space rock on May 10, 2021.
Terrifying asteroid racing towards Earth, says NASA | Tech News
Asteroid flybys have been very frequent these past few months with over 35 asteroids passing by in the months of August and September each, and October is likely to surpass this number.
A huge asteroid with a width of nearly 58 feet will fly past Earth by a very close margin today, October 18. The asteroid, named Asteroid 2022 UB, will make its closest approach with the planet at a distance of 3.9 million kilometers.
Asteroid-exploring spacecraft passes over Earth
Lesson Plan: NASA's Mission to Save the World From a Possible Asteroid - The New York Times
Featured Article: " NASA Spacecraft Accomplishes Mission and Smashes Asteroid Into New Orbit " by Sarah Scoles
In this lesson, you will learn about the dramatic mission and what it means for the safety of our planet. In a Going Further activity, we invite you to design your own creative method for defending Earth from a threatening asteroid.
Astronomers Have Found More Than 30,000 Near-Earth Asteroids... so far - Universe Today
Asteroid hunters have become increasingly good at their job. The discipline, which took a back seat in the early days of astronomy, has really come into its own as of late.
That milestone results from years of steady work identifying and tracking those objects. Better equipment has helped with that task – over 15,000 have been discovered in the last ten years alone. Given that the first NEA was discovered in the 1800s, that is a pretty impressive pickup in ...
Neil deGrasse Tyson explains NASA’s asteroid-shifting DART mission | PBS News Weekend
NASA's recent Double Asteroid Redirection Test mission, known as DART, successfully altered the orbit of a planetary object for the first time ever.
65 million years after a giant asteroid crashed into Earth and caused one of its greatest mass extinctions, NASA deployed a small spacecraft on a collision course with a much smaller asteroid, just 500 feet across.
'Potentially hazardous' asteroid is spinning faster and faster and no one knows why
2 asteroids to pass Earth as Sukkot ends, Simhat Torah begins - NASA - The Jerusalem Post
NASA's asteroid scout zips past Earth on 1st launch anniversary | Space
A deep-space mission is celebrating the first anniversary of its launch from Earth by zipping closer to the planet than the International Space Station's orbit.
NASA's Lucy mission launched on Oct. 16, 2021, bound on a 12-year journey to explore the Trojan asteroids, which no spacecraft has ever visited. These asteroids are found at the same distance from the sun as Jupiter, with one phalanx orbiting ahead of the planet and one behind it.
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