Japan's Hayabusa2 achieves first-ever laser ranging experiment with an asteroid

Hayabusa2 spacecraft reached another milestone this summer, a first for space agencies. On Sunday, July 5, the probe ...
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NASA has erased the city-killer asteroid’s chance of hitting the Moon in 2032

NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies has ruled out any chance that asteroid 2024 YR4 will strike the Moon in 2032, ...
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Astronomers spot small asteroid on course to enter earth’s atmosphere

Engineer Mohammed Shawkat Odeh, Director of the International Astronomical Centre (IAC), said that astronomers detected a small object, temporarily named CERNQ52, on September 6, 2026. Subsequent ...
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We may be about to see an asteroid-mining gold rush. But here's why it could be a very bad idea

As demand grows for rare metals and materials that are essential for clean energy, private companies and researchers alike are turning their attention outwards – away from Earth and towards nearby ...