NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s Goldstone Solar System Radar recently observed asteroid 2024 MK, which made its closest approach of Earth on June 29. Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore…
A massive “planet killer” asteroid will make a very close approach to Earth today (June 27), safely zipping past our planet at around 58,000 mph (93,000 km/h). The “potentially hazardous,”…
US space agency NASA, in a hypothetical exercise, has found that a potentially hazardous asteroid has a 72% chance of hitting the Earth and we may not be adequately prepared…
NASA simulates asteroid heading toward Earth in defense exercise The Hill What would we do if an asteroid slammed Earth on July 12, 2038? Popular Science NASA, Partners Conduct Fifth…
Asteroid moonlet Dimorphos as seen by NASA’s DART spacecraft 11 seconds before the impact that shifted its path through space, in the first test of asteroid deflection. Johns Hopkins University…