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'65' star Adam Driver asks NASA about the asteroid threat to Earth (video)
By Robert Lea published
Adam Driver, star of the new movie "65," quizzed NASA about the dangers of asteroids and the success of the DART mission.
DART mission reveals asteroid Dimorphos is dry as a bone
By Keith Cooper published
Careful scrutiny of the debris from the impact of NASA's DART mission into Dimorphos has not found any evidence for water ice on the asteroid, nor the residue of thruster fuel from the spacecraft.
NASA asteroid sample return mission to land on U.S. postage stamp
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
The USPS dropped news of a surprise space stamp, revealing it plans to mark the upcoming plunge to Earth by the OSIRIS-REx capsule carrying the largest sample ever collected from an asteroid.
Scientists hail DART success 6 months after historic asteroid crash
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
Scientists shared the latest results from the DART mission this week, six months after its impact into the asteroid Dimorphos.
DART's epic asteroid crash: What NASA has learned 5 months later
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
Astronomers studying data from NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission have found out a great deal about its target space rock, and about planetary defense in general.
Chinese asteroid-detection system enters new phase of construction
By Andrew Jones published
The "China Compound Eye" radar array aims to track and characterize potentially threatening deep-space objects.
Lucy mission: NASA's journey to the Trojan asteroids
By Adam Mann, Daisy Dobrijevic last updated
Reference NASA’s Lucy mission is the first to visit the Trojan asteroids. Lucy will help answer questions about the formation of the solar system.
NASA to launch Psyche asteroid probe in October 2023 after delays
By Elizabeth Howell published
NASA's Psyche asteroid mission is targeting an October 2023 launch, after a one-year delay due to software issues.
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