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Hera asteroid mission takes stunning images of Mars’s moon Deimos
A mission to survey the results of a deliberate crash between an asteroid and a NASA spacecraft has taken stunning images of ...
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This asteroid might not hit Earth in 2032 after all—here’s how we know
The images have been aligned so that the asteroid remains fixed at the centre of the frame, while the stars appear to move in the background. Any telescope on the planet can contribute to ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 7 years. Here’s what could happen — and what’s being done about it
Not much is known about 2024 YR4, but the asteroid is estimated to be 131 to 295 feet (40 to 90 meters) wide, a “size range comparable to that of a large building,” said Dr. Paul Chodas ...
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Do look up: How Earth can defend itself against asteroid
Scientists have also considered spray painting one side of the asteroid white, increasing its reflectiveness so it slowly changes trajectory. These subtler strategies would require reaching the ...
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‘City Killer’ Asteroid Suddenly Declared Safe — What To Know
It fell to level 1 (green, “normal”) on Feb. 20 and has now been labeled level 0 (white, “no hazard”). “Asteroid 2024 YR4 has now been reassigned to Torino Scale Level Zero as additional ...