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This asteroid took shape of 'Watermelon' after NASA crashed a spacecraft into it
NASA confirmed that the orbit and shape of asteroid Dimorphos underwent significant changes following the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission's intentional crash into it. The ...
NASA Just Doubled the Odds of an Asteroid Impact – Should We Worry?
YR4 now has a 2.3% chance of impacting Earth in 2032, prompting ongoing observations. Ground-based telescopes will track it ...
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Asteroid Hit By NASA’s DART Mission May Have Changed Its Shape
The asteroid, called Dimorphos, is part of a pair of asteroids that orbit each other. After DART hit Dimorphos on September 26, 2023, researchers discovered that it is made up of loose rocks and ...
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Odd asteroid as big as Empire State Building passes Earth. Here’s why NASA tracked it
An oddly elongated asteroid soared by Earth the first week of February, and planetary radar revealed it was about the size of the Empire State Building, NASA says. The asteroid, named 2011 AG5 ...
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Astronomers find asteroid with 1% chance of hitting Earth: Should we be worried?
Data suggests that the asteroid has an elongated shape, while measurements at visible wavelengths suggest it may be stony in composition, according to the Planetary Society. If it did collide ...