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NASA Wants an International Fleet of Spacecraft to Monitor Asteroid Flyby
Asteroid Apophis is scheduled for a brief rendezvous with Earth and NASA is hoping to get a good view of the close encounter in order to prepare for potentially hazardous visits by other rocky bodies.
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Aftermath of DART Asteroid Impact Seen by Very Large Telescope in Chile
Last fall, NASA’s DART spacecraft smashed into Dimorphos, a small asteroid some 7 million miles away, in an unprecedented attempt to change the orbit of a natural body in space. Now, two teams of astronomers have released images of the collision’s aftermath taken by the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope.
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Samples From Ryugu Asteroid Contain Organic Molecules
The Hayabusa2 mission to Ryugu found organic molecules on the asteroid, new research describes.
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A Truck-Size Asteroid Will Come ‘Extraordinarily Close’ to Earth Tomorrow
An asteroid is on its way to Earth, but don’t worry — the end is not here. The asteroid, dubbed 2023 BU, is about the size of a box truck and is not projected to impact our planet during its flyby on Thursday. However, it will be “one of the closest approaches by a known…