NASA has been tracking an asteroid with unusual characteristics, but could there be more to the story than they’re letting on ...

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NASA asteroid defense setback prompts experts to warn about gaps in Earth’s planetary protection strategy. Length: 145 ...

The report comes on the heels of President Donald Trump’s initial budget proposal for NASA, which calls for historically large cuts to the space agency.

The 'city killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 may not be on a collision course with Earth anymore. But NASA has raised the odds of it hitting the moon in just seven years' time.

Protect the planet. Despite this disparity, NASA has stepped up its planetary-defense activities. Less than a decade ago, the space agency spent less than $50 million a year on detecting and ...

On August 16, 2022 an approximately 70-meter asteroid entered Earth’s atmosphere. At 2:02:10 P.M. EDT, the space rock exploded eight miles over Winston-Salem, N.C., with the energy of 10 ...

NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART, ... planetary defense has long been one of the few issues that has had strong bipartisan support both inside and outside of Congress.

In the latest impact risk assessments from NASA, the agency predicted that there was a 1 in 38 chance, or 2.6 percent, that the YR4 asteroid would hit the Earth. What To Know ...

Here’s the scenario: The government has confirmed NASA astronomers detected a never-before-seen asteroid speeding in the direction of Earth—and although it will take 14 years to arrive, there ...

NASA's recent exercise simulated a hypothetical asteroid impact scenario revealing a 72% chance of collision with Earth in 2038. Despite a 14-year warning, the exercise underscored global ...

NASA announced the first phase of the project in January, with 14 recipients earning $175,000 grants. For Phase II, only six were selected for more funding, receiving up to $600,000 over a period ...