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NASA successfully changed an asteroid's orbit around the Sun, new study reveals

Humanity has taken a 'notable step forward' in its ability to deflect asteroids heading towards Earth, a new study reveals. Back in 2022, NASA deliberately smashed a spacecraft into a small asteroid ...

NASA tracks 91-foot asteroid racing toward Earth on 13 April — But is it dangerous?

NASA is tracking asteroid 2026 FV6, a 91-foot airplane-sized space rock set to make a safe close approach to Earth on April ...
The New York Times

Experiment Shows Possibility of Martian Microbes Hitching a Ride to Earth

Hardy bacteria in a lab survived pressures comparable to an asteroid strike on the red planet, suggesting a hypothetical scenario in which our planet was seeded with life. By Robin George Andrews No ...
Science Daily

NASA’s DART asteroid smash shows we could deflect a future threat

When NASA’s DART spacecraft deliberately crashed into the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos, it did more than change the asteroid’s local orbit — it slightly shifted the path of the entire asteroid pair ...
The Tech Edvocate

Asteroid 2026 GD: A Close Encounter with Earth and the Science Behind It

Spread the loveOn April 9, 2026, NASA successfully tracked a house-sized asteroid known as 2026 GD, which made a close approach to Earth, passing at a distance of approximately 156,000 miles. This ...
The New York Times

Asteroid-Smashing NASA Mission Sped Up Space Rocks’ Journey Around the Sun

New data about the DART spacecraft’s effects adds evidence that Earth could be defended from future deadly asteroids by diverting their orbits. By Katrina Miller In 2022, NASA deliberately crashed a ...