Asteroid
An asteroid named 2024 YR4 now has a 3.1-percent chance of impacting Earth in 2032, according to recent NASA data, marking it as the most threatening space rock recorded by modern forecasts. Despite the increased odds, experts emphasize there’s no immediate cause for concern. The global astronomical community is actively monitoring the asteroid, and the […]
The European Space Agency’s Hera spacecraft launched on a two-year journey to the asteroid Dimorphos, which was intentionally struck by NASA’s Dart mission in 2022 as a test for planetary defense. Hera will study the aftermath of this impact to determine how effective Dart was in altering the asteroid’s trajectory. The mission aims to gather […]
If you are interested in viewing NASA’s DART mission here is all the information you will need. Starting at 6pm NASA will be live broadcasting coverage of the DART mission. The mission is an attempt to deflect an asteroid from it’s path. DART stands for Double Asteroid Redirection Test. The mission began last year in […]
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