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Can Asteroids pose a threat to Earth? NASA expert reveals the truth
29Jul By adminNo Comments
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Can Asteroids pose a threat to Earth? NASA expert reveals the truth

[ad_1] Do you think asteroids will ever hit the Earth? After all, there are many instances of asteroids smashing into Earth, or exploding in its atmosphere, a long time ago in the past and very much so recently too - just recall the recent Chelyabinsk asteroid.However, at the moment, NASA says that there are no known impact threats from asteroids. Having said that, tiny meteorites break into Earth's atmosphere all the time and hit the ground. One just hit a woman in the chest while she was having coffee in her balcony! It was small and had hit the roof before falling on her. What do scientists say?Dr. Kelly Fast, planetary defense expert and a manager in NASA's Planetary Defense Coordination Office explains. Dr. Fast said, “Asteroids have hit Earth over the course of its history, and it...
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Simply fantastic! Cities on Asteroids out in space! Check out what NASA did
21Dec By adminNo Comments
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Simply fantastic! Cities on Asteroids out in space! Check out what NASA did

[ad_1] A study claims that in future, humans could live on asteroids by building megacities on these rocks and go ambling around in space. NASA commissioned designs for such megacities. Asteroids have always terrified humans. After all, they were the reason behind one of the biggest known mass extinctions on the planet. And scientists realize that what happened to the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period could one day also happen to humans. That is why NASA recently conducted its Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) in order to build a defense system against asteroid strikes. But what if, instead of being afraid, we could live on these asteroids out in space and go where no man, or woman, has gone before? While it may seem preposterous to even imagine it, but that is what ...
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One month after the NASA asteroid collision success, what have scientists learned?
27Oct By adminNo Comments
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One month after the NASA asteroid collision success, what have scientists learned?

[ad_1] It has been one month since the historic NASA DART asteroid crash. What new secrets have the scientists revealed in this time? Check details. On September 26, NASA made history! For the first time ever, humans were able to shake and actually move a celestial body. The NASA Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission sent a spacecraft to an asteroid called Dimorphos and struck it headfirst. The mission was conducted to find a reliable way to defend the Earth from any incoming asteroids. But a secondary objective was also to take a close look at the smallest asteroid any spacecraft has visited. So, what have the scientists found out after churning out the data for a month? Read on to find out.Carolyn Ernst, a planetary scientist responsible for DART's sole instrument told Spa...
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Surprise! NASA Hubble Telescope captures amazing twin tails after impact on asteroid
22Oct By adminNo Comments
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Surprise! NASA Hubble Telescope captures amazing twin tails after impact on asteroid

[ad_1] In a big and pleasant surprise, NASA’s Hubble Telescope has captured an unexpected twin tail after the asteroid mission impact. Almost a month ago, on September 26, NASA had successfully carried out the first-of-its-kind Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission, a planetary defense test to change the orbit of asteroid Dimorphos while crashing a spacecraft into it. NASA has confirmed that the mission was successful in altering Dimorphos' orbit. Latest data shows that the DART mission shortened the 11 hour and 55 minute orbit of the asteroid by about 32 minutes, much more than expected. However, the result of the DART mission is even more stunning! This has been captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope in the form of astonishing twin tails of dust ejected from asteroid.Th...
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Punching an ASTEROID away! Earth turns Avenger for the Dinosaurs with NASA DART
13Oct By adminNo Comments
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Punching an ASTEROID away! Earth turns Avenger for the Dinosaurs with NASA DART

[ad_1] NASA gives confirmation that the DART mission was successful and the orbit of the asteroid Dimorphos has been altered. Earth may just avoid another dinosaur-extinction event. On September 26, NASA did the unthinkable. For the first time in history, humans were able to shake and move a celestial body. The NASA Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission sent a spacecraft to the asteroid called Dimorphos and struck it headfirst. The collision was supposed to move it away from its usual orbit. This test, if successful, could become a viable option to deflect any potential asteroid coming towards the Earth and avoid a future similar to the dinosaurs. And earlier this week, NASA finally confirmed that the mission was a success.Before the mission, NASA had set some tangible goals...
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HUGE 110-foot wide asteroid to approach the Earth today, says NASA; Strike chance looming?
9Oct By adminNo Comments
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HUGE 110-foot wide asteroid to approach the Earth today, says NASA; Strike chance looming?

[ad_1] NASA warns that a huge 110-foot wide asteroid will be coming dangerously close to the Earth today, October 9. On Tuesday, October 11, NASA will hold a briefing to give an update on the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) conducted last month. The briefing will reveal important information around the damage done by the DART impactor and the amount by which the path of the asteroid Dimorphos was altered. And this information cannot come any sooner as the Earth keeps a wary eye on massive asteroids flying by every day. Today itself (October 9), a massive 110-foot wide asteroid is set to make a dangerously close approach to our planet. If it somehow deflects and heads towards the Earth, there could be a huge disaster. So, how likely is the chance of an asteroid strike? Read on ...
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Asteroid Dimorphos, struck by NASA spacecraft, leaves 10000 km debris trail
5Oct By adminNo Comments
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Asteroid Dimorphos, struck by NASA spacecraft, leaves 10000 km debris trail

[ad_1] NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft intentionally crashed into Asteroid Dimorphos. An asteroid which was deliberately smashed by NASA's DART spacecraft has left a trail of debris stretching thousands of kilometres, a new image captured by a telescope in Chile shows. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft intentionally crashed into Dimorphos, the asteroid moonlet in the double-asteroid system of Didymos, on September 26. This was the first planetary defence test in which an impact of a spacecraft attempted to modify the orbit of an asteroid. Two days after DART's impact, astronomers used the 4.1-meter Southern Astrophysical Research (SOAR) Telescope in Chile to capture the vast plume of dust and debris blasted from the asteroid's surf...
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Miracle! NASA crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid –Check out LAST PHOTO before impact
29Sep By adminNo Comments
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Miracle! NASA crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid –Check out LAST PHOTO before impact

[ad_1] In a world first, NASA has crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid in an attempt to push the rocky traveler off its trajectory. In a world first, NASA has crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid in an attempt to push the rocky traveler off its trajectory. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test – or DART – is meant to test one potential approach that could prevent an asteroid from colliding with Earth. David Barnhart is a professor of astronautics at the University of Southern California and director of the Space Engineering Research Center there. He watched NASA's live stream of the successful mission and explains what is known so far.1. What do the images show? The first images, taken by a camera aboard DART, show the doubl...
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WATCH history being made: NASA crashes spacecraft against Asteroid Dimorphos
27Sep By adminNo Comments
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WATCH history being made: NASA crashes spacecraft against Asteroid Dimorphos

[ad_1] NASA reaches a historic milestone by crashing the DART spacecraft into the Dimorphos. Watch the video. In the early hours of September 27, NASA did something historic. The US space agency took a spacecraft packed with the latest tech, remotely operated it and took it 6.8 million miles away and then intentionally crashed it into an asteroid at the speed of 14400 miles per hour. The Double Asteroid redirection Test or the DART mission is one of the most ambitious projects of NASA because it does not directly serve the purpose of exploration of space but rather developing a defense mechanism to protect us from a planet killer asteroid strike. And today's mission was an important step in that direction. Read on to know the...
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Historic! NASA’s Hubble, James Webb Space Telescope to capture DART asteroid impact
24Sep By adminNo Comments
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Historic! NASA’s Hubble, James Webb Space Telescope to capture DART asteroid impact

[ad_1] NASA has announced that the Hubble Space Telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope will be observing the historic DART asteroid impact. The entire scientific community is excited and anxious about the historic NASA DART asteroid impact on September 26. This will be the first time humanity will test out its defense capabilities in case an asteroid is ever headed towards its direction. And while there will be Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) live streams, which will show the images from the impact site just 3 minutes after the impact, NASA scientists do not want to miss even a second of the action. And that's why they have called upon the veteran Hubble Space Telescope and young star James Webb Space Telescope ...
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