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Hera Closes In on Asteroid Pair to Study the Impact Damage of NASA’s DART Strike
ESA’s Hera spacecraft reaches Dimorphos, poised to image the crater left by NASA’s historic DART impact.
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Four years ago, NASA punched an asteroid. Europe's Hera probe arrives this month to inspect the wreckage
ESA’s Hera spacecraft fires its engines to rendezvous with the asteroid scarred by NASA’s 2022 impact, marking the first close‑up of a planetary‑defence test.
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Asteroid 2026 RW1 impacts Earth over Indian Ocean about 7 hours after discovery, becomes 13th known asteroid detected before impact
Asteroid 2026 RW1 became the 13th known object detected before hitting Earth, exploding over Australia shortly after discovery.
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Small asteroid impact today over the ocean near Australia
Asteroid 2026 RW1 has impacted the Indian Ocean near Australia, marking only the 13th time an asteroid was detected before hitting Earth.
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Scientists propose nuking solution to Doomsday asteroid — as thousands of city-killers swarm Earth
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In April 2029, a Massive Asteroid Will Just Miss Earth. Scientists Are Worried There Could Still Be Major Consequences
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Chinese rocket scientists find ‘most effective’ way to nuke a doomsday asteroid
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China Wants to Slam a Spacecraft Into an Asteroid at Mach 26
China is developing a high-velocity 'asteroid hammer' spacecraft designed to strike space rocks at Mach 26 for planetary defense.
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China plans bold asteroid collision test to outpace NASA's DART mission
China is preparing a high-speed planetary defense test to collide a spacecraft with asteroid 2015 XF261 at Mach 26.
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China plans to hit an asteroid with a Mach 26 projectile in planet defence test
China is developing a planetary defense mission to strike a 30-meter asteroid at Mach 26 to test its ability to alter the object's trajectory.
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Scientists told them, 'No, it's too dangerous,' but they did it anyway: Inside Japan's super-close asteroid flyby
Japan's Hayabusa2 mission successfully executed a high-risk, super-close asteroid flyby despite warnings from scientists that the maneuver was too dangerous.
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Scientists Say We Should Nuke Dangerous Asteroids—Just Not the Way You Think
Scientific research proposes new methods for planetary defense using nuclear energy to deflect potentially hazardous asteroids.
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Japan space probe skims asteroid in test for planetary defense
Japan's Hayabusa2 probe has successfully completed a close flyby of asteroid Torifune to test planetary defense technologies.
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Japan's Hayabusa2 probe completes flyby of Torifune asteroid | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News
Japan's Hayabusa2 probe has successfully completed a flyby of the asteroid Torifune, marking a new phase in planetary defense research.
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Scientists Propose ‘StormWall’ To Stop A $2.4 Trillion Solar Storm
Scientists have unveiled 'StormWall,' a proposed planetary defense system designed to protect Earth from potentially devastating solar storms.
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Asteroid Day marks a decade of planetary defense progress, but scientists say we need more eyes on the sky
Asteroid Day celebrations coincide with the launch of the Asteroids2029 initiative to boost global planetary defense efforts.