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Alam N'yo Ba: Bakit gustong salpukin ng NASA ang isang asteroid?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 25 08:24 PM

Ginagawa nila ito para sa kaligtasan ng mga tao kaya tinatawag itong "planetary defense mission." Read more »

NASA launches mission to crash into near-Earth asteroid

Issam Ahmed, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 24 09:12 AM

NASA is preparing a mission to smash a spacecraft into an asteroid, a test run should humanity ever need to stop a space rock from wiping out life on Earth. Read more »

NASA to deflect asteroid in test of 'planetary defense'

Chris Lefkow, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 05 06:21 AM

NASA plans to crash a spacecraft traveling at a speed of 24,000 kph into an asteroid next year in a test of "planetary defense." Read more »

Only slight chance of asteroid hitting Earth, says NASA

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 12 07:14 AM

An asteroid known as Bennu will pass within half the distance of the Earth to the Moon in the year 2135 but the probability of an impact with our planet in the coming centuries is very slight, scientists said Wednesday. Read more »

How 23 giant Chinese rockets could save the world from ‘doomsday’ asteroid

Stephen Chen, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jul 06 01:29 PM

China’s space program could one day save the world, with massive rockets traveling for years to defend the planet from huge asteroids capable of wiping out entire cities, according to the government.   Read more »

Large asteroid to pass by Earth on March 21: NASA

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 12 07:17 AM

The largest asteroid to pass by Earth this year will approach within some 1.25 million miles (2 million kilometers) of our planet on March 21, NASA said Thursday. Read more »

Japanese space probe Hayabusa-2 back on earth, delivers samples

Morgan Sette, AFP
Posted at Dec 06 06:11 PM

A long exposure shows the light trail of a re-entry capsule entering the Earth's atmosphere as seen from Coober Pedy in South Australia early on Sunday. Read more »

Japan space capsule picked up in Australia after voyage to asteroid

Anna Watanabe, Kyodo News
Posted at Dec 06 09:59 AM

The Japanese space agency said it retrieved from the Australian desert on Sunday a tiny capsule returned to Earth from its Hayabusa2 space probe, hoping it has safely transported samples from the Ryugu asteroid that could help explain the origins of life. Read more »

NASA probe successfully stows sample from asteroid

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 30 06:25 AM

WASHINGTON - NASA said Thursday its robotic spacecraft Osiris-Rex was able to stow a rock and dust sample scooped up from the asteroid Bennu, after a flap that had wedged open put the mission at risk. Read more »

NASA spacecraft to grab an asteroid sample

Reuters
Posted at Oct 21 05:41 AM

WASHINGTON - A NASA probe orbiting an asteroid over 100 million miles from Earth will make a perilous attempt on Tuesday to snatch a sample from the celestial body’s rocky surface to bring home the space agency’s first handful of pristine asteroid rocks. Read more »

Tiny asteroid buzzes by Earth, closest flyby on record: NASA

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Aug 19 10:09 AM

WASHINGTON - An asteroid the size of an SUV passed 1,830 miles (2,950 kilometers) above Earth, the closest asteroid ever observed passing by our planet, NASA said Tuesday.   Read more »

Massive meteor shower 'hit Earth and Moon' 800 million years ago

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 22 03:53 AM

A giant meteor shower bombarded Earth and the Moon 800 million years ago with more than 30 times the force of the asteroid strike that killed the dinosaurs, new research showed Tuesday. Read more »

'This is a big deal': Earth captures new 'mini moon'

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Feb 28 12:59 PM

Earth has acquired a second "mini-moon" about the size of a car, according to astronomers who spotted the object circling our planet. Read more »

Undetected ‘city-killer’ asteroid almost hits Earth, shocks scientists: reports

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 28 01:25 PM

The Washington Post, citing NASA data, on Friday reported that Asteroid 2019 OK, estimated to be 57 to 130 meters wide, passed about 73,000 kilometers from earth, roughly 1/5 the distance to the moon.  Read more »

NASA probe finds signs of water on nearby asteroid Bennu

Joey Roulette, Reuters
Updated as of Dec 11 11:40 AM

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has discovered ingredients for water on a relatively nearby skyscraper-sized asteroid, a rocky acorn-shaped object that may hold clues to the origins of life on Earth, scientists said on Monday. Read more »