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NASA's DART: Redirecting An Asteroid To Protect Earth

The first flight mission for planetary defense, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) seeks to validate a method to ...

Does Earth have two moons now? What NASA says about our new space friend, a quasi-moon.

Something called a "quasi-moon" was discovered in August, and now many are wondering if we should count our new neighbor as a ...
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$20 million NASA mission to visit 'God of Chaos' asteroid saved from budget cuts in last-minute decision

NASA's OSIRIS-APEX mission, which was one of 19 designated to be canceled by the Trump administration, has been saved from ...
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Astronomers discover 2nd fastest asteroid in the solar system hiding in the sun's glare

A scientist spotted an asteroid hiding in the sun's glare that orbits the sun in just 128 days, making it the second fastest ...