The NEOWISE infrared space telescope, which was announced to reach the end of its mission by NASA last December, has made remarkable contributions over the past 10 years in the…
OSIRIS-REx probe capsule in the desert region of Utah On September 24, the OSIRIS-REx probe capsule successfully landed in the desert region of Utah, western USA, containing fragments of asteroid…
This article was originally published on www.nasa.gov on 02/10/23. When the asteroid Psyche has its first close-up with a NASA spacecraft, scientists hypothesize they will find a metal-rich asteroid. It…
Artist’s graphic of the asteroid belt, part of Dawn’s Mission Art series. Credit: NASA/McREL More and more asteroid missions are launched by scientists and commercial companies with the aim to…
Courtesy of Western University’s (Canada) Rob Weryk According to NASA, its first demonstration of an asteroid deflection technique was successful. For the very first time in history, humanity managed to…