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Throwback to NASA's 2.6% asteroid impact chance

The video looks back at reports about NASA's asteroid impact chance and asks Harvard astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell how the 2.6% estimate should be understood. He explains that the figure reflects ...
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NASA's Psyche spacecraft cruises toward metal asteroid

NASA's Psyche spacecraft completed a Mars gravity assist and now speeds toward the metal-rich asteroid Psyche in the main ...
Time

NASA Launches First-Ever Mission to Intercept Asteroid

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Phys.org

NASA's Psyche spacecraft buzzing Mars on its way to a rare metal asteroid

A NASA spacecraft chasing a rare metal asteroid swings past Mars this week for a gravity boost, snapping thousands of pictures as practice for the main encounter in 2029. Named Psyche like the ...
Yahoo

NASA says giant asteroid will skim closer to Earth than satellites

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Apophis, a.k.a. the “God of Chaos” asteroid, will pass Earth in 2029 closer than satellites in a rare visible sky event. | ©Image ...
Science Daily

NASA’s asteroid Bennu samples reveal a 4.5-billion-year-old secret

Tiny samples from asteroid Bennu are rewriting scientists' understanding of how our Solar System formed. New evidence suggests that Bennu was born where material from the inner and outer Solar System ...