asteroid

NASA’s first asteroid sample-collector arrives at target, Bennu

by Kerry SHERIDAN Agence France Presse TAMPA, United States (AFP) -- NASA's first-ever mission designed to visit an asteroid and…

Japan space probe launches new robot onto asteroid

by Miwa SUZUKI Agence France Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- A Japanese probe launched a new observation robot towards an…

Japan space robots start asteroid survey

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- A pair of robot rovers have landed on an asteroid and begun a survey, Japan's space…

No alien ‘signals’ from cigar-shaped asteroid: researchers

PARIS, France (AFP) -- No alien signals have been detected from an interstellar, cigar-shaped space rock discovered travelling through our…

Cigar-shaped asteroid came from another solar system: study

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- A rocky cigar-shaped object detected in space last month came from another solar system, astronomers said Monday as…

Close call: house-sized passing asteroid to give Earth a near-miss Thursday, to test Earth’s warning systems

https://youtu.be/OhniMXLYaVc   by Mariëtte Le Roux Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- A house-size asteroid will give Earth a…

Largest asteroid in a century to whiz by Sept 1

MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- The largest asteroid in more than a century will whiz safely past Earth on September…

Asteroid to shave past Earth on Oct 12: ESA

by Mariëtte Le Roux Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- A house-sized asteroid will shave past our planet on…

Close call: When asteroids whisk past Earth

by Valerie DEKIMPE Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- A peanut-shaped asteroid 1.3 kilometers (3,280 feet) across streaked past…

Big space rock to streak past Earth on Wednesday

PARIS, France (AFP) -- An asteroid stretching 650 meters (2,000 feet) across is on track to whoosh past Earth on…

Large asteroid to hurtle past Earth on April 19

PARIS, France (AFP) -- An asteroid as big as the Rock of Gibraltar will streak past Earth on April 19…

House-sized asteroid to buzz Earth on Sunday

(Reuters) - A recently discovered asteroid about the size of a house will make a relatively close pass by Earth…

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