Thursday, 5 October 2023 NASA has predicted that an asteroid could potentially collide with Earth in 159 years, causing an impact equivalent to 22 atomic bombs. The asteroid, named Bennu, was discovered in 1999 and measures 1,610 feet wide. While the chances of a collision are slim, NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, launched in 2016, may intersect with Bennu...
There are millions of asteroids in our solar system, so why is NASA going to the asteroid Psyche? Scientists think this particular asteroid, which orbits the Sun between Mars and Jupiter, could be part..
In the latest edition of This Week @NASA, aired on October 13, 2023, a series of groundbreaking discoveries were revealed from historic asteroid samples. These findings shed new light on the mysterious..
NASA finally opened the space capsule containing the largest asteroid sample ever collected by a space mission. The sample came from Bennu, a potentially hazardous asteroid that's like a time..