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How altering an asteroid's path today could save Earth tomorrow

The impact is scheduled for the next time it is close to Earth, in late September or early October 2022

Japanese space experts to examine source of high heat on asteroid

Japanese space experts said Thursday they will examine soil samples brought back from a distant asteroid in an attempt to find the source of heat that altered the celestial body

How did water originate on Earth? Data from asteroid Ryugu deepen mystery

Asteroid Ryugu was chosen for sending and returning a mission as it "belonged to a class of asteroids that are dark in colour and suspected to have water-bearing minerals"

Japan's Hayabusa-2 capsule returns to Earth with pristine asteroid samples

About two hours after the capsule''s reentry, JAXA said its helicopter search team found the capsule in the planned landing area

Japan's Hayabusa2 space capsule ferrying asteroid sample nears Earth

The landing of the capsule in Woomera in southern Australia is scheduled for Sunday, 02.00-03.00 Japan Standard Time.

Japanese spacecraft carrying asteroid soil samples nears Earth

The spacecraft might hold clues to the origins of life on Earth.

Nasa spacecraft touches asteroid surface to return alien samples to Earth

While the mission has been a success so far, it will take about a week for the OSIRIS-REx team to confirm how much samples the spacecraft collected. The goal is to gather at least 60 grams

16-sec-action, 334 mn km away: Osiris to grab 1st asteroid sample on Oct 20

A well-preserved time capsule from the early solar system, asteroid Bennu could hold answers to the origin of our sun, its planets, and ultimately life as we know it

Asteroid over 22 metres in diameter to pass by Earth on Sept 1: Nasa

Nasa estimates the asteroid's relative speed at around 8.16 kilometres per second

An SUV-sized asteroid just made the closest fly-by of Earth on record

At roughly 10 to 20 feet (3 to 6 meters) across, asteroid 2020 QG is very small by asteroid standards

NASA spacecraft completes final practice before asteroid sample collection

Nightingale, OSIRIS-REx's primary sample collection site, is located within a crater in Bennu's northern hemisphere

Stadium-sized asteroid, 2 others to whiz past Earth in June: Know details

NASA's Near-Earth Object (NEO) web-site at the Centre for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) reveals that they will be fast approaching the Earth this month

Why 16 Psyche, a gaint asteroid full of gold, won't make us richer

Once those metals start hitting the market in large quantities, they're unlikely to be precious for much longer

'Potentially hazardous asteroid' to safely fly past Earth on Feb 4: Nasa

The asteroid 2002 AJ129 will make a close approach to earth on February 4, 2018 at 4.30 p.m. EST

Cigar-shaped asteroid discovery can help unveil extrasolar worlds' secrets

Planetary scientists study comets and asteroids because they are almost unchanged records of the material from which the solar system formed

Small asteroid set to pass safely by Earth tomorrow: Experts

Experts say the asteroid poses no risk of impact with Earth

Gigantic asteroid to fly safely past Earth in mid-April: NASA

The space rock is set to go past Earth at a distance of about 1.8 million km