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Japan’s Hayabusa2 Probe makes 2nd touchdown on asteroid Ryugu
Japan’s Hayabusa2 probe has made a perfect touchdown on a distant asteroid named Ryugu, some 300 million kilometres from Earth. It collected samples from beneath surface in an...
99942 Apophis Asteroid Expected to Fly Close to the Earth
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has predicted that asteroid 99942 Apophis will fly towards the Earth in ten years. There is no need to worry since the...NASA reveales that giant asteroid 99942 Apophis is expected to fly close to Earth in a decade
According to the latest data from US space agency NASA, the giant asteroid named 99942 Apophis is expected to approach dangerously close to the Earth on April 13,...Scientists of Japan creates first-ever artificial crater on an asteroid ‘Ryugu’
The Japanese scientists have successfully created the first-ever artificial crater on an asteroid ‘Ryugu’. It’s a step towards shedding light on how the solar system evolved. The announcement...
Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART)
Spacex to Launch NASA’s Asteroid-Smashing Mission. Which will blast off in June 2021 and this will smash into the asteroid’s moon around October 2022 The Double Asteroid Redirection...
NASA to pay SpaceX: To crash a rocket into an asteroid
NASA awarded $69 million to SpaceX to redirect an asteroid. The mission is called DART ”Double Asteroid Redirection Test. It works on Kinetic Impactor technique. The technique is...
Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft drops explosive on asteroid to make crater
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA has dropped an explosive from its Hayabusa2 spacecraft. It has successfully blasted the surface of an asteroid for the first time to...
