NASA Rammed An Asteroid Hard Enough To Change Its Trajectory, Maybe We're Not All Doomed

The spacecraft slowed down the system's 76,000 mph orbital speed... by two inches per hour. We're going to have to punch a lot harder if we want to save Earth.

NASA’s DART Impact Actually Changed an Asteroid System’s Orbit Around the Sun

NASA’s DART mission proved that a spacecraft can nudge an asteroid system in space, offering a real test of planetary defense. NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft changed the ...
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NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory lays off 550 workers

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. JPL is a research and development lab federally funded by NASA and managed by the California Institute of Technology.

NASA Explains How Do Glaciers Melt

Learn how glaciers melt and contribute to seas rising in this animated explainer from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Credit: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory ...
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Rocket Lab asks NASA to open up MSR to commercial competition

Rocket Lab wants NASA to open up the Mars Sample Return program to commercial competition, arguing it can carry out the mission faster and cheaper than the agency's alternatives. Credit: Rocket Lab ...
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Here's Why Rocket Lab Wants NASA to Pay It $4 Billion

NASA is pondering a Mars mission that could cost $11 billion and take 15 years to complete. Rocket Lab says it can accomplish NASA's goal for $4 billion, and do it in six years. The contract would ...
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NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spots fresh Mars crater after 20 years of monitoring the planet

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has located a fresh crater on Mars after 20 years of monitoring, providing high-resolution ...

NASA's tiny spacecraft sends first exoplanet images

With the first images from the spacecraft now in hand, the team behind NASA's Star-Planet Activity Research CubeSat, or SPARCS, is ready to begin charting the energetic lives of the galaxy's most ...