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Earth's First Planetary Defense

Earth is hit by asteroids all the time, but to avoid severe damages in the future NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test ...
The first flight mission for planetary defense, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) seeks to validate a method to ...
A team of researchers has put forth the idea of launching nuclear devices at asteroid 2024 YR4 with a chance of hitting the ...
In Earth’s early days, more than 4 billion years ago, the surface was a dangerous and unpredictable place. Violent volcanoes, ...
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Discoveries that prove aliens have visited Earth The persistent human fascination with extraterrestrial life and the ...
Now researchers have created a new approach: a blood test that can measure the biological ages of eleven organs and systems ...
Japan has a remarkable idea for disposing of space junk and debris without the need to ever come into contact with it, which ...
Scientists asked a simple question: when Earth’s magnetic field gets unsettled from solar storms, is there a correlation with ...
Experts have warned that NASA's asteroid deflection system could inadvertently send one towards Earth. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) was built by the John Hopkins Applied Physics ...
Sooner or later, a sizable asteroid could impact a populated area on Earth. How is the US, and the world, preparing?
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