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NASA's 'SPHEREx' infrared space telescope is launching this week. Here's why it's a big deal
NASA's latest space telescope, SPHEREx — short for Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization ...
NASA reduces likelihood of asteroid impacting earth to 1.5%
NASA said Wednesday that new data collected overnight cut the probability of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth to 1.5%. The ...
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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.
NASA Tracking Car-Sized Asteroid Approaching Earth Today
The asteroid is hurtling towards us at a zippy 15,000 miles per hour, according to the space agency's Jet Propulsion ...
Why NASA keeps changing the probability of an asteroid impacting Earth in 2032
Sensational "city killer" headlines aside, NASA and the European Space Agency reported the asteroid "has a very small chance" ...
Odds of asteroid YR4 2024 hitting Earth in 2032 go up, then down again, in latest NASA analysis
YR4 has a very small chance of striking Earth when its orbit briefly intersects our planet's in December 2032.
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NASA explains Earth-nearing 2024 YR4's changing trajectory and impact
NASA also stated that the asteroid would be quite distant by April 2025, only to become very faint to be detected by ...
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NASA Selects SpaceX to Provide Launch Services for Near-Earth Object Surveyor Mission
NASA selected SpaceX of Starbase, to provide launch services for the Near-Earth Object Surveyor mission, to detect and observe asteroids.
New NASA telescope SPHEREx is tasked with mapping the entire cosmos
The $488 million observatory is set to launch at the end of this month on a two-year mission to map the entire celestial sky.
NASA’s New Asteroid Data Changes Everything – And the Moon Might Pay the Price
YR4 is a recently discovered near-Earth object (NEO) currently being closely monitored by NASA’s planetary defense teams.