All posts tagged with near-Earth asteroids

(Natural News) U.S. researchers and engineers are designing a new spacecraft that can either ram hazardous asteroids away from Earth or nuke them into oblivion, reported a ScienceDirect article. They chose to name it HAMMER for obvious reasons. HAMMER stands for Hypervelocity Asteroid Mitigation Mission for Emergency Response. Each unmanned vehicle is expected to weigh around eight tons, which is less than the old Apollo […]

(Natural News) As the OSIRIS-REx probe hurtles towards its rendezvous with the asteroid Bennu, it took the time to snap a breathtaking photo of Terra and its bright partner Luna waltzing through the constellations, reported The Daily Mail in a recent article. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) kindly shared the image of our planet and […]