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A mission by NASA to pluck a Boulder off an Asteroid

NASA plans to pluck a boulder off an Asteroid and place it in Moon’s orbit

Mar 26, 2015

Washington – It is better to fetch a rock from an asteroid into lunar orbit than hooking a whole asteroid according to NASA who has unveiled an ambitious looking mission of sending a robotic spacecraft to an as...

Asteroid 2004 BL 86 which just brushed past us has a moon of its own

Amanda

Jan 27, 2015

World

The mountain sized asteroid 2004 BL 86 which just flew past our planet had its own moon too. The asteroid has evoked great interest among researchers as well as amateur sky watchers since it was the biggest ast...

NASA asks world to name Mercury Impact Craters

Jamie Hacking

Dec 16, 2014

Innovation

The NASA Messenger orbiter has been a big success considering the volume of data it has beamed back to Earth. It has beamed back more than 250,000 pictures and has mapped the entire surface of Mercury. The Orbi...

Japan reschedules $260 million Hayabusa2 space probe to asteroid to take off Monday

Charles Omedo

Nov 29, 2014

Innovation

Japan had earlier scheduled its Hayabusa2 space probe to asteroid 1999 JU3 to take off on Sunday, but due to bad weather, the launch has been delayed to Monday when it is expected that weather conditions will h...

Scientists calculate a Huge Asteroid to possibly hit & destroy Earth in 2880

Platonium

Aug 17, 2014

Innovation

Scientists have discovered that there is a 1 in 300 chance that a huge asteroid, called 1950 DA, will collide with Earth in the year 2880. If the asteroid does hit Earth, is expected to collide with the planet ...

Scientists say Asteroid hit, bad luck caused extinction of Dinosaurs from Earth

Ally Stackhouse

Jul 29, 2014

Innovation

The dinosaurs were extinct due to a combination factors. A recent study which was published in the scientific journal Biological Reviews postulates that prehistoric animals could have survived if the asteroid h...

NASA says the “1st humans to step on Mars are alive today.”

Platonium

Jul 24, 2014

Innovation

Although there are still plenty of people who remember when man first walked on the Moon, it won't be long until humans are walking on Mars. According to NASA, humans will step foot on Mars in the very near ...

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