Asteroid Didymos
Europe and US are Going to Try and Deflect an Asteroid
The ESA and NASA are getting closer to mounting the AIDA mission, which will will test the effectiveness of asteroid…
5 years ago
ESA is Planning a Mission to the Smallest Spacerock Ever Visited: the Moon of an Asteroid
For some small minority of humans, Death By Asteroid is a desirable fate. The idea probably satisfies their wonky Doomsday…
6 years ago
A Mission to Deflect an Asteroid Just Moved into the Final Design and Assembly Phase
The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) Mission, which will attempt to deflect a small asteroid in 2022, recently moved into…
6 years ago
Scientists Urge Europe to Stick With “Armageddon”-style Asteroid Mission
At the European Planetary Science Conference in Riga this week, scientists urged Europe to remain committed to the AIDA asteroid…
7 years ago
European Asteroid Smasher Could Bolster Planetary Defense
Planetary Defense is a concept very few people heard of or took seriously - that is until last week’s humongous…
12 years ago