Scientists have determined the angle of impact for the asteroid that contributed to the dinosaurs’ extinction 66 million years ago.

Do smaller things hit Earth? Are meteorites dangerous? How do we protect the Earth?<br/>
Threatening Asteroids From Space, Part 2

NASA Chief Scientist Jim Green sits down with Dr. Kelly Fast, a planetary astronomer to discuss planetary defense and Oumuamua.

Este programa de video de accion en vivo es sobre la palabra asteroide. El programa esta disenado para reforzar y apoyar la comprension y retencion del estudiante de la palabra asteroide mediante el uso de secuencias de video,...

This program investigates a very important star - our sun. The key features of our sun, as well as other stars are explored. Special attention is also given to other things in space such as asteroids and comets.

A group of Chinese scientists are planning to capture a small asteroid near Earth to study it for its resources.

This year’s second-largest “potentially hazardous” near-Earth object is approaching Earth at speeds of over 11,000 kilometers per second and will zoom past our planet on May 21, according to NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies.

The United Arab Emirates plans to send a probe to study one hot planet and seven asteroids before landing on an asteroid.

NASA’s first asteroid sample return mission, OSIRIS-REx, will make a daring attempt to “TAG” asteroid Bennu on Oct. 20 – touch its surface and collect a sample for return to Earth. Experience the sample...

NASA's DART is the first planetary defense mission in history. Its main objective is to demonstrate a kinetic impact on an asteroid.

NASA's Dawn spacecraft is currently on its way to the asteroid belt where it will rendezvous Ceres, its largest celestial body. Ceres, also classified as a dwarf planet, has an average diameter of about 950 km (590 miles) making it...

A half-kilometer-wide asteroid will zoom past Earth on Nov. 29, according to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

NASAs OSIRIS-REx mission launches in September 2016 and plans to return a sample of asteroid Bennu to Earth in 2023. This video profiles a student-built instrument aboard the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft called REXIS - the Regolith X-Ray...

The Comet Nucleus Sample Return mission will collect subsurface samples from a comet and return them to Earth. Comets and asteroids are leftover remnants from the early solar system and by studying samples from these objects, we can...

OSIRIS-REx Principal Investigator Dante Lauretta discusses the NASA mission to near-Earth asteroid Bennu.

NASA's OSIRIS-REx has now been orbiting the asteroid Bennu for a year already, but what has it discovered so far?

The OSIRIS-REx mission, launching in September 2016, plans to return a sample of asteroid Bennu to Earth in 2023 so that scientists can study pristine material left over from the early solar system. Dante Lauretta, Principal...

Beyond the asteroid belt are "fossils of planet formation" known as the Trojan asteroids. These primitive bodies share Jupiter's orbit in two vast swarms, and may hold clues to the formation and evolution of our solar...

This image, taken with the Hubble Space Telescope, shows a distant galaxy located in the constellation Fornax. It is the largest and one of the most complete Einstein rings ever discovered.



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In this video, we explore the fascinating world of asteroids - small, rocky masses that orbit the sun. While they are too small to be called planets, asteroids can still pose a threat to Earth. Scientists study asteroids to learn about...

A Canadian satellite designed to search for near-Earth asteroids is scheduled to launch from India this week.

A huge asteroid classified as “potentially hazardous” by NASA will streak past our planet on April 29, accordoing to NASA’s Asteroid Watch.

Recent data retrieved from NASA's OSIRIS-REx shows water is locked inside the asteroid Bennu.

At a speed of 19 kilometers per second, the huge rock would cause quite a lot of damage if it circles back and hits Earth on its orbit around the Sun.