Spacecraft's impact changed asteroid's orbit around the sun in a save-the-Earth test, study finds

A new study has found that an asteroid NASA used for target practice a few years ago was nudged into a slightly different ...

MSU facility lets microchip-makers do outer space tests here on Earth

When electronics meet cosmic rays, bad things can happen. Chip makers need to test what their products can withstand, and ...

Spacecraft's impact changed asteroid's orbit around the sun in a save-the-Earth test

The asteroid that NASA's Dart spacecraft slammed into was never a threat to Earth.

Can we observe Earth-like exoplanets from our own planet?

Finding Earth-like planets orbiting sun-like stars and identifying signs of life such as oxygen or water is a major goal in ...
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Chemistry clues could detect aliens unlike any life on Earth

Looking for molecular evidence of life on other worlds is tricky, but a test based on the reactivity of carbon compounds ...
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The nuclear test that scientists feared might ignite Earth’s atmosphere

J. Robert Oppenheimer led the scientific effort that created the world’s first atomic bomb during World War II. The Trinity test in 1945 produced an explosion equal to nearly 25,000 tons of TNT, ...
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Georgia Institute of Technology students build moon-like lab to test robots for future missions

ATLANTA (WUPA) -- Inside a lab on the Georgia Institute of Technology campus, students are taking the first steps toward the moon without ever leaving Atlanta. A team of aerospace engineering students ...

NASA passes 'save the Earth' test

In 2022, NASA knocked an asteroid off course in a test of humanity's ability to defend Earth.