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This Is How Chinese Scientists Will Bounce Signals Off Asteroids To Assess Potentially Hazardous Objects
To image rocky dangers from space, more than 20 big radar antennas will coordinate. 
To image rocky dangers from space, more than 20 big radar antennas will coordinate. -
Asteroid Four Times The Size Of NY Empire State Building To Make Close Approach This Week
The asteroid, named 7335 (1989 JA), will soundly miss our planet by about 2.5 million miles. 
The asteroid, named 7335 (1989 JA), will soundly miss our planet by about 2.5 million miles. -
NASA's Asteroid-Deflecting Spacecraft Delivers Its First Images
The DART mission aims to know if humanity can redirect an asteroid away from potentially hitting Earth. 
The DART mission aims to know if humanity can redirect an asteroid away from potentially hitting Earth. -
NASA's Breakthrough Solution To Deflect Asteroids Involves Literally Smashing Into It: Here's How
It's the first mission of its kind, NASA said. It's the first mission of its kind, NASA said. -
Solar Array In NASA's Newly Launched Asteroid Probe Not Fully Latched
The space agency is already investigating why one of the two solar arrays failed to lock into place. The space agency is already investigating why one of the two solar arrays failed to lock into place. -
A Megacomet, Largest Identified To Date, Is Headed Our Way
The gargantuan Bernardinelli-Bernstein comet will make its closest approach in 2031. 
The gargantuan Bernardinelli-Bernstein comet will make its closest approach in 2031. -
NASA's Asteroid-Deflecting Planetary Defense Mission Nearing Launch
The DART mission will be the "first demonstration of the kinetic impactor technique to change the motion of an asteroid in space." The DART mission will be the "first demonstration of the kinetic impactor technique to change the motion of an asteroid in space." -
NASA Finds More Insights On Strange Asteroid Lurking In Our Solar System
The origins of the rock are still shrouded in mystery. 
The origins of the rock are still shrouded in mystery. -
3 Christmas-Day Asteroids To Fly Past Earth Dec. 25
Don't worry, all three will keep a safe distance. 
Don't worry, all three will keep a safe distance. -
NASA Braces For New Mission To $10,000 Quadrillion-Worth Asteroid
The reason this intriguing asteroid is worth so much money is that it is unlike most other asteroids that have rocky or icy bodies, NASA said. 
The reason this intriguing asteroid is worth so much money is that it is unlike most other asteroids that have rocky or icy bodies, NASA said.
