An ancient asteroid impact in Australia is revealed in shards of glass created when the giant space rock collided with the Earth.| The Debrief
Hayabusa2 is now facing an unexpected challenge: the asteroid it is targeting for its next visit is much smaller than previously expected.| The Debrief
According to China's space agency, the government is preparing to test a direct method of planetary defense by sending a spacecraft to collide with an asteroid.| The Debrief
Keith’s note: NASA has a Planetary Defense Program. They want to find asteroids that might pose a risk before they pose a threat. The other day the Vera Rubin Observatory released imagery of a variety of objects including 2,104 previously unknown asteroids discovered in just a few hours by this new instrument. NASA has ignored the Rubin observatory’s debut altogether while the rest of the world stopped to pay attention. […] The post NASA Planetary Defense Ignores Rubin Observatory’s A...| Space & Planetary Science Archives - NASA Watch