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NASA Dawn asteroid lithograph of Eros and other asteroids. http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA19379
This animation shows the distance between the Apophis asteroid and Earth at the time of the asteroid's closest...
In September 2023, scientists with NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission will gather in the Utah desert for the arrival of the...
This illustration shows asteroid 2020 QG's trajectory bending during its close approach to Earth. The asteroid is...
This diagram shows the orbit of binary asteroid Didymos around the Sun. Didymos consists of a large, nearly...
These three radar images of near-Earth asteroid 2003 SD220 were obtained on Dec. 15-17, by coordinating observations...
Artist graphic of the asteroid belt, part of Dawn Mission Art series. http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA19380
These two radar images of near-Earth asteroid 2003 SD220 were obtained on Dec. 18 and 19 by coordinating...
The streak circled in the center of this image is asteroid 2020 QG, which came closer to Earth than any other...
This illustration, created in March 2021, depicts the 140-mile-wide (226-kilometer-wide) asteroid Psyche, which lies...
This illustration, created in March 2021, depicts the 140-mile-wide (226-kilometer-wide) asteroid Psyche, which lies...
This illustration shows how NASA's Psyche spacecraft will explore the asteroid Psyche, beginning with Orbit A when...
What’s the best way get a sample of an asteroid? Play tag with it! That’s the plan for OSIRIS-REx, a NASA spacecraft...
Artist's illustration of the trajectory of asteroid 2017 YE5 through the solar system. At its closest approach to...
Artists concept of NASA Asteroid Redirect Robotic ARM Mission capturing an asteroid boulder before redirecting it to...
The asteroid Euphrosyne glides across a field of background stars in this time-lapse view from NASA's WISE...
This animation depicts the motion of small near-Earth asteroid 2024 PT5 as it orbits the Sun. Because it has a...
This collage of radar images of near-Earth asteroid 1999 JD6 was collected by NASA scientists on July 25, 2015. The...
Illustrated in this artist concept are two possible structures for asteroid 2011 MD. NASA Spitzer infrared camera...
Asteroids are prehistoric treasures that hold the lost tales about the origin of our solar system. We are slowly...
Observations of infrared light from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope coming from asteroids provide a better estimate of...
The six red dots in this composite picture indicate the location of the first new near-Earth asteroid, called 2013...
NASA’s first asteroid sample return mission, OSIRIS-REx, will make a daring attempt to “TAG” asteroid Bennu on Oct....
OSIRIS-REx is a NASA mission to explore near-Earth asteroid Bennu and return a sample to Earth. Prior to arriving at...