NASA Will Launch Mission To Smash Asteroid

NASA said on Monday that its mission to deflect an asteroid in deep space using a spacecraft is targeting a …

NASA Releases 3D Model Of Asteroid Bennu

You’ve never seen an asteroid like this before. This technicolor marvel is a compilation of more than 11 million measurements …

NASA’s Aptly Named OSIRIS REx Discovers Death Asteroid Bennu Had Water- What Does This Mean?

It looks like NASA chose the right space rock for its asteroid-sampling mission. The agency’s OSIRIS-REx probe, which just arrived at …

First Images Of Death-Asteroid ‘Bennu’- After OSIRIS REx Travels For 2 Years In Space

After two years traveling through space, the NASA OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has started to obtain images of the mission target, primitive …

US Steps Up Asteroid Defense; They Know What Is Coming

FILE – In this Feb. 15, 2013 image made from a dashboard camera video, a meteor streaks through the sky …

Asteroid Bennu, Named After Egyptian Sun-god, To Be Explored By NASA’s OSIRIS-REX (Also Named After Egyptian god)

What Will Happen With ‘Armageddon Asteroid’ Bennu?

SPACE – NASA is planning to launch a probe to collect rock samples from an asteroid it fears could one …