/tags/asteroid asteroid en-US SA���ʴ�ı Thu, 26 Jan 2023 21:30:00 GMT /space/2023-01-26/a-recently-discovered-asteroid-had-a-very-close-encounter-with-earth There was no reason for alarm, as a NASA engineer called it "one of the closest approaches by a known near-Earth object ever recorded." It was only 2,200 miles above the Earth's surface. Thu, 26 Jan 2023 21:30:00 GMT /space/2023-01-26/a-recently-discovered-asteroid-had-a-very-close-encounter-with-earth Bill Chappell /space/2022-10-11/smashing-success-nasa-asteroid-strike-results-in-big-nudge NASA says a spacecraft that plowed into a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away last month succeeded in shifting its orbit. “This mission shows that NASA is trying to be ready for whatever the universe throws at us,” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said Tuesday. Tue, 11 Oct 2022 19:27:36 GMT /space/2022-10-11/smashing-success-nasa-asteroid-strike-results-in-big-nudge Marcia Dunn | Associated Press /science/2022-09-29/space-telescopes-capture-asteroid-slam-with-striking-clarity The Hubble and Webb space telescopes captured this week's asteroid strike, as NASA's Dart spacecraft slammed into the Dimorphos asteroid in the first planetary defense test of its kind. NASA on Thursday released pictures of the dramatic event. Thu, 29 Sep 2022 21:00:00 GMT /science/2022-09-29/space-telescopes-capture-asteroid-slam-with-striking-clarity Marcia Dunn | Associated Press /2021-11-22/in-a-first-test-of-its-planetary-defense-efforts-nasas-going-to-shove-an-asteroid NASA is about to launch the first mission of its new planetary defense office. A spacecraft will attempt to knock a small asteroid off course by ramming into it. Mon, 22 Nov 2021 10:30:00 GMT /2021-11-22/in-a-first-test-of-its-planetary-defense-efforts-nasas-going-to-shove-an-asteroid Nell Greenfieldboyce