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Will We Ever Be Hit By an Asteroid?

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Asteroid Closely Passes Earth

Learn about Earth's close encounter with asteroid 2012 DA14 on February 15, 2013, in this video from NASA. Asteroid 2012 DA14 passed safely about 17,000 miles (27,000 kilometers) from Earth's surface. Its orbit was well known and scientists were not worried about a possible collision. NASA observes

Video: Dawn - one year at the asteroid Vesta

From the more than 28,000 images acquired by Dawn between July 2011 and August 2012, DLR scientists computed a global digital surface model of Vesta. Ralf Jaumann, head of DLR's Dawn scientific team, explains a few spectacular observations with the help of this virtual flight over Vesta. The animati

Swift and Hubble Probe an Asteroid Crash

Discover how astronomers determined the unexpected brightening of an asteroid named Scheila was likely the result of an impact with a much smaller asteroid. This video from NASA looks at how the Swift satellite and the Hubble Space Telescope helped astronomers investigate what they thought was an un

WISE Finds Fewer Asteroids Near Earth

In "Space Rock Census" Amy Mainzer, principal investigator for the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission, reveals some new observations about space rocks in our solar system in these videos from NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The WISE mission is helping scientists understand the true n

ScienceCasts: Planetary Defense

NASA's Planetary Defense Coordination Office is working to keep Earth safe from asteroids and other hazards that come from deep space. Visit http://science.nasa.gov/ for more. NASA Planetary Defense: http://www.nasa.gov/planetarydefense Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/NASA

How to Become Humanity's First Trillionaire

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ScienceCasts: Riding the Slingshot to Bennu

Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/NASA Visit http://science.nasa.gov/ for more. Gravity’s pull is being used to help propel a small spacecraft known as OSIRIS-REx to a near-Earth asteroid called Bennu. OSIRIS-REx Mission: http://www.asteroidmission.org/

ScienceCasts: To Bennu and Back

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is scheduled to launch on a mission to orbit, map and collect samples from the asteroid Bennu, and return to Earth 7 years later. OSIRIS-REx: http://www.asteroidmission.org/ Visit http://science.nasa.gov/ for more Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/NASA