The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/asteroids/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Wed, 10 Jun 2026 21:52:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png asteroids | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/asteroids/ 32 32 A scientist helps save the world from asteroids. What would the Midrash say? https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-scientist-helps-save-the-world-from-asteroids-what-would-the-midrash-say/ Fri, 04 Oct 2024 09:57:08 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3306378 Addressing Boston's Vilna Shul as part of its Lifesavers Speaker Series, Dr. Nancy Chabot shows how collaboration in the emerging field of planetary defense proves a rabbinic adage

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]]> Asteroid set to temporarily become Earth’s ‘second moon’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/asteroid-set-to-temporarily-become-earths-second-moon/ Fri, 20 Sep 2024 07:17:32 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3379538 Tiny asteroid will be pulled in by gravity between Sep. 29 and Nov. 25, however will not be discernible via basic telescopes; celestial object expected to return only in 2055

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]]> Asteroid that killed off the dinosaurs originated beyond Jupiter, scientists show https://www.timesofisrael.com/scientists-discover-asteroid-that-killed-the-dinosaurs-originated-beyond-jupiter/ Sat, 17 Aug 2024 08:24:20 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3355866 Researchers publish findings that used an innovative sample analysis technique to confirm assumptions about the apocalyptic culprit that slammed into Earth 66 million years ago

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]]> NASA’s first asteroid samples from deep space, 4.5 billion years old, land on Earth https://www.timesofisrael.com/nasas-first-asteroid-samples-land-on-earth-after-release-from-spacecraft/ Tue, 26 Sep 2023 00:04:54 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3105123 Samples taken to lab for careful examination after release from spacecraft at conclusion of seven-year journey

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]]> NASA: Spacecraft knocked asteroid far off course in 1st test of planetary defense https://www.timesofisrael.com/nasa-says-spacecraft-knocked-asteroid-off-course-in-1st-test-of-planetary-defense/ Tue, 11 Oct 2022 23:29:36 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2851021 Space agency says it successfully changed object's orbit in test last month, exceeding expectations in a proof-of-concept for future threats to life on Earth

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]]> NASA crashes spacecraft into asteroid in first ever test of planetary defense https://www.timesofisrael.com/nasa-to-crash-craft-into-asteroid-in-first-ever-test-of-planetary-defense/ Mon, 26 Sep 2022 19:00:32 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2843789 Space agency aims to alter orbit of rock by smashing craft, known as DART, into its surface, in venture hitherto only attempted in science fiction

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]]> In test to save Earth, NASA launches spacecraft to nudge asteroid off course https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-test-to-save-earth-nasa-launches-spacecraft-to-nudge-asteroid-off-course/ Wed, 24 Nov 2021 08:35:06 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2654977 Planetary defense experiment aims to slam DART vehicle into rock, adjusting its path, in feasibility test of deflecting other objects that might head catastrophically toward planet

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]]> NASA to smash satellite into asteroid in test of plan to save Earth from destruction https://www.timesofisrael.com/nasa-to-smash-a-satellite-into-an-asteroid-in-test-of-plan-to-save-the-planet/ Tue, 23 Nov 2021 00:29:53 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2654241 Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) set to launch Wednesday; will let scientists see if it's possible to 'nudge' an incoming asteroid from a path that could threaten the planet

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]]> NASA names asteroids after Israeli student who found them https://www.timesofisrael.com/nasa-names-asteroids-after-israeli-woman-who-found-them/ Sun, 11 Apr 2021 07:30:58 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2522215 Aseel Nama says taking part in monthlong search project was her 'dream'; hers was the only 1-member team allowed, of 116 total

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]]> Earth safe from asteroid Apophis for 100 years, NASA says https://www.timesofisrael.com/nasa-says-earth-safe-from-asteroid-apophis-for-100-years/ Sat, 27 Mar 2021 22:52:32 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2514424 A previously flagged potentially hazardous encounter in 2068 has now been ruled out as dangerous

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]]> Japan brings home asteroid chips from millions of miles away https://www.timesofisrael.com/japan-brings-home-asteroid-chips-from-millions-of-miles-away/ Thu, 24 Dec 2020 13:26:29 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2455250 Hayabusa2 got charcoal-like samples last year from two locations on the asteroid Ryugu and dropped them in the Australian outback

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]]> Japan delights in asteroid soil samples https://www.timesofisrael.com/japan-delights-in-asteroid-soil-samples/ Tue, 15 Dec 2020 10:57:39 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2449054 Scientists say country's Hayabusa2 spacecraft brought back gases and hoard of pebbles from its mission to Ryugu

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]]> Capsule with asteroid samples arrives in Japan for research https://www.timesofisrael.com/capsule-with-asteroid-samples-arrives-in-japan-for-research/ Tue, 08 Dec 2020 11:34:54 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2444542 Hayabusa2 spacecraft released capsule Saturday from 220,000 kilometers away, ending 6-year, 5.2 billion-kilometer journey

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]]> Fake asteroid? NASA expert identifies mystery object as old rocket https://www.timesofisrael.com/fake-asteroid-nasa-expert-identifies-mystery-object-as-old-rocket/ Sun, 11 Oct 2020 14:50:56 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2405904 Paul Chodas says he believes object that is set to be captured by earth's gravity is in fact Centaur rocket from failed Surveyor 2 moon mission 54 years ago

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]]> School bus-sized asteroid to zoom by Earth, closer than many satellites https://www.timesofisrael.com/school-bus-sized-asteroid-to-zoom-by-earth-closer-than-many-satellites/ Thu, 24 Sep 2020 12:02:15 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2395186 By space standards, Asteroid 2020 SW is pretty puny and will safely pass Earth on Thursday, NASA says

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