The main goal of a newly announced private space telescope may be protecting Earth, but the instrument could also help out prospective asteroid miners, its builders say. The nonprofit B612 ...

The near-Earth asteroid 2025 BC10 will pass safely near our planet on Saturday (April 5). The Virtual Telescope Project will livestream views of the asteroid's close approach online. When you purchase ...

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Back in 1967, a group of MIT students were handed a wild assignment: come up with a plan to stop a massive asteroid from wiping out the planet. They took it seriously, worked through the maths, the ...