asteroids
Smashing success: NASA’s DART spacecraft bumped an asteroid off its orbit
The demise of a spacecraft is usually something rather poignant. But two weeks ago, NASA celebrated one’s destruction. On September 26, NASA executed the final stage of the Double Asteroid Redir
NASA’s DART anti-asteroid satellite successfully smashes into space rock
NASA has completed a key step of its “Double Asteroid Redirection Test” (DART), smashing a satellite roughly the size of a vending machine into a small moon that’s about half-a-mile
‘Armageddon’ now: NASA’s asteroid-deflecting DART mission launches tonight
Update: Successful launch and NASA has acquired DART’s signal. One of NASA’s most exciting and unusual missions in years, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), is scheduled to launc
NASA’s ‘Armageddon’-style asteroid deflection mission takes off in November
NASA has a launch date for that most Hollywood of missions, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, which is basically a dry run of the movie “Armageddon.” Unlike the film, this will not inv
Feast your eyes on the space rocks Japan’s Hayabusa 2 mission harvested from asteroid Ryugu
Japan’s ambitious second asteroid return mission, Hayabusa 2, has collected a wealth of material from its destination, Ryugu, which astronomers and other interested parties are almost certainly
European Space Agency awards $153 million contract for its first planetary defense mission
The European Space Agency (ESA) is doing its part to help protect the Earth from any errant asteroids that may threaten terrestrial life, awarding a €129.4 million ($153 million) contract to an indu
Fallout Shelter joins Tesla Arcade in latest software update
Nearly a year ago, Todd Howard, the director of Bethesda Games, said that Fallout Shelter would be coming to Tesla displays. It arrived this week via the 2020.20 software update, which was first noted
Tesla is bringing the ‘Fallout Shelter’ game to its cars
As part of the gaming option for Tesla’s cars, Todd Howard, the director of Bethesda Games, said that the company’s “Fallout Shelter” game will be coming to Tesla displays. Elo
Tesla is rolling out new Atari games as part of its TeslAtari feature
Tesla is adding 2048 and Atari’s Super Breakout to the list of games that drivers and passengers can play on the company’s dashboard display. The company added Atari games to its slate of
Official near-earth object plan will look into nuking asteroids and other ‘planetary defense missions’
Space is a big place, and mostly empty — but there's no shortage of objects which, should they float our direction, could end life as we know it. A new national plan for detecting and handling such
NASA’s asteroid-harvesting mission solicits proposals for its robotic spacecraft
Asteroid mining is coming soon to a planet near you: this planet, and in 2021, to be specific. But NASA's Asteroid Redirect Mission has lots of work to do before that point. Today the space-faring org
Will the asteroid known as 1999 RQ36 destroy all life on the planet, thereby preventing you from dinging 80?
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/werealldoomed.jpg" />Not to alarm you, but we only have 172 years to live, so better <a HREF="http://www.crunchgear.com/tag/world-of-warc
An asteroid almost smashed into Earth, and we only knew about it 15 hours before it happened
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/asteroid.jpg" />Did you hear the news? An asteroid passed within 8,700 miles of the planet on Friday. The craziest thing is that scientis
Asteroids crashing into XBLA this Wednesday
If you’re old enough to remember Asteroids and Asteroids Deluxe and your hands haven’t been crippled with tendinitis then get ready because they’re both coming to XBLA on November 28