Topic: Nasa Jet Propulsion Laboratory

NASA downgrades threat of 885-foot asteroid striking Earth in 2036Earth can breathe a sigh of relief.NASA on Wednesday downgraded the odds of an 885-foot asteroid striking the planet in 2036.Scientists initially believed there was a 1-in-45,000 chance that Apophis could hit the ...
Earth dodges near-miss _ at least on a cosmic level _ as asteroid zooms pastAn asteroid about the size of one that leveled more than 800 square miles of forest in Siberia a century ago just buzzed the Earth. The asteroid named ...
Mars Rover Finds Strongest Evidence Yet That Ancient Mars Was Wetter Than Previously ThoughtThe Mars rover Spirit has uncovered the strongest evidence yet that the planet used to be wetter than previously thought, scientists reported Monday. The robot analyzed a patch of ...