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NASA discovers new asteroid that could hit Earth in 2032. Here's what you need to know.

NASA officials have discovered a new asteroid that has a small chance of hitting Earth in December 2032. The near-Earth asteroid has been named 2024 YR4 and is estimated to be 40 to 90 meters wide.
SpaceNews

NASA Awards SAIC $62 Million Information Technology Contract Extension

Company to Continue Providing IT Services to Operate and Maintain the NASA Information and Technology Service Network Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) (NYSE: SAI) today announced ...
SpaceNews

NASA Announces Information Technology Contract Extension

NASA has extended the Unified NASA Information Technology Services, or UNITeS, contract with Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) of San Diego. This extension allows for the ...

NASA: Asteroid 2024 YR4 not a threat to Earth. But the moon is still in the region of uncertainty

NASA officials this week said recent calculations show a significantly smaller risk than previously believed that Earth could ...
Aviation Week

NASA Requests Information For Lunar Surface Fission Reactor

NASA has put out a request for information (RFI) for its lunar “Fission Surface Power System,” an ambitious project that was unveiled earlier this month. The space agency also floated the idea that ...
NPR

Why a NASA satellite that scientists and farmers rely on may be destroyed on purpose

The Trump administration has asked NASA employees to draw up plans to end at least two major satellite missions, according to current and former NASA staffers. If the plans are carried out, one of the ...