Japan’s asteroid probe just arrived at a massive space rock, and now it gets to blow stuff up
Back in 2014, Japan’s space program JAXA launched an asteroid probe that had a long journey ahead of it. The spacecraft, called Hayabusa 2, spent …
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Bright fireball streaks through the sky over Russia, causing sonic boom
It was just last week that NASA publicly revealed its plans to enhance its tracking and detection systems for smaller near-Earth objects, and now a …
Pint-sized asteroid spotted just hours before slamming into Earth’s atmosphere
Generally speaking, NASA has a pretty good idea of which asteroids are hanging out in Earth’s neighborhood. Astronomers have spotted, plotted, and forecasted asteroid flybys …
Dino-killing asteroid crater almost immediately became a cradle of life
When the asteroid that struck the present-day Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico reach the Earth it made life incredibly difficult for just about every living thing. …
These were the only birds that survived the dinosaur-killing asteroid
When the asteroid that struck the Earth in Chicxulub, Mexico, slammed into the surface some 66 million years ago it made life incredibly difficult for …
This bizarre exo-asteroid is our Solar System’s first confirmed interstellar immigrant
Immigration is a hotly-debated topic around the world, but it turns out that our Solar System is far more welcoming than some of the countries …
A giant asteroid will buzz past Earth this evening, but scientists aren’t worried
Just after 6PM this evening, an asteriod the size of a city block will zing past the Earth, travelling at around 8 miles per second. …
Astronomers identify massive asteroid leftover from the early Solar System
Scientists believe that the Earth has been around in some form for roughly four and a half billion years, and the Solar System is only …
Scientists think they know where that bizarre ‘alien probe’ asteroid was born
Late last year scientists spotted a totally unexpected visitor speeding its way through our Solar System. A long, cigar-shaped object had flown through our little …
Now the Russians want to nuke asteroids, too
It was just days ago that a team of scientists from NASA and the National Nuclear Security Administration spoke at length about the potential to …
Scientists explain how a nuclear warhead could save us from an asteroid apocalypse
Nuclear weapons were developed for offensive purposes, but the technology could prove to be a wonderful defense from otherworldly visitors as well. In a new …
A skyscraper-sized asteroid just cruised by Earth – watch it fly by in this video
As we told you last week, the “potentially hazardous” asteroid 2017 VR12 made its closest appearance early this morning. Unlike the much smaller 2018 DV1 …
That bizarre ‘alien probe’ asteroid is spinning and scientists can only guess as to why
Hey, so, remember that really bizarre cigar-shaped asteroid that flew through our Solar System late last year? It whipped around the Sun and back out …
Newly-discovered asteroid will slip by Earth today at an incredibly close distance
NASA tracks hundreds upon hundreds of potentially hazardous objects that routinely cruise past our planet. Many of them have been known about for years or …
That skyscraper-sized asteroid definitely isn’t going to hit Earth
You know what “potentially hazardous” skyscraper-sized Asteroid isn’t going to crash into our planet come February 4th? Asteroid 2002 AJ129, or the space rock that’s …
A new asteroid was discovered just seven hours before cruising past Earth
Space rocks flying without a real purpose through space could one day wreak havoc on Earth. But that’s hardly something you need to worried about. …
NASA says skyscraper-sized asteroid headed toward Earth is ‘potentially hazardous’
Imagine a piece of rock the size of the Burj Khalifa skyscraper speeding through space 15 times faster the world’s fastest manned aircraft. Now imagine …
NASA captures glimpse of monster near-Earth asteroid 3200 Phaethon
Tiny space rocks fly past Earth all the time, but it’s rare that a potential planet-killer makes an appearance in our neck of the woods. …
Newly-discovered asteroid will give Earth a close shave today
When it comes to near-earth objects that might pose a threat, NASA is very much on top of things. That said, the sheer vastness of …
My favorite theory about the ‘Alien Probe’ asteroid is that aliens are intentionally ignoring Earth
You’ve probably seen a lot of coverage of the mysterious interstellar visitor known as Oumuamua in recent weeks. It was (and still is) a pretty …
Incredibly creepy skull-shaped asteroid is going to cruise by Earth next year
Giant rocks hurtling through space are probably scary enough all on their own, but when one of them looks like a human skull, well, that’s …
That weird ‘alien probe’ asteroid might not be an asteroid after all
When astronomers first spotted the odd, cigar-shaped object later determined to be the asteroid Oumuamua a couple of months back, initial observations suggested it was …
Could that strange object that just zipped through our Solar System have been an alien probe?
Back in mid-November, scientists revealed that a peculiar object whizzed through our Solar System a month prior. It swooped in from such an extreme angle …
A fireball streaked across the night sky in Florida, and NASA saw it, too
When it comes to unexpected skywatching opportunities, fireballs are one of the most exciting. Pieces of various types of space debris flying through Earth’s atmosphere …
Massive mile-wide asteroid will pass Earth in just a few weeks, but its next visit will be much closer
A colossal three-mile-wide space rock named after a Greek god who almost destroyed the Earth is going to cruise past our planet on December 16th, …
The mysterious asteroid that just visited our Solar System looks so weird
Last month, astronomers got a shock when they spotted what appeared to be an object from outside our Solar System cruising around the sun and …
The massive asteroid that killed the dinosaurs was even more devastating than anyone imagined
The massive asteroid that is thought to have wiped out the dinosaurs was one of the most significant events in Earth’s history, and without it …
A house-sized asteroid is going to squeak by Earth today
Astronomers and skywatchers have done an amazing job at locating lots and lots of near-Earth objects that could pose a threat, but some of them …
Asteroid that barely missed Earth this week could wreak havoc in the not-so-distant future
The asteroid that came “damn close” to slamming into the Earth this week could cause utter devastation several decades down the road, and scientists can’t …
An asteroid is about to squeak by Earth at an incredibly short distance
Giant, “planet-killer” asteroids are a huge concern for humanity simply because we don’t know if there’s anything we can actually do to stop them from …
