Astronomers have discovered over 32,000 near-Earth Asteroids
NASA and other agencies are working on various planetary defense systems, including those like the DART spacecraft, which crashed into an asteroid late last year. …
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Large asteroid impacts to Earth more likely than previously thought, study suggests
Earth may be more prone to large asteroid impacts than humanity previously believed. At least, that’s the suggestion made by a new NASA-funded study presented …
200-foot asteroid will pass Earth within the Moon’s orbit
A 200-foot asteroid discovered earlier this year will pass Earth at a distance closer than the Moon later this month. The asteroid, labeled 2023 DZ2, …
A newly discovered asteroid could collide with Earth in 2046
Valentine’s day 2046 could have quite the attraction, according to a risk list that is managed by the European Space Agency’s Near Earth Objects Coordination …
A massive asteroid will ‘just miss’ Earth in 2029, astronomers say
When scientists first discovered the asteroid 99942 Apophis in 2004, they also discovered it held a three percent chance of colliding with Earth in 2029. …
This website lets you see what would happen if an asteroid hit your city or town
Have you ever wondered what it would be like if an asteroid slammed into your city or town? Well, a new app called Asteroid Launcher …
Astronomers say never-before-seen asteroids are hiding in the Sun’s glare
Astronomers say that a bunch of asteroids could hide in the Sun’s glare. These near-Earth asteroids would most likely be objects we’ve never detected, as …
Key building blocks of life found in asteroid samples brought back to Earth
Back in 2019, Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft collected samples from an asteroid known as Ryugu. Located nearly 200 million miles from Earth, the asteroid has been …
A new tool could help us find killer asteroids hiding in plain sight
A former NASA astronaut has come up with a plan to save the Earth from killer asteroids. Dr. Ed Lu, who has a doctorate in …
China wants to make an asteroid monitoring system that can redirect asteroids
On this year’s Space Day in China, Wu Yanhua, deputy head of the China National Space Administration (CNSA) said that China wants to build an …
Our solar system may have evolved differently than previously thought
Researchers studying meteorites from a large asteroid between Mars and Jupiter have discovered evidence that an event known as the late heavy bombardment happened differently …
Two schoolgirls spotted an asteroid headed straight for Earth
A newly-detected asteroid has been spotted by a pair of schoolgirls in India. The two teenagers found the asteroid in images collected by a telescope …
Earth got blasted by asteroids 800 million years ago
An asteroid bombardment impacted both the Moon and Earth roughly 800 million years ago, new research suggests. By dating the craters on the Moon, researchers …
‘Potentially hazardous’ mile-wide asteroid will cruise past Earth on Thursday
An asteroid considered “potentially hazardous” by NASA will pass by Earth on May 21st. The rock, which might be up to a mile in diameter, …
NASA might accidentally create the first man-made meteor shower
NASA’s DART mission will test the feasibility of redirecting an asteroid, but the debris it creates could generate the first-ever manmade meteor shower. The DART …
Here’s the surface of an asteroid like you’ve never seen it before
Japan’s Hayabusa-2 asteroid probe snapped some gorgeous images of the surface of Ryugu. The photos show the color contrast of Ryugu’s surface, with the redder …
A newly-discovered house-sized asteroid just zipped by Earth
An asteroid up to 100 feet in diameter passed closely by Earth early on Wednesday morning. The space rock named 2020 GH2 came closer to …
Here’s how MIT wants to save Earth from killer asteroids
If science fiction movies have taught us anything, it’s that saving Earth from a killer asteroid is going to take some big drills and probably …
NASA missed these 11 dangerous asteroids, but an AI caught them
There are lots and lots of space rocks hanging out in our solar system. Most of them will never pose a threat to our planet, …
Jupiter keeps flinging space rocks at Earth
Jupiter has long been credited with protecting the inner solar system from pesky asteroids and other objects that could potentially cause a problem for us …
An asteroid as large as 2,000 feet across will speed past Earth later this month
A large space rock known to scientists as 481394 (2006 SF6) will make its closest approach to Earth in just a couple of weeks. NASA …
Newly-discovered asteroid could strike Earth within decades
As technology advances, scientists have become more and more skilled at spotting potentially threatening objects in space. This is great news for the human race, …
Pair of asteroids make early-morning passes of Earth
If you’re reading this, the Earth is intact. That’s good news, since a pair of asteroids made some reasonably close approaches to our planet this …
A huge asteroid hurtling toward Earth will fly by us next month
Some astronomers have suggested that Earth is overdue for a large asteroid impact, and that we’re living on borrowed time until we can shore up …
Another asteroid is hurtling toward Earth, but astronomers say it’ll miss us
If you’ve been wringing your hands and saying your goodbyes in advance of the visit from asteroid 2006 QV89 later this year, you can relax. …
Large asteroid has a tiny chance of hitting Earth in September
Space groups like NASA and the ESA track a huge number of near-Earth objects on a daily basis, and many of them have a chance …
Killing an asteroid might be a lot harder than anyone thought
We’ve all seen Armageddon, so it’s easy to imagine that Earth could potentially be saved from a killer asteroid by a ragtag group of scientists …
