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. …
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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 …
Astronomers just discovered something incredible about what they thought was a run-of-the-mill asteroid
Spotting asteroids has become pretty routine for astronomers working with some of the most powerful telescopes on the planet, but every once in a while …
Hundreds of thousands of asteroids in our Solar System were born from a few now-dead planets
It’s tempting to imagine that the asteroids that litter our Solar System have been there from the start, circling the Sun for ages while the …
NASA has a new plan to find all the Earth-threatening asteroids it hasn’t detected yet
Thanks to the steady stream of new asteroid discoveries that rolls out of NASA and other skywatching groups around the world you might think that …
Mythical ‘Planet 9’ might actually just be a bunch of very rude asteroids
Remember “Planet 9”? No I’m not talking about Pluto. That ship has sailed. I’m talking about the maybe-kinda-sorta hidden planet that might-kinda-maybe be lurking at …
Scientists shot rocks out of a cannon to prove asteroids might have brought water to the early Earth
The Earth is a very, very wet place. The surface is largely covered with liquid water, but scientists have long debated exactly how so much …
Asteroid mining will produce the world’s first trillionaire, according to Goldman Sachs
There’s lots of ways to make money here on planet Earth, but the world’s first trillionaire is going to make their fortune in space. That’s …
Pint-sized asteroid will make close pass of Earth tomorrow, but a much larger one is right behind it
A tiny asteroid will slip by Earth on Friday, March 2nd, coming within around 70,000 miles of our planet as it cruises through the Solar …
A three-mile-wide asteroid just slipped by Earth, but its next pass will really be one for the books
It’s Monday, and since you didn’t die in a fiery apocalyptic hellscape over the weekend that means that the massive space rock named 3200 Phaethon …
Scientists finally know why meteors explode just before hitting Earth
Mankind hasn’t had to deal with much in the way of deadly meteors over the years, but on the few occasions when one of the …
The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs almost didn’t
If you think the emergence of man was an inevitability, think again. The massive asteroid that struck Earth and triggered the mass extinction of the …
Dinosaur-killing asteroid could hold the cure for cancer
Being diagnosed with cancer doesn’t necessarily carry the same weight as it did a few decades ago, and treatments today have increased the survival rates …
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 …
Scientists spot odd pair of asteroids locked in a watery dance
While NASA is hard at work getting a fancy probe to steal rocks from a nearby asteroid, researchers with their eyes on the rocky belt …
Largest-ever asteroid is about to fly by Earth
Near-Earth objects make passes by our planet on a fairly regular basis, but the space rock that’s going to cruise by on September 1st is …
NASA will get to test its planetary defense system way sooner than we thought
NASA is extremely interested in building a true astroid defense network that could spring into action as soon as a threat is detected, destroying or …
Scientists can’t rule out collision with asteroid flying by Earth in 2029
Asteroids are one of the most serious threats to life as we know it, but scientists and skywatchers have gotten pretty good at predicting exactly …
An asteroid is definitely going to hit the Earth, expert warns
Space is a dangerous place to be, and since the Earth is in space, every living thing on the planet is at risk of eventually …
Five asteroids will cruise by Earth in the next year, and one is coming very close
There’s so many cool things to see out in space — from gorgeous views of Jupiter to stunning glimpses of Saturn, and a star that might …
