Asteroids
Scientists Spot Tiny Asteroid Tagging Along Behind The Earth
It's our very own “quasi-moon”
Will Luxembourg Lead the Race for Space Mining?
The tiny nation announced its private industry partners for asteroid mining
Amateur Astronomers Capture an Asteroid or Comet Colliding With Jupiter
The object recently exploded in the atmosphere of the solar system's largest planet
New NASA Images Shed Light on Ceres’ Bright Spots
Yet the dwarf planet serves up fresh mysteries
NASA Wants You to Send Your Art to an Asteroid
The agency is looking for creative contributions as it readies its mission to study and sample a near-Earth asteroid
Russia Wants to Turn Old Missiles Into an Asteroid Defense System
One of the world's deadliest missiles could become a planetary life-saver
4.5 Billion-Year-Old Meteorite Found in the Australian Desert
This 3.7 pound rock could help scientists learn about Earth's origins
Watch a NASA Scientist School the Empire on How to Build a Better Death Star
Darth Vader could have saved a few dollars by building it around an asteroid
An Asteroid Will Buzz by Earth on Halloween
Don't worry—it won't interrupt your Halloween plans
Asteroid Impacts Once Made the Earth's Oceans Boil for A Whole Year
Life had it rough back then
The Time a Space Observatory Was Mistaken for a Second Moon
For 13 hours, the space observatory Gaia was misidentified as a natural satellite orbiting Earth
Dawn Spacecraft Sends First Color Images of Ceres
Red and blue tell the tale of a dwarf planet covered in rock and ice
Scientists Bombard the Earth With Asteroids to Practice Saving It
The Planetary Defense Conference doesn’t just have papers and seminars. It also has an asteroid disaster scenario to solve.
An Asteroid Boulder Will Be A Stepping Stone on the Journey to Mars
NASA announces details in its plan to capture an asteroid and bring it into lunar orbit
Largest Asteroid Crater Ever Discovered Underground in Australia
Deep in Earth’s mantle, scientists find evidence of a colossal impact that could reveal new information about Earth’s history
Dawn Has Arrived at Ceres
Downlink connection confirms that the spacecraft is in orbit around the dwarf planet
The Dawn Spacecraft Is About to Reach Its Next Destination—the Dwarf Planet Ceres
We might just learn what the mysterious bright spots on the dwarf planet are—and much more
Ten Cool Science Stories You May Have Missed in 2014
ICYMI, there's a newfound coral reef in Iraq, the smallest force has been detected and more in this year's surprising science
Assumed Asteroid Remnant Leaves Crater in Nicaragua
A small rock from a passing asteroid left a crater in Nicaragua
Why the Dinosaurs Could Have Had a Chance of Surviving the Asteroid Strike
A new study suggests it wasn't just the asteroid that killed the dinos, but that other factors weakened their ability to survive it
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