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Watch a Large Asteroid Streak Through the Night Sky
Only a small telescope will be needed
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Mars May Have Had a Ring in the Past and Could Have One in the Future
The red planet’s moon may have broken apart into a ring of debris and reformed several times over the planet’s history
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How Do New Planets Get Their Names?
Sorry, Planet McPlanetface: Asteroids, moons and other celestial bodies go through a strict set of international naming guidelines
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Organic Material Found on Ceres Hints at Potential for Life
Scientists are fired up about these building blocks of life
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Ancient Asteroid Collision Is Still Raining Space Rocks Down on Earth
A new study shows that today’s meteorites considerably differ from those of the ancient past
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A Sneaky Asteroid Buzzed By Earth Yesterday
The space rock passed by at about half the distance between our planet and the moon
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NASA Just Announced Two New Missions, But Shelved Others
Though the new missions have exciting prospects, some scientists aren’t thrilled by the decision
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This German Town Is Embedded with Millions of Tiny Diamonds
Scientists estimate that Nördlingen and the surrounding area contain approximately 72,000 tons of the gemstone
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Never Fear, an Oceanic Asteroid Impact Wouldn’t Cause Apocalyptic Tidal Waves
But it could have long-term effects on the climate
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Scientist Warns We’re Unprepared for a Comet Strike
NASA researcher Joseph Nuth proposes that we build and store two spacecraft to deal with potential comet or asteroid strikes
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Astronomers Just Watched an Asteroid Skim Through Earth’s Shadow
The short video was tricky to shoot
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Many of NASA’s Recent Successes Actually Date Back to the Bush Administration
Some leaps, launches and grand plans for the future
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Watch OSIRIS-REx Head to the Cosmos to Grab a Scoop of Asteroid Dust
Today, NASA will launch the spacecraft which will travel to the nearby asteroid Bennu
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Journey to the Center of Earth
To Uncover Earth’s Origins, Scientists Must Look Beyond It
Missions to study the other planetary bodies in our solar system could help solve the mystery of how our own came to be.
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Track These Space Rocks From Your Couch on Asteroid Day
With just a click, you can help astronomers learn more about two nearby asteroids
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Meet Three of Earth’s Tiny Celestial Buddies
A handful of quasi-satellites, mini-moons and Trojan asteroids tag along with Earth as it whizzes around the sun
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Scientists Spot Tiny Asteroid Tagging Along Behind The Earth
It’s our very own “quasi-moon”
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Will Luxembourg Lead the Race for Space Mining?
The tiny nation announced its private industry partners for asteroid mining
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Amateur Astronomers Capture an Asteroid or Comet Colliding With Jupiter
The object recently exploded in the atmosphere of the solar system’s largest planet
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New NASA Images Shed Light on Ceres’ Bright Spots
Yet the dwarf planet serves up fresh mysteries
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