Browsing: Asteroid

There may be more moon-born asteroids near Earth than we thinkESA/P.Caryl The giant rock orbiting near Earth appears to have originated from the moon, and is…

Webcam images show asteroid burning up in the atmosphere over SiberiaLensk LR/YouTube Astronomers discovered the asteroid, about 70 centimeters in diameter, hours before it exploded harmlessly…

Map showing where asteroid fireballs can be seen in SiberiaESA A dramatic but harmless spectacle will take place over Siberia today as an asteroid about 70…

Hidden somewhere in the dark of space, there is a giant asteroid on a collision course with Earth. If we don’t discover it and somehow stop…

When it comes to natural disasters, it is often impossible to predict more than a few months or even days in advance. We cannot say, “There…

Asteroids that fly regularly between Earth, Venus, and Mars could provide radiation shielding for human missions to explore nearby planets

Samples from asteroid RyuguJAXA Future astronauts may be able to eat a nutritionally complete meal made from bacteria grown on crushed asteroids, creating a type of…

The European Space Agency’s Hera mission will study the asteroid Dimorphos with the support of two CubeSats called Juventus and MilaniESA/ScienceOffice.org Two years after a NASA…

The cracks running through samples of asteroid Ryugu, likely formed by repeated thawing and freezing of the water inside, could have helped such asteroids transport the…

What did the Earth look like with rings?Oliver Hull After a near collision with an asteroid 466 million years ago, Earth formed a Saturn-like ring of…