An Asteroid With a ‘Gremlin’ Moon Flew By Earth on Halloween
Trend alert: Halloween asteroids are a thing. Continue reading An Asteroid With a ‘Gremlin’ Moon Flew By Earth on Halloween
Category Archives: Asteroids
An Asteroid Has Been Named After Freddie Mercury
We will, we will space rock you. Continue reading An Asteroid Has Been Named After Freddie Mercury
NASA’s Latest Mission Will Attempt To Land on an Asteroid—And Bring a Piece Home
OSIRIS-REx will help us defend ourselves against future asteroid attacks. Continue reading NASA’s Latest Mission Will Attempt To Land on an Asteroid—And Bring a Piece Home
Four Billion Years Ago, the Moon May Have Taken a Punch from a Protoplanet
How the Man in the Moon got his right eye. Continue reading Four Billion Years Ago, the Moon May Have Taken a Punch from a Protoplanet
How the UN’s Top Outer Space Boss Will Fight Space Debris
Asteroids, space weather, flying junk: David Kendall has his work cut out for him. Continue reading How the UN’s Top Outer Space Boss Will Fight Space Debris
Like Dinosaurs, Meteorites Could Have Been Very Different Millions of Years Ago
Geologists discovered a new kind of meteorite they reckon could now be “extinct.” Continue reading Like Dinosaurs, Meteorites Could Have Been Very Different Millions of Years Ago
Watch Two Years of Asteroid Observations in 20 Seconds
The quest to root out all the stray space rocks near Earth is simultaneously comforting and unnerving. Continue reading Watch Two Years of Asteroid Observations in 20 Seconds