Asteroids

NASA Makes Asteroid Defense a Priority, Moving its NEO Surveyor Mission Into the Development Phase

There's an old adage in the engineering field - what gets funded gets built. So it's sure to be a…

2 years ago

What Kind of an Impact did DART Have on Dimorphos? The Science Results are Here

NASA has released the preliminary analysis of the DART mission's impact (literally) on Dimorphos!

2 years ago

Rubble Pile Asteroids Might be the Best Places to Build Space Habitats

A new study looks at the practicality of living in a common near-Earth asteroid

2 years ago

This Interactive Tool Lets you Simulate Asteroid Impacts Anywhere on Earth

Asteroid impacts rank highest on the UN's list of potentially species-ending calamities. They've been the subject of countless movies and…

2 years ago

Astronomers Spotted a Tiny Asteroid A Few Hours Before it Impacted the Earth, and Predicted Exactly Where and When it Would Crash

Humanity is getting better a planetary defense. At least from external threats from outer space. As long as they're just…

2 years ago

Mars Once had Enough Water for a Planet-Wide Ocean 300 Meters Deep

New research has shown that Mars may have been covered in a worldwide ocean when Earth was still covered in…

2 years ago

What Would Asteroid Mining do to the World's Economy?

A new study by a team of Chinese researchers examines the impact asteroid mining with have on global equity.

2 years ago

It’ll be Tough to Stop an Asteroid at the Last Minute, but not Impossible

A team of satellite experts have designed a navigation system that could save Earth from a collision at the last…

2 years ago

Three New Potentially Hazardous Asteroids Discovered, Including a big one That Measures 1.5 km Across

An asteroid 1.5 km across is no joke. Even a much smaller one, about the size of a house, can…

2 years ago

When an Asteroid Gets Close to Earth, we get a Rare Opportunity to Learn What it’s Made of

Gravity calculations can provide plenty of insight into a variety of phenomena. Everything from Einstein rings to the rocket equation…

2 years ago