Asteroids
We Already Have the Technology to Save Earth From a “Don’t Look Up” Comet or Asteroid
What if a 10 km (6.5 mile)-wide asteroid was on a bee-line towards Earth, with an impending, calamitous impact just…
Here’s DART’s First Picture From Space. We Are Already Looking Forward to its Last Image
It might not look like much, but here is the first monumental image from the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART).…
NASA’s New Asteroid Impact Monitoring System Comes Online
An asteroid striking Earth is a genuine possibility. There are tens of thousands of asteroids classified as Near-Earth Asteroids (NEAs),…
Asteroid Apophis’ 2029 Flyby Will Provide a Bonanza of Asteroid Science
If NASA and other space agencies don't want us to freak out about asteroids colliding with Earth, why do they…
Did the Earth’s Water Come From the Sun?
Where did Earth's water come from? Comets may have brought some of it. Asteroids may have brought some. Icy planetesimals…
An Upcoming Asteroid Mission Will be Able to Peer 100 Meters Under the Surface
Engineers only get one shot at making a spacecraft work as intended. Or at least they only get one shot…
NASA Launches DART, to Learn how to Defend the Earth From a Future Asteroid Impact
NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) just launched and will intercept a Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA) in ten months!
Early Earth was Pummeled 10x More Than Previously Estimated
It’s no secret that Earth was bombarded with plenty of meteors for billions of years during the solar system’s early…
Uh oh, one of Lucy’s Solar Arrays Hasn’t Latched Properly
As we’re fond of saying here at UT, space exploration is hard. Many things can go wrong when launching thousands…
Lucy is off to Visit Jupiter’s Trojan Asteroids
NASA's Lucy spacecraft is on its way. The spacecraft was launched into space on Saturday, October 16th on an Atlas…