Asteroids
America’s First Asteroid Sampling Mission OSIRIS-REx Arrives at Florida Launch Base
America’s first ever mission designed to retrieve samples from the surface of an asteroid and return them to Earth -…
30 km Wide Asteroid Impacted Australia 3.4 Billion Years Ago
Scientists in Australia have found evidence of an enormous asteroid impact about 3.5 billion years ago. But the site of…
Landslides and Bright Craters on Ceres Revealed in Marvelous New Images from Dawn
Now in orbit for just over a year at dwarf planet Ceres, NASA’s Dawn spacecraft continues to astound us with…
NASA Discovers 72 New Asteroids Near Earth
Since 2013, the NEOWISE mission has surveyed more than 19,000 asteroids and comets and discovered 72 new Near Earth Objects…
Jupiter Just Got Nailed By Something
Video from Austrian and Irish amateur astronomers points to a new impact on Jupiter by either a comet or asteroid.
Dinosaur Killer Chicxulub Crater To Be Drilled For First Time
Scientists will drill down into the site of the dinosaur-killing asteroid impact site to understand how life on Earth recovered.
Does Antarctica Have A Hidden Layer Of Meteorites Below Its Surface?
A team of University of Manchester researchers proposes an intriguing answer to the puzzle of why we've found precious few…
We Have Underestimated Our Sun’s Destructive Reach
The Sun causes the destruction of asteroids at a much greater distance than previously thought.
NASA Says “No Chance” Small Asteroid Will Hit Earth On March 5th
On March 5th, asteroid 2013 TX68 could be making a close flyby Earth. But NASA's asteroid watchers insist there's no…
Dawn Unveils New Bright Features on Ceres in Striking Close-Ups
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has unveiled a new patch of intriguing bright features in the most recent series of striking close-up…