Asteroids
Space Rock Sneaks Past the Earth
Amateur astronomers were given a rare treat on Sunday when asteroid 2002 NY40 passed within 530,000 kilometres of the Earth…
Evidence Found for Early Earth Bombardment
Image credit: NASA Researchers from the University of Queensland have discovered evidence they believe proves that the Earth was bombarded…
NASA Rules Out Asteroid Collision in 2019
Image credit: NASA Astronomers announced earlier last week that they had found an asteroid that could strike the Earth in…
Asteroid Narrowly Misses the Earth
An asteroid the size of a football field came extremely close to the Earth last week, and scientists didn't even…
Write Your Name on an Asteroid?
A Japanese spacecraft will give people an opportunity to land their name on an asteroid. Due for launch near the…
Looking for Asteroids in the Earth’s Blindspot
Lately it seems that astronomers are discovering potentially harmful asteroids after they nearly miss our planet. This is because they're…
Astronomers Find Five Double Asteroid Systems
Image credit: Cornell According to researchers from Cornell University, binary asteroids - where a small asteroid orbits a larger one…
Asteroids Could Be Double Previous Estimates
Asteroids in our solar system could be more numerous than previously thought according to a new survey done using the…
New Strategy for Deflecting Smaller Asteroids
Image credit: NASA A planetary scientist from the University of Arizona believes that smaller asteroids could be moved out of…
Asteroid Discovered After a Near Miss
Astronomers discovered a new asteroid, four days after it made a near miss of the Earth. The object, now called…