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Interstellar visitor is red and very dark
11-21-2017 |
73
An asteroid thought to have come from interstellar space is carrying organic carbon-based molecules.
Dino-killing asteroid hit worst possible place
11-9-2017 | 7
The dinosaurs may not have gone extinct if the asteroid had hit almost anywhere other than where it did.
Mysterious object could be interstellar visitor
10-27-2017 | 73
For the first time ever, astronomers have spotted what is thought to be a visitor from a distant star system.
Europe withdraws from anti-asteroid mission
9-21-2017 | 4
An upcoming mission designed to test out the deflection of a large asteroid has hit a bit of a snag.
Giant asteroid has safely passed the Earth
VIDEO 9-4-2017 | 24
Known as Florence, the 2.7-mile asteroid is the largest near-Earth object ever recorded by NASA.
Extinction asteroid caused an 18-month winter
8-23-2017 | 9
Scientists have revealed the immense destructiveness of the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs.
Three-mile-wide asteroid to pass by the Earth
VIDEO 8-20-2017 | 24
The huge space rock is due to pass within a safe distance of our planet at the beginning of September.
House-sized asteroid 'will not hit Earth'
8-12-2017 | 13
The asteroid known as 2012 TC4 is set to pass us by at a safe distance of 27,300 miles in October.
Asteroid flyby to help test planetary defense
VIDEO 7-31-2017 | 2
An asteroid due to pass the Earth in October is to become a target for a planetary defense exercise.
NASA to launch asteroid deflection mission
VIDEO 7-2-2017 | 8
For the first time ever, an asteroid deflection technique for planetary defense is set to be tested out.
NASA to probe $10,000 quadrillion asteroid
5-25-2017 | 10
The iron-rich asteroid 16 Psyche is so valuable that, if mined, it would collapse the global economy.
Extinction asteroid hit 'worst possible place'
VIDEO 5-15-2017 | 5
Scientists have been drilling in to the crater left behind by the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs.
Firm plans to build upside-down skyscraper
3-29-2017 | 27
The bizarre plan would see the world's tallest building being hung upside-down from an orbiting asteroid.
Asteroid narrowly avoids striking the Earth
1-10-2017 | 28
A previously unknown asteroid dubbed 2017 AG13 passed between the Earth and the Moon yesterday.
NASA announces two new asteroid missions
1-8-2017 | 0
Known as Lucy and Psyche, the new spacecraft will be studying two relics of the early solar system.
Earth 'unprepared' for killer asteroid strike
12-14-2016 | 13
A prominent NASA scientist has outlined just how vulnerable our planet is to threats from outer space.
Agencies carry out asteroid threat exercise
11-8-2016 | 8
NASA and FEMA officials got together last month to respond to a hypothetical doomsday asteroid scenario.
NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission launches
9-11-2016 | 8
The $1 billion space probe is set to collect samples from an asteroid and return them to the Earth.
Newly discovered asteroid just misses Earth
8-31-2016 | 13
An asteroid that was discovered only last week narrowly missed hitting the planet a few hours later.
NASA fears large asteroid could hit the Earth
8-1-2016 | 24
A huge space rock almost half a mile wide has the potential to hit our planet within the next 200 years.
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