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Apophis flyby offers glimpse ahead of 2029
Feb 14, 2021Astronomers will have the opportunity to study the enormous space rock when it passes us by in March.
Dust and soil from asteroid Ryugu revealed
Dec 15, 2020Scientists in Japan have unveiled the contents of the Ryugu sample capsule which recently returned to Earth.
Mass extinctions follow 27-million-year cycle
Dec 14, 2020Scientists have determined that mass extinctions have occurred throughout history with striking regularity.
Is there a piece of our moon behind Mars ?
Nov 8, 2020Scientists have discovered that an asteroid trailing behind Mars could actually be a fragment of the Moon.
New study targets $10,000 quadrillion asteroid
Oct 29, 2020An asteroid with enough riches to make everyone on Earth a billionaire is the subject of a new Hubble study.
NASA's OSIRIS-REx touches down on asteroid
Oct 21, 2020The space probe has successfully pulled off an ambitious landing maneuver on an asteroid 200 million miles away.
Asteroid Bennu may have had flowing water
Oct 10, 2020The larger space rock from which Bennu was formed may have once had water flowing across its surface.
Asteroid to hit Earth on day before US election ?
Aug 24, 2020Rumors have been circulating about an asteroid strike on November 2nd, but just how worried should we be ?
Killer asteroid struck at 'worst possible angle'
May 31, 2020The destructiveness of the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs wasn't just down to its large size.
'Active' Jupiter trojan is the first of its kind
May 22, 2020Astronomers have spotted something unexpected in an object that shares the same orbit as the gas giant Jupiter.
Approaching asteroid is 'wearing a face mask'
Apr 24, 2020A large asteroid due to pass relatively close to the Earth next week appears to be taking its own precautions.
Trump signs order to mine space resources
Apr 13, 2020The US President has signed a new executive order to support the acquisition of resources in space.
No, COVID-19 is not an extraterrestrial virus
Mar 21, 2020Scientists have moved to debunk the claim that the coronavirus fell to Earth on a comet or asteroid.
MIT develops asteroid strike 'decision map'
Feb 22, 2020Scientists have come up with a way to decide upon the best response to an incoming apocalyptic asteroid.
Volcanism ruled out in dino extinction debate
Jan 18, 2020A new study has suggested that it was an asteroid strike, not volcanism, that ultimately wiped out the dinosaurs.
Large pyramid-shaped asteroid to fly past Earth
Dec 7, 2019A large space rock the approximate size and shape of the Great Pyramid of Giza is set for a close encounter.
Are alien probes hidden on nearby asteroids ?
Sep 23, 2019A new paper has put forward the idea that an alien civilization may have been watching us for millennia.
Simulated asteroid strike flattens Manhattan
May 7, 2019Space experts from several agencies failed to stop an asteroid fragment from wiping out New York City last week.
Asteroid 'Apophis' set to skim Earth in 2029
May 3, 2019NASA is making preparations to study a large asteroid that is expected to pass within 19,000 miles of Earth.
Simulated asteroid threat to occur next week
VIDEO Apr 27, 2019NASA, FEMA and other agencies will be responding to the simulated threat of an impending asteroid strike.
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