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Asteroids could be converted in to starships
4-29-2018 |
21
Researchers have put forward the idea of hollowing out an asteroid and using it to travel between the stars.
Asteroid mining could be worth trillions
4-22-2018 | 7
According to Goldman Sachs, asteroid mining has the potential to produce the world's first trillionaires.
Large asteroid narrowly misses the Earth
4-17-2018 | 13
An asteroid the size of a warehouse passed our planet at the weekend just hours after it was first spotted.
Could paint save us from a doomsday asteroid?
3-22-2018 | 13
Rather than ramming or nuking a large space rock, scientists have suggested simply covering it in paint.
New study hints at 'Oumuamua's origins
3-19-2018 | 7
Researchers believe that it is very likely that the interstellar asteroid came from a binary star system.
New spacecraft could nuke incoming asteroids
3-11-2018 | 21
NASA is working with US nuclear authorities to develop a spacecraft that can nuke dangerous space rocks.
'Alien visitor' asteroid had a violent past
2-12-2018 | 9
The space rock known as 'Oumuamua is thought to have been tumbling around chaotically for billions of years.
Skull-shaped asteroid to return in 2018
12-21-2017 | 9
The disconcertingly-shaped space rock was last seen hurtling past our planet back in October 2015.
Visiting asteroid has 'strange organic coat'
12-18-2017 | 15
Oumuamua, the first ever confirmed visitor to our solar system, has a thick layer of organic insulation.
Mystery object to be checked for ET signals
12-12-2017 | 69
An asteroid thought to have come from another solar system is to be checked for signs of alien technology.
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.
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