New photos from asteroid Bennu reveal stunning surprises
We have a shuttle in outer space, orbiting and asteroid and beaming back data and images. Still seems pretty incredible.
Tag: asteroid
What’s the difference between an asteroid and a meteorite?
The meteorite only lives as it is falling.
‘Oumuamua, our first interstellar visitor, is actually smaller than we thought
The small asteroid also seems to be emanating streams of gas that may explain why it was moving faster than ...
Key ingredient for life on Earth may have come from outer space
Phosphates forged in space made their way to Earth on comets and asteroid.
Japanese rovers beam back more awesome pictures from asteroid’s surface
You can see how the sun moves across the asteroid's horizon.
History in the making: Japan lands two rovers on asteroid
This could give insights on the birth of the Earth, and even the solar system.
Earth may have ‘mini-moons’ that could answer some interesting astronomy
The moon is Earth's only permanent natural satellite, but it may be in the company of tiny asteroids trapped in ...
Most objects in the asteroid belt come from a handful of wrecked ancient planets
Asteroids have families too.
NASA updates its plan to deflect dangerous asteroids
It's the "small" asteroids that we really need to be preparing for.
Life bounced back quickly at the famed dinosaur-ending asteroid impact site
We don't know much about how life bounces back after such a dramatic event.
New evidence backs up existence of mysterious ‘Planet Nine’ in the outer solar system
An elusive planet ten times more massive than Earth may be lurking in the outer fringes of the solar system.
Astronomers find the first permanent “immigrant” in our solar system
I don't think any wall can keep this guy out.
“Exiled” asteroid shouldn’t be where it is
How did it get there?
Despite their violent impacts, asteroids could still deposit water on Earth
Ever wondered where the water you drink truly comes from?
Strange object ‘Oumuamua likely came from another solar system
We're still learning much from our interstellar visitor.
Cigar-shaped asteroid is the first interstellar object we’ve seen in the solar system
A strange visitor from interstellar space came to visit. It might teach us a thing or two about the universe.
Dinosaurs might have still been alive today had apocalyptic asteroid fallen somewhere else 66 million years ago
Dinosaurs had a 9/10 chance they'd make it -- but they drew the short straw.
For the first time ever, our solar system is getting an outside visitor
Put the kettle on, we have a visitor.
Hubble snaps the first binary-asteroid comet we’ve ever seen
Asteroids of a feather flock together. Sometimes into a comet.
Gemstones prove asteroid impact was the hottest event ever recorded on Earth
That spot is not a lake in cold, snow-covered Canada.
Huge asteroid to safely pass by Earth on September 1st, NASA announces
Make sure to wave as it passes by.
NASA will explore an asteroid worth 10,000 $quadrillion — four years sooner than expected
The scientific value might be just as high.
Scientists zoom into Chicxulub, the “dinosaur crater”
Geologists are getting an unprecedented glimpse into the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs.
NASA prepares mission to intercept asteroid
NASA is preparing for a potentially game-changing mission: intercepting an asteroid and bringing a sample back home.
Scientists digging into the dinosaur-killing asteroid crater answer all your questions
A team of researchers is investigating the Chicxulub crater, of the asteroid that wiped the dinosaurs (and many other creatures) ...
NASA captures footage of “peanut” asteroid
NASA scientists have taken grainy images of a peculiar asteroid nicknamed the "Space Peanut". The asteroids measures 1.2 miles across ...
How NASA might save the world from killer asteroids
It almost looks like a sci-fi movie; in a small, crammed room at the Goddard Space Flight Center, a group of ...
NASA wants to take a piece of an asteroid and make it a moon of the Moon
It almost sounds too cheesy to be true: NASA wants to send a shuttle to an asteroid, pluck a piece ...
World’s largest asteroid impact zone found in Australia
Australian researchers have uncovered what might be the biggest impact asteroid impact zone in the world - at over 400 ...
Water didn’t come from comets, Rosetta analysis shows
As you might remember, a few days ago we were telling you about the fantastic success of the Rosetta mission ...
Largest lunar impact ever recorded
A piece of rock traveling at at 61,000 km/h punched a crater 40 metres wide on the surface of the ...
Rapidly rotating asteroid blazes with six tails trailing
This oddball cosmic body, called P/2013 P5, has puzzled astronomers for a while. By mass and orbit, it can only ...
First ever evidence of a comet striking Earth – a piece of it lies in Tutankhamon’s brooch
For the first time, researchers have found evidence of a comet entering Earth’s atmosphere and exploding, obliterating everything in its ...
Dinosaur wipeout caused by comet, not asteroid – new study finds
The current leading theory that explains the mass extinction of the dinosaurs - once the dominant group of animals on ...
Early asteroids in our solar system may have been giant mudballs, not rocks
There are millions of asteroids in our solar system. Be them the size of France or a small bus, these ...
ESA announces asteroid set for spaceship crash
The European Space Agency just announced the asteroid they chose for an upcoming controlled crash landing of one of their ...
NASA radar observation shows asteroid 2012 DA14 flyby [VIDEO]
I realize we're maybe bugging some of you with these constant asteroid/meteor pieces here on ZME Science, but for what's ...
Videos of asteroid 2012 DA14 making its flyby past Earth
The weekend that has just passed was a tight one for asteroid news. At the center was of course the ...
Asteroid 2012 DA14 close flyby today, meanwhile unrelated meteorite blazes over Russia
Tonight a historical event is about to occur after an asteroid half the size of a football field, called "2012 ...
Asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs may have been a set of binary asteroids
The (still debated) asteroid that slammed into the Earth 65 million years ago and played a crucial role in wiping ...
Asteroid ‘2012 DA14’ set for closest flyby in modern history
That's what NASA officials have been telling the press recently, at least. If you haven't heard yet, a football field-sized ...
Asteroid to make close fly-by on Feb 15, no reason to worry
Close, but not too close - an asteroid like that can crash on our planet every 1200 years, but there's ...
Spacecraft fleet planned for asteroid exploration
Deep Space Industries (DSI), a private space ventures company, has recently announced plans of launching a fleet of asteroid-prospecting spacecraft set ...
Asteroid Vesta is a lot like Earth, study shows
The cold, lifeless Vesta asteroid might be a lot more like our planet than astronomers believed - having a very ...
A Better Glipse of “Doomsday-asteroid” Apophis as seen by Herschel
Due to a "closer" approach of asteroid Apophis this month of just 40 Earth-Moon distances, astronomers were able to get ...
NASA considers capturing and pulling an asteroid into lunar orbit
An artist impression of a robotic probe capturing an asteroid. It might look like a space rock bucket, however, the ...
Doomsday part 6: asteroid strike
You've seen it on the news, so you know it's true. Your 8 o'clock special news report showcases in a ...
Radar images of an asteroid during its closest flyby
Between Oct. 28 and Oct. 30, NASA's Deep Space Network antenna in California was directed on "2007 PA8", a one ...
Vesta covered in carbon by gentle asteroids
Vesta is "peppered" with carbon materials which researchers believe were left behind by asteroids gently striking its surface. Vesta is ...
