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Rare Asteroid Sample Contaminated by Microorganisms Despite Scientists’ Best Efforts

Sat, 11/23/2024 - 07:00

Rocky Asteroid In Dark Space

Space & Spaceflight, Asteroids

Asteroid Apophis Will Endure Quakes and Surface Shifts During 2029 Earth Flyby

Mon, 11/04/2024 - 12:10

An artist's concept of Apophis.

Space, Asteroids, gravity, Near-Earth object, potentially hazardous asteroids

Two Asteroids, One Dinosaur Extinction: Second Crater Bolsters Double Impact Theory

Thu, 10/03/2024 - 17:00

Chicxulub Asteroid Impact Dinosaurs

Earth Science, Asteroids, CRATERS, dinosaurs, Oceans, planetary science

Mini-moons like the one Earth just captured could be huge business opportunities

Mon, 09/30/2024 - 07:04

The sample collector from NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft touching the rocky surface of the asteroid Bennu — NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft collects a sample from an asteroid.
NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona

Science, moon, Asteroids, asteroid-mining, Space

NASA Smashed Into an Asteroid in 2022. The Debris Could End Up Reaching Earth

Fri, 08/23/2024 - 12:36

The asteroid Dimorphos seen two seconds before impact by the DART mission.

Space, Asteroids, dart mission, NASA, potentially hazardous asteroids

Scientists think they've found the origin of the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs. It could help prevent a future mass extinction on Earth.

Fri, 08/16/2024 - 17:20

Dinosaurs gather around a pond near an ominous red sky — Many experts agree an asteroid led to the extinciton of the dinosaurs.
MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images

Science, Asteroids, dinosaurs, mass-extinction, Cretaceous, ruthenium

Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs Has a Bizarre Origin Story

Fri, 08/16/2024 - 10:39

Illustration of a large asteroid colliding with Earth on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico.

Space, Asteroids, chicxulub, dinosaurs

This Is the Last Image Taken by NASA’s Historic Asteroid-Hunting Spacecraft

Fri, 08/09/2024 - 16:25

Infrared image of Fornax constellation taken by NASA's NEOWISE space telescope.

Space, Asteroids, Comets, NASA, Near-Earth Objects, satellites, space telescopes

Most Near-Earth Objects Could Be ‘Dark Comets,’ Neither Comets Nor Asteroids

Fri, 07/19/2024 - 07:35

Artist's impression of a dark comet in space

Science, Space, Asteroids, Comets, Near-Earth Objects

Scientists built a 3-ton camera with a 5-foot-wide lens to discover hazardous asteroids that NASA can't see

Wed, 04/03/2024 - 13:12

giant camera black segmented tube with lens inside on a white engineering mount in a cleanroom with a person in a white cleansuit standing at the bottom of the lens that rises about five feet above the person's head — Travis Lange, the deputy project manager of the LSST, shone a flashlight into the LSST Camera, which has a 5-foot-wide lens.
Jacqueline Ramseyer Orrell/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Science, cameras, Asteroids, NASA, Telescopes, dark-matter, dark-energy

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