Space Science Scientists find water on an asteroid's surface for the first time Findings could help answer how the Earth gained its water By Daniel Sims, February 21, 2024, 7:38 AM
Science Space Pioneering study simulates using nuclear weapons for asteroid deflection Life imitating art By Rob Thubron, December 21, 2023, 6:58 AM
Space Science NASA spacecraft successfully delivers sample of asteroid to Earth A seven-year mission By Shawn Knight, September 25, 2023, 10:25 AM
Space Algorithm designed to identify asteroids discovers potentially hazardous 600-foot object during test run Thanks, algorithm By Rob Thubron, August 2, 2023, 7:37 AM 10 comments
Space Tech Culture A 200-foot asteroid that just missed Earth last week wasn't detected until two days later We were blinded by the sun By Rob Thubron, July 18, 2023, 5:15 AM 27 comments
Science A "potentially hazardous" asteroid bigger than a skyscraper reaches Earth next week It's expected to miss us By Rob Thubron, June 7, 2023, 8:15 AM 38 comments
Science Space An asteroid has a 1 in 560 chance of colliding with Earth on Valentine's Day 2046 A real mood killer By Rob Thubron, March 13, 2023, 5:18 AM 10 comments
Science Space An asteroid came so close to the Earth that its orbit was permanently altered That was close! An asteroid approximately the size of a large SUV or bigger swung around the Earth Thursday evening missing us by just over 2,000 miles. NASA said that it was one of the closest flybys of a near-Earth object in recorded history. Full story By Cal Jeffrey, January 27, 2023, 4:06 PM 31 comments
Science Space Space startup schedules launch to test asteroid mining and ore refining in orbit Subsequent flights will enter deep space to study and eventually mine a nearby space rock By Cal Jeffrey, January 25, 2023, 9:56 AM
Science Space Watch NASA hit an asteroid with a spacecraft as it happened The first-ever demonstration of a planetary defense system By Shawn Knight, September 27, 2022, 9:50 AM
Science Space Scientists share initial analysis of samples from asteroid Ryugu Japan's space agency collected the samples from a distant asteroid in 2019 By Shawn Knight, December 21, 2021, 2:04 PM 25 comments
Science Space NASA will launch a spacecraft into an asteroid to knock it off course To test its 'DART' planetary defense system By Cohen Coberly, November 23, 2021, 5:41 PM 17 comments
Science Space Hubble spies 16 Psyche, an asteroid worth $10,000 quadrillion That's a lot of nickels! By Pete Flint, November 4, 2020, 8:22 AM 14 comments
Science Space NASA shares images of asteroid sample collection process 200 million miles from Earth A time capsule from the early solar system By Shawn Knight, October 22, 2020, 9:04 AM