Some asteroids are a lot harder to kill. Why this could spell trouble for planetary defense
The Itokawa asteroid is basically one large pile of space rubble.
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An incredibly detailed map of Psyche shows the asteroid has a very eventful history
Metals, rock, and craters are sprinkled all throughout its surface.
Scientists may have found fragments of THE asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs
Researchers have described the discovery as "mindblowing."
How did cockroaches survive the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs?
Cockroaches have been on Earth far longer than humans and may outlast us. Here are a few reasons why.
Astronomers spot second Trojan asteroid trailing Earth’s orbit
A lone asteroid is scouting ahead of Earth's orbit. It's the largest Trojan found in Earth's system thus far.
Space rocks: the difference between asteroids, comets, and meteors
The Asteroid Belt, the Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt, nd the Oort Cloud are the motherships.
Ryugu asteroid rocks brought back by Japanese spacecraft get their first look
Ryugu is helping unravel the origin and evolution of our Solar System.
Dinosaur-killing asteroid may have hit Earth during spring
Weather may have been unsuspectedly pleasant on the worst day in dinosaur history.
Why did birds survive the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs?
Big-brained birds were better at adapting to their rapidly shifting environment -- and that may have ultimately saved them.
NASA wants to deflect an asteroid to test our planetary defences
It's always best to be prepared, especially when it comes to asteroids.
A small asteroid just grazed past Antarctica. Why didn’t anyone see it coming?
A reminder that our asteroid monitoring program is riddled with gaping holes.
NASA will crash a spacecraft into an asteroid to practice ‘planetary defense’
The whole thing will be live streamed on NASA TV.
Astronomers take best pictures of Kleopatra’s ‘portrait’
The huge "dog-boned" asteroid hurling through the solar system has now been imaged in unprecedented detail.
Astronomers discover the fastest orbiting asteroid
The asteroid 2021 PH27 is the closest asteroid to the Sun with a surface temperature hot enough to melt lead ...
Odds of asteroid Bennu hitting the Earth are greater than we thought. Here’s why you shouldn’t worry
... because the overall odds are still very low.
Several city- and state-sized asteroids impacted young Earth. Probably.
It's been so long since then that direct evidence simply isn't around any more.
China wants to practice deflecting an asteroid with rockets
Not everyone is thrilled, though: one such rocket recently plummeted back to Earth in uncontrolled re-entry.
A new study provides our best-yet prediction of what a metallic volcano might look like
If you like volcanoes, Earth isn't a bad place to live on. After all, our planet is quite geologically active, ...
The oldest meteorite ever found is older than the Earth itself
It's so ancient it could help us understand the building blocks of planets.