Japan’s Hayabusa 2 spacecraft has arrived at asteroid Ryugu
27 June 2018
A Japanese spacecraft has arrived at the tiny asteroid Ryugu, where it will drop off landers and explosively take samples of dust to analyse back on Earth
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Found 95 results for asteroid
Interstellar visitor ‘Oumuamua may be a comet, not an asteroid
27 June 2018
The path of the “interstellar asteroid” discovered last year can’t be explained by gravity alone - it was also pushed along by gas, so it might actually be a comet
Japan’s Hayabusa 2 spacecraft is gearing up to bomb an asteroid
22 June 2018
A Japanese spacecraft is closing in on the tiny asteroid Ryugu, where it will drop off landers and explosively take samples of dust to analyse back on Earth
NASA outlines its plans to deal with a large asteroid impact
20 June 2018
NASA is designing and testing missions to deflect a potential asteroid from hitting Earth, and working with emergency responders to plan for a day when one does
Two meteors in two days lit up the sky in China and Botswana
4 June 2018
On 1 and 2 June, two meteors streaked across the sky, one in China and one in southern Africa. One of them was the third we’ve ever detected before it hit Earth
Asteroid that killed the dinosaurs caused massive global warming
24 May 2018
The asteroid that struck Earth 66 million years ago caused dramatic climate change, which could mean we are underestimating how much the planet will warm in the coming centuries
Weird backwards asteroid may be an interstellar interloper
21 May 2018
An asteroid that has been orbiting backwards near Jupiter for billions of years may actually be an interstellar rock captured by our solar system
We’ve lost track of more than 900 near-Earth asteroids
14 May 2018
More than 900 asteroids hurtling close to Earth were seen just once and then lost. Some may be kilometres across, and they could be just about anywhere
Diamond meteorites may come from a lost ancient planet
17 April 2018
We may have found signs of a planet destroyed during the era of Earth’s formation. Meteorites with pockets of diamond could be the shards of this ancient world
We should use nukes to deflect asteroids, says astro algorithm
9 February 2018
We've never had to deflect an incoming asteroid before it hits Earth, so how do we know the best way to do it? An algorithm says nuclear weapons are the most effective
