This Asteroid Mining Startup Is Launching Its First Space Missions This Year
AstroForge, an asteroid mining company, will go to space twice this year in an attempt to uncover the potentially...
Tag: Asteroids
Humans Could One Day Live In These Manhattan-Sized Asteroid Megacities
Hug asteroids might become home for space colonizers. Scientists from the University of Rochester have published,...
NASA Simulated Whether We Could Save The Earth From A Killer Asteroid – And We Failed Miserably
NASA just conducted its fourth Planetary Defense Tabletop Exercise, according to Scientific American. The Johns...
Astronomers Have Detected A Killer Asteroid That Could Destroy The Planet
Astronomers have detected three asteroids close to Earth, two of which pose as "planet killers" because of their...
A Massive Asteroid Just Crossed The Earth At 20 Miles A Second – And It Was Discovered Just Days Ago
An asteroid the size of two soccer fields went past the Earth early on Thursday, August 4. NASA astronomers...
Two Building-Size Asteroids Hurtled Past The Earth This Weekend
Two skyscraper-size asteroids approached the Earth this weekend. One made its closest approach on Friday (29 July) and...
These Newly-Discovered Dinosaur Fossils Are From The Day Of The Impact Of The Asteroid That Wiped Them Out
According to experts, a perfectly preserved dinosaur leg discovered in North Dakota may be a remnant from the day a...
Scientists Discovered A Huge Asteroid Two Hours Before It Hit The Earth
Krisztián Sárneczky, a Hungarian astronomer at the Piszkésteto Mountain Station, part of the Konkoly Observatory in...
NASA’s Psyche Mission Has Taken Another Step Closer To Visiting An Amazing, Metal-Rich Asteroid
NASA's Psyche mission, which will investigate one of the most metal-rich asteroids ever observed, 16 Psyche, is edging...
This ‘Space Shotgun’ Could Destroy Asteroids Hours Before They Hit The Earth
Asteroids may present a major risk to Earth, and therefore, NASA is working on a technology that may kill a space...
Scientists Have Come Up With A New Way To Detect Dark Matter – Asteroids Colliding With Stars
The mostly-undetectable dark matter makes up about 85% of all matter in the universe. According to scientists, dark...
A Giant Asteroid Is About To Fly Past The Earth – One That Is A Kilometer Long
It has been reported that a large, rocky asteroid will fly by Earth next week. At 1 kilometer (3,280 feet)...
This Odd-Looking Asteroid Could Actually Be A Broken Piece Of The Moon, New Research Says
There is a rock in space that has raised intrigue among astronauts. The asteroid is called Kamo`oalewa and has an odd...
NASA Has Launched A New Spacecraft To Explore 8 ‘Trojan’ Asteroids
NASA's Lucy mission successfully launched on Saturday at 5:34 am ET (09:34 UTC) from Cape Canaveral Space Force...
These Are 42 Of The Biggest Asteroids In The Solar System
An international team of astronomers has made use of the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope to image...
Will An Asteroid Ever Hit Earth? A NASA Scientist Answers The Question
We know it might be too soon to talk about this since an asteroid literally just flew past Earth last week at very...
NASA Is Studying A ‘Goldmine’ Asteroid That Could Be Worth $700 Quintillion
A recent discovery of an asteroid in space has left people in awe. This celestial body is not a common one that you...
Killer Asteroids Could Be Diverted By…Throwing Satellites At Them
Ever since the studies and research on space have started, there have been ideas about asteroids coming in close...
Asteroid Apophis Feared In 2004 To Hit The Earth Is Still A Hundred Years Away
An asteroid was discovered back in 2004 that had a course showing that it could hit Earth. The scientists back then...
Can We Stop An Asteriod Coming Towards Us? Here Are The Possibilities
Has your teacher ever told you that dinosaurs are no longer with us because they had small brains? Well, Bill Nye's...
