They're more worried about incoming asteroids than the Red Planet.

Americans don’t really care about reaching Mars, says poll

Mars? Meh.

Americans think monitoring asteroids and comets that could hit the Earth is way more imporant than crewed missions to Mars, according to a new poll.

Americans Don’t Really Care About Reaching Mars, Says Poll

"There are all kinds of other things... that deserve our attention."

"There's quite a lot of damage outside of the main crater area."

New research: The Moon is covered with miles-deep cracks

Crater Face

A new study revealed that the Moon has much deeper scars from billions of years of asteroid impacts than initially thought.

New Research: The Moon Is Covered With Miles-Deep Cracks

The lunar surface is more perilous than scientists ever believed.

It's the most metal research of the year.

Explosive research: Some asteroids may have had volcanoes

Metal Volcanoes

New research shows that metallic asteroids may have once been home to volcanoes, as molten metal trapped beneath the surface erupted outward.

Explosive Research: Some Asteroids May Have Had Volcanoes

As metallic asteroids crystalized, molten iron at their cores may have exploded out.

Hayabusa2 is returning to the asteroid it landed on... with a vengeance.

Japan announces plan to bomb an asteroid

Paging Bruce Willis

The Japanese Space Agency just announced that Hayabusa2, the same robotic probe that landed on an asteroid, will drop a bomb on it and mine the fragments.

Japan Announces Plan to Bomb Asteroid

It's like mountaintop removal mining, but in space.

There's big money to be made in the space mining industry.

Want to snag a job mining asteroids someday? You can now get your masters in it.

Off World

A Colorado university just launched the world's first space resources degrees, which are designed to prepare students for off-world mining.

Want To Snag A Job Mining Asteroids Someday? You Can Now Get Your Masters In It.

Apply to the school of (space) rock.

Emergency infrastructure for asteroid impacts is in place.

Scientists complete the first international test of our ability to track dangerous asteroids

Hard Science

NASA and a international team of astronomers have in successfully simulated a dangerous asteroid emergency using the International Asteroid Warning Network.

Scientists Complete the First International Test of Our Ability to Track Dangerous Asteroids

It was a demonstration of "serious international cooperation in addressing the potential hazard to Earth posed by near-Earth objects."

Asteroids need to be mapped if we're going to mine their resources

Resources that could be used on space missions and here on Earth could potentially be mined from asteroids.

Asteroids Need to Be Mapped If We’re Going to Mine Their Resources

"Asteroid mining is this incredible intersection of science, engineering, entrepreneurship and imagination."

From exoplanets to asteroids, the James Webb Space Telescope's newly announced first targets will allow us to better understand this vast universe.

The First Targets of the James Webb Telescope Have Been Announced

Even just these first targets promise to drastically expand our knowledge of the Universe. 

Asteroids pose a major threat to the Earth, but NASA is on its way to figuring everything out about these space rocks. NASA will launch the Asteroid Redirect Mission, sending a robotic probe to deflect the asteroid from its dangerous path.

White House Science Chief: We Are Not Prepared for a Major Asteroid Event

Can we avoid the fate of the dinosaurs?

Scientists recently looked for the substance of life in one of the most extreme places in our solar system, and they found that these places could very well support processes necessary to create the building blocks of life. 

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