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There's a chance that the 1,100 foot long asteroid Apophis could hit our planet after all, if it gets nudged by another asteroid.

Will This Killer Asteroid Hit Earth in 2029? Scientists Say They’ll Know for Sure by 2027

By Frank Landymore

Astronomers have spotted a tiny space rock just 33 feet long, which will orbit the Earth once, making it a "mini-moon."

Earth Gaining a Temporary New Moon, Scientists Say

By Victor Tangermann

Debris from an asteroid NASA deliberately smashed may be headed back to Earth in the first ever man-made meteor shower.

Debris From When NASA Smashed Asteroid Appears to Be Headed Back Toward Earth

By Sharon Adarlo

The ESA's Gaia mission has spotted hundreds of potential moons orbiting around more than 350 asteroids in the solar system.

Europe’s Gaia Telescope Spots Hundreds of Hidden, Lurking Moons

By Victor Tangermann

Two giant asteroids may have collided into each other, kicking up lots of dust, with James Webb Space Telescope having captured evidence.

James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Spots Epic Collision Between Giant Asteroids

By Sharon Adarlo

NASA scientists believe that a small asteroid in the Main Asteroid Belt called "Dinky" birthed its own Moon. Actually, two of them.

Astronomers Surprised After Finding Tiny Moon Is Actually Two Tiny Moons in a Trenchcoat

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

In Portugal, a comet shot through the sky and illuminated it turquoise — and one lucky girl captured the entire thing on camera.

Girl Awestruck After Capturing Brilliant Blue Comet By Chance on Camera

By Noor Al-Sibai

Boulders that were released after NASA's DART spacecraft collided with asteroid Dimorphos could eventually smash into Mars.

Debris From NASA Smashing Asteroid Could Strike Mars, Scientists Find

By Victor Tangermann

In September 2022, NASA intentionally smashed its DART spacecraft into a tiny asteroid called Dimorphos. It may now be "healing."

The Asteroid NASA Smashed Is Now Healing, Scientists Suggest

By Victor Tangermann

NASA scientists are hard at work sifting through samples from an ancient asteroid, and what they've found so far has been fascinating.

Scientists Surprised by Samples Recovered From Ancient Asteroid

By Noor Al-Sibai

An amateur astronomer has compiled new footage from NASA's asteroid-smashing mission to show just how incredible that collision really was.

Incredible New Videos Show NASA Smashing Into Asteroid

By Noor Al-Sibai

Cracking the lid ofNASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample container is proving harder than expected due to two stuck fasteners.

NASA’s Having Trouble Getting Its Asteroid Sample Open

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Psyche asteroid mission has officially been launched into space by a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from the Kennedy Space Center.

SpaceX Launches NASA Mission to Metallic Asteroid

By Victor Tangermann

Nearly a year ago, NASA successfully smashed an asteroid for the first time — but now, the asteroid in question is behaving strangely.

Something Weird Is Going on With the Asteroid NASA Smashed

By Noor Al-Sibai

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AI Is Now Identifying Killer Asteroids Before They Approach Earth

By Noor Al-Sibai

While NASA keeps upping its budget on its Mars mission, Americans have quietly reported that their priorities don't exactly seem to align.

A Majority of Americans Don’t Care About Mars, Want NASA to Defend Against Killer Asteroids

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured the aftermath of the space agency's DART battering ram that smashed into an asteroid last year.

Hubble Spots Remains of Asteroid NASA Smashed With Battering Ram

By Victor Tangermann

Dimorphos' much larger companion asteroid Didymos is spinning so fast that it's capable of ejecting pieces of rubble into deep space.

NASA Intrigued by Asteroid That Seems to Be Shooting Rocks Into Space

By Victor Tangermann

A group of large asteroids lurking between Mars and Jupiter are an awful lot like the dwarf planet Ceres, and are harboring tons of water.

NASA Astronomers Identify “Dark Asteroids” Brimming With Water

By Frank Landymore

NASA's analysis of Ryugu asteroid samples revealed chemical compounds that support the theory that space dust contains the building blocks for life.

NASA First Look at Japanese Asteroid Samples Reveal the Building Blocks for Life

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA has gotten a close-up look at a mysteriously-shaped asteroid, which was once believed to be in danger of colliding with the Earth, as it whizzed by.

Strangely Shaped Asteroid Whizzes Past Earth

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has announced the accidental discovery of an "extremely small" asteroid by the James Webb Space Telescope — but in space, size is relative.

James Webb Space Telescope

Baby Asteroid Photobombs James Webb On Accident

By Noor Al-Sibai

Researchers have admitted that it's "theoretical" to put a giant mesh bag around an asteroid to build space cities — but that it's technically feasible.

Scientists Propose Building City Inside Giant Bag Around Entire Asteroid

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA has begun running simulations about how well we could handle an asteroid headed towards Earth — and the results are pretty jarring.

In NASA Simulation, Humankind Dismally Failed to Save Earth From Killer Asteroid

By Noor Al-Sibai

Researchers have detected the largest potentially hazardous asteroid in 8 years, a one-mile-wide space rock that could end life as we know it.

Astronomers Detect “Planet Killer” Asteroid That Poses Small But Real Risk to Earth

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has announced that after successfully smashing its Double Asteroid Reduction Test (DART) into an asteroid, the space rock ejected two comet tails.

Asteroid NASA Smashed a Spacecraft Into Grew Two “Unexpected” Tails

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA is declaring the demonstration of its DART spacecraft smashing into an asteroid a full success, having considerably changed its trajectory.

NASA Says Its Test of Asteroid Deflection Tech Was Wildly Successful

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's asteroid smashing DART mission was so successful, its impact could be seen from the surface of the Earth — and we have the footage.

Video Shows NASA Spacecraft Smashing Asteroid From Earth’s View

By Noor Al-Sibai

Later today, NASA is going to test its DART battering ram on an asteroid for the first time — and we have the details on how you can watch live.

How to Watch NASA Slam a Battering Ram Into an Asteroid at 17,000 Miles Per Hour

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA estimates there are thousands of asteroids big enough to be "semi-apocalyptic" near Earth's orbit. Why isn't the White House worried?

White House Pushes to Delay Killer Asteroid Telescope

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Asteroid’s Surface Like a “Plastic Ball Pit,” Scientists Find

Asteroid’s Surface Like a “Plastic Ball Pit,” Scientists Find

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Astronomers are warning that SpaceX's Starlink internet satellites could interfere with their ability to spot asteroids careening past Earth.

SpaceX Satellites Disrupting Ability to Spot Killer Asteroids, Scientists Say

By Victor Tangermann

We're about to have a close call with a huge asteroid — but don't worry, it's not gonna turn out like "Don't Look Up."

A Giant Asteroid Is Careening So Close That You’ll Be Able to See It From Earth

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA is launching a spacecraft with a highly advanced ion drive, destined to slam into an asteroid as part of its Double Asteroid Redirection Test mission.

NASA Is Launching an Asteroid-Smashing Spacecraft Today and It’s Powered by an Ion Drive

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers has discovered the fastest-orbiting asteroid in the solar system. It gets even closer to the Sun than Mercury.

Scientists Just Discovered the Fastest Asteroid in the Solar System

By Victor Tangermann

Massive Asteroid That Could Obliterate Earth to Fly By, Case the Joint

Massive Asteroid That Could Obliterate Earth to Fly By, Case the Joint

By Foster Kamer

Astronomers have spotted two space rocks in the asteroid belt that are teeming with organic matter, possibly the building blocks of life on Earth.

Scientists Surprised by Objects of “Complex Organic Matter” in Asteroid Belt

By Victor Tangermann

The 2021 Planetary Defense Conference Hypothetical Asteroid Impact Tabletop Exercise concluded that we don't have the tech to stop an asteroid impact.

Giant Asteroid Hits Europe After NASA Fails to Stop It, In a Simulation

By Victor Tangermann

According to a new analysis, a meteorite found last year in Algeria is a piece of an ancient planet, older than the Earth itself.

Science & Energy

Scientists Believe They Found a Chunk of an Ancient Planet in Africa

By Jon Christian

In a recently uploaded preprint, researchers argue that the discovery of phosphine on Venus could be chalked up to asteroids grazing Earth's atmosphere.

Science & Energy

Life May Have Hopped From Earth to Venus on Asteroid, Scientists Say

By Victor Tangermann

After studying a population of asteroids called the Centaurs for years, a team of scientists believes they originated outside the solar system.

19 Objects Near Jupiter May Be From Outside the Solar System

By Dan Robitzski

NASA has struck a deal with the Elon Musk-led SpaceX to launch its historic uncrewed mission to the metallic asteroid Psyche.

NASA Hires SpaceX to Launch Mission to Giant Metal Asteroid

By Jon Christian

MIT researchers have a new plan to scout out and divert killer asteroids before they pose a threat. It boils down to knocking them off course with a rocket.

Science & Energy

MIT Proposes New Plans for Deflecting Killer Asteroids

By Dan Robitzski

A team of researchers have developed a neural network that can predict if asteroids are on a collision course with Earth.

Artificial Intelligence

Neural Network Says These 11 Asteroids Could Smash Into Earth

By Victor Tangermann

Russia is launching a center devoted to monitoring meteors, comets, and asteroids to ensure they don't collide with Earth.

Science & Energy

Russia Is Working on Its Own Plan to Blow up Killer Asteroids

By Kristin Houser

a recent discovery about 1,600-foot space rock Bennu has scientists scratching their heads: it keeps spitting up small asteroid particles.

Science & Energy

NASA Baffled: Asteroid Bennu Keeps Spitting Out Small Rocks

By Victor Tangermann

Detecting killer asteroids could become more difficult for astronomers as SpaceX adds more satellites to its Starlink constellation.

SpaceX’s Satellite Constellation Could Hide Killer Asteroids

By Kristin Houser

Roscosmos announced plans to build an observatory on its planned Moon base so that it can better spot potentially dangerous asteroids approaching Earth.

Science & Energy

Russia Wants to Build an Observatory on the Moon

By Dan Robitzski

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

By Kristin Houser

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

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

By Victor Tangermann

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

By Dan Robitzski

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

By Dan Robitzski

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.

By Kristin Houser

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

Science & Energy

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

By Christianna Reedy

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

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

The First Targets of the James Webb Telescope Have Been Announced

James Webb Space Telescope

The First Targets of the James Webb Telescope Have Been Announced

By Chelsea Gohd

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

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

By Michelle Lee

New Evidence That Comets Could Contain the Building Blocks Of Life

New Evidence That Comets Could Contain the Building Blocks Of Life

By Kathleen Riley

The US and Europe are planning to crash a spacecraft into an asteroid

The US and Europe are planning to crash a spacecraft into an asteroid

If You Could See the Asteroids Near Earth, What Would our Sky Look Like?

Science & Energy

If You Could See the Asteroids Near Earth, What Would our Sky Look Like?

By Jolene Creighton

By Repurposing Sunlight, A New Laser System Hopes to Power Spacecraft and Protect the Earth from Asteroids

By Repurposing Sunlight, A New Laser System Hopes to Power Spacecraft and Protect the Earth from Asteroids

Bennu Is More Than An Asteroid, It’s a Story of Our Origins

Science & Energy

Bennu Is More Than An Asteroid, It’s a Story of Our Origins