Tag: asteroid
Asteroid with its own moon will pass by Earth this weekend
The asteroid with the number 66391 (also known as 1999 KW4) is what is known as a Near Earth Asteroid because its orbit around...
Earth vs. asteroids: humans strike back
Incoming asteroids have been scarring our home planet for billions of years. This month humankind left our own mark on an asteroid for the...
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx captured first glimpse of Asteroid Bennu
After almost 2 years of Journey, NASA's asteroid sampling spacecraft, the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) captured a first of an asteroid Bennu. Bennu...
Astronomers discovered Exiled asteroid in outer reaches of solar system
Using ESO telescope, astronomers discovered an unusual Kuiper Belt Object 2004 EW95 is a carbon-rich asteroid while investigating a relic of the primordial Solar System....
