Asteroid
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft successfully touched the asteroid Bennu
This was an incredible feat.
The interior of the asteroid Bennu could be weaker than its outer layers
Scientists peer inside an asteroid.
Robotic telescope spotted closest known asteroid to fly by Earth
It was not big enough to do any damage.
The asteroid that doomed the dinosaurs struck Earth at the ‘deadliest possible’ angle
Almost 66 million years ago, after a 7.5-mile-wide asteroid crashed into the ocean near what’s now the port town of Chicxulub, Mexico. The impact...
Astronomers discovered the first known Jupiter Trojan asteroid
Using the University of Hawaiʻi ‘s Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS), astronomers have discovered a first-of-its-kind asteroid called Jupiter Trojan. The asteroid appears...
Tunguska event may be caused due to an asteroid
On the morning of 30 June 1908, a large explosion occurred near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River in Yeniseysk Governorate (now Krasnoyarsk Krai), Russia. That...
An asteroid that seems to be wearing a face mask is heading towards earth
First spotted in 1998, the asteroid 52768 (1998 OR2), will fly by the Earth next week. It will pass within 3,908,791 miles of Earth,...
NASA detected asteroid just before it hit the Earth, exploded in the sky
Spotting and tracking large asteroids is easy, but scientists have a weak spot when it comes to detecting smaller asteroids.
On June 22, a lightning...
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 two years of Journey, NASA's asteroid sampling spacecraft, the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) captured the 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....