Asteroid 1999 KW4 was first discovered by astronomers in 1999. When it got closer, in 2001, astronomers realized it wasn't…
How did the dinosaurs die? It's a question scientists have been trying to figure out since their fossils were first…
In theory, asteroids and meteorites are made of the same basic elements; it's just that asteroids are much much bigger.…
Still a decade away from its final meeting with Pluto, New Horizons tested out its instruments on a relatively nearby…
In addition to the Moon, the Earth also has a collection of co-orbital satellites. These are really nothing more than…
Asteroid Itokawa. Image credit: JAXA. Click to enlarge Itokawa, a spud-shaped, near-Earth asteroid, consists mainly of the minerals olivine and…
Aorounga impact crater. Image credit: NASA/JPL. Click to enlarge Comet 73P/Schwassmann Wachmann 3 is a beautiful sight in the night…
Impacts with very large asteroids are uncommon. Image credit: ESA Click to enlarge Asteroids don't hit the Earth often, but…
UC Berkeley researchers have performed a detailed analysis on a binary pair of asteroids circling near Jupiter's orbit, and believe…
Astronomers think they've found evidence that an asteroid broke up about 8.2 million years ago, scattering dust around the Solar…