Humanity is getting better a planetary defense. At least from external threats from outer space. As long as they're just…
A pair of studies published in Science and Science Advances have helped identify that NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource…
Planets aren’t the only celestial objects with moons - asteroids can have them too. They are usually other, smaller asteroids…
In astronomy, comets and asteroids are defined very differently. Comets have a “nucleus,” usually made of ice and dust, and…
How do you track an asteroid that hit the Earth over 60 million years ago? By using a combination of…
Check out this image of asteroid 1998 KY26 from the Subaru Telescope. It's not exactly beautiful, but it's not intended…
When Canadian astronomer Robert Weryk discovered `Oumuamua passing through our Solar System with the Pan-STARRS telescope, in October 2017, it…
There are bad days, and then there are really bad days. 65 million years ago, life on Earth - especially…
Astronomers are increasingly interested in Near-Earth Objects, or NEOs. There are ongoing efforts to find them all and catalog them…
When Japan's Hayabusa 2 spacecraft arrived at asteroid Ryugu in June 2018, it carried four small rovers with it. Hayabusa…