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Asteroid Day & eight other key dates in asteroid history
Happy Asteroid Day! Today is the annual UN-recognised global event to promote public education on asteroids and planetary defence. But why today, of all days? Read on to find out –…
Asteroid dirt is 'fluffier' than we thought
A Single Asteroid Strike May Have Delivered All of Mercury’s Water, Study Finds
Despite being the closest planet to the Sun, Mercury hosts water ice at its poles. Now scientists may know how it got there.…
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft uses Mars as a giant slingshot toward a mysterious metal world
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft just used Mars as a giant gravitational slingshot to continue its journey toward a strange metal rich asteroid. The close flyby boosted the spacecraft’s sp…
A Probe Took Incredible Pictures of Mars on Its Way to a Far-Off Asteroid
NASA took advantage of the recent close approach of the Psyche probe to Mars to calibrate its observation instruments.…
NASA spacecraft beams back blue images of Mars on its way to a metal asteroid — Space photo of the week
On its way to a metal asteroid, the Psyche probe was testing its cameras as it got a gravity assist from the Red Planet.…
How did animals survive the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs?
It helped to have a number of features to aid survival following the end-Cretaceous mass extinction.…
NASA shares Psyche spacecraft's photos of Mars
NASA has released the photos Psyche took when it did a flyby of Mars.…
See NASA's Stunning New Images of Mars Captured During an Asteroid-Bound Spacecraft's Strategic Flyby
The Psyche mission, on its way to study an asteroid of the same name, approached within 2,864 miles of the red planet on May 15…
Ancient asteroid craters may have sparked Earth’s oxygen-producing life
A hidden crater in South Korea may hold clues to one of the biggest turning points in Earth’s history: the rise of oxygen. Scientists discovered fossil-like stromatolites — layered…
Asteroid traces found in Japan may be linked to extinction of dinosaurs
The discovery of traces of an asteroid in Hokkaido is the first-ever confirmation of such traces in Japan, according to the announcement from the team of Japanese researchers.…
Asteroid mining and new billionaires: what’s in SpaceX’s IPO filing
Elon Musk’s rocket-to-AI conglomerate lays out its planetary ambitions…
NASA's Psyche spacecraft returns unfamiliar views of a familiar world
As a bonus, it captured Mars images from a rare perspective."…
NASA’s Psyche Mission Just Blew Past Mars. It Picked Up More Than Speed
The spacecraft used Mars for a gravity assist on its journey toward a metal-rich asteroid.…
Mars shines in ethereal photo from Psyche space probe
NASA's asteroid explorer is on a 2-billion-mile mission.…
Asteroid impact site reveals possible traces of early life
After 10 years of upgrades, this legendary telescope has returned to chase black holes, asteroids and cosmic chemistry
NASA’s Psyche Mission Aces Mars Flyby, Targets Metal-Rich Asteroid
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft completed its close approach of Mars on May 15, coming within 2,864 miles (4,609 kilometers) of the planet’s surface. This flyby used…
Asteroid 2022 OB5 spins too fast for current prospectors, highlighting the divide between 'accessible' and 'exploitable'
Newly discovered asteroid to pass closer to Earth than the moon on Monday
Astronomers did not know about the space rock until about a week ago.…
An asteroid discovered days ago will narrowly miss Earth
How Did We Miss the Asteroid That Will Narrowly Miss Us?
How Did We Miss the Asteroid That Will Narrowly Miss Us?: Space still harbors surprises aplenty, even with our rapidly evolving technologies…
Is Earth's constant companion a stray asteroid or a chunk of the moon?
Asteroid Mining Simulator 2026
You're a CEO at a space-mining agency. Use your instincts. Make good decisions. Keep Scout costs (and hyper-inflation!) in mind. Pick your asteroids wisely. Win when you make $5000…
How to Watch a House-Sized Asteroid Make an ‘Extremely Close’ Approach to Earth Today
Astronomers only discovered Asteroid 2026 JH2 a week ago, and now it's paying us a visit.…
Near-Earth Asteroid 2026 JH2 close encounter: 18 May 2026
See near-Earth asteroid 2026 JH2 safely coming extremely close to our planet , from the comfort of your home: join us next 18 May 2026!…
New Discovery: Huge Asteroid to Skim Earth on May 18
On Monday, May 18th, Earth is getting a haircut; not from a barber, but from an asteroid the size of…
Rubin Tracks Skyscraper-Size Asteroids, Supernovas, and Interstellar Visitors
Astronomers are preparing for a new era of big-data astronomy, and results are already starting to arrive.…
NASA's Psyche spacecraft just got an assist from Mars on the way to its asteroid namesake
Its target asteroid could give us insight on how Earth’s core came to be.…
What it would have been like to experience the dinosaur-killing asteroid
A week after the asteroid impact, rotting vegetation, smoke and sulphur create a stinky planet. Plant and animal survivors succumb to the corrosive acid rain.…
Newly discovered, blue-whale-size asteroid will fly super close to Earth Monday — and you can watch it live
Newly spotted asteroid 2026 JH2, which could be up to 115 feet wide, will fly past Earth closer than some satellites on Monday (May 18). The close approach will be visible to starg…
Asteroid 2026 JH2 Is About to Fly Right Past Earth—Relatively Speaking
On May 18, an asteroid about the size of Chicago’s Cloud Gate will fly four times closer to Earth than the moon.…
'Their greatest challenge since they stared down the asteroid': Paleontologist Steve Brusatte on why birds are facing their biggest existential threat since the dino-killing asteroid
In a new book, paleontologist Steve Brusatte tells the wild story of how birds evolved during the Jurassic and took to the skies, surviving the asteroid strike that killed their fe…