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Six Asteroids — One Considered Potentially Hazardous — Flew Past Earth In Less Than 24 Hours

Asteroids large and small safely fly near Earth all the time.

By Doris Elín Urrutia
Space

NASA Scientist Reveals What Asteroids Keep Him Up At Night In New Book

Frightening yet alluring asteroids are the subject of a new space memoir.

By Doris Elín Urrutia
Not just rocks

Look: 7 asteroids will unlock secrets of Jupiter's Trojans

Lucy will be the first to visit this fleet of primordial bodies.

By Jennifer Walter
Science

Can we suck the water out of asteroids? New research may solve one obstacle

We’ve still got a long way to go.

By Universe Today and Andy Tomaswick
Science

“Rubble pile” asteroids may be surprisingly hard to destroy — study

When Japan's Hayabusa mission traveled to asteroid Itokawa, it collected samples. These successfully reached Earth in 2010.

By Doris Elín Urrutia
Science

NASA just doubled an effort to track dangerous asteroids — should you be worried?

Don’t look up!

By Andy Tomaswick
Science

NASA’s plan to identify dangerous asteroids takes a major step forward

The NEO Surveyor will be able to detect individual asteroid heat signatures.

By Universe Today and Andy Tomaswick
Science

Asteroids may have carved Earth's landforms as we know them — study

Ancient asteroids may have shaped landforms on Earth.

By Doris Elín Urrutia
Don't look up!

Astronomers plan to track more potential “planet killer” asteroids near Earth

“There’s nothing in the catalogs right now that’s a danger.”

By Doris Elín Urrutia
Science

Netflix’s best apocalypse movie reveals the truth about planet-killing asteroids

This movie hits its target.

By Monica Grady
Science

NASA’s bold new asteroid mission just took off — here’s what happens next

NASA has successfully launched its Lucy mission to explore the history of the Solar System. Here's what comes next.

By Mike Brown
(Not a) Deep impact

8 huge asteroids that will not hit Earth in 2020

NASA's got us covered

By JoAnna Wendel
Science

Mysteries of the solar system lie within ancient asteroids

This new study is the first hard evidence of water on asteroids, resolving a mystery of the solar system.

By Passant Rabie
Science

Two Asteroids Hit These Remarkable Martian Rocks Before They Ended Up in Egypt

These rocks have seen some things, man.

By Passant Rabie
Science

Asteroids May Have Delivered Half of the Water in Earth's Oceans

"We know of no other such planet. My aim is to find out how."

By Peter Hess
Science

Competing Asteroid Announcements Reveal Big News About Bennu and Ryugu

By Yasmin Tayag
Science

Trump Urges Congress for Money to Defend Earth Against Disastrous Asteroids

"It would be a disaster on a scale more than anything we’ve tried to deal with in our history."

By Peter Hess
Science

NASA Reveals its Plan for Protecting Earth From Falling Space Crap

Will we be ready if the time comes?

By Peter Hess
Science

Mars Gets Bombarded with Organic Material From Comets and Asteroids

By Alasdair Wilkins
Science

Scientists Are Prepared to Nuke Future Asteroids if Necessary

By Rae Paoletta
Science

3 Current Projects That Will Help Save the Earth From Asteroids

For when we don't have Bruce Willis to rely on.

By Neel V. Patel
Science

Asteroid Day: 6 Times Asteroids Have Almost Hit Earth

Happy International Asteroid Day, everybody!

By Neel V. Patel
Science

'Star Wars' Got Asteroids All Wrong, Says Astronomer

Hans Solo might not be that good a pilot, after all.

By Peter Hess
Science

How to Save Earth From a Catastrophic Asteroid

By Rosalie Chan
Science

Oh Cool, Camouflaged Asteroids Are Real

By James Grebey
Science

NASA Just Went Bananas Over Future Asteroid Missions

By Neel V. Patel
Science

Build a Rocket to Stop Oncoming Asteroids, Says NASA Scientist

By Neel V. Patel
Science

Welcome to Asgardia, the First Ever Outer Space Nation

By Neel V. Patel
Science

6 Reasons Animals Survived the Asteroids

The small and clever — not the meek — inherited the Earth.

By Jacqueline Ronson
Science

The Moon's Water Actually Came From Asteroids, Not Comets

Asteroids delivered water to the moon during its early evolution, similar to what they did on Earth.

By Kastalia Medrano