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The blue color of asteroid Phaethon has puzzled scientists since the space rock’s discovery in the early 1980s. An unusual blue-tinged asteroid likely got its trademark color from intense sunlight,...

Surprise asteroids have visited Earth in the past and will undoubtedly do so in the future. When they do appear, how prepared will humanity be? Earth exists in a dangerous...

A massive asteroid is set to pass «close» to Earth on Sunday, NASA said. The 2008 GO20 asteroid is between 318 and 720 feet tall (220 meters) and has drawn...

Ancient «megaripples» as tall as five-story buildings are hiding deep under Louisiana, and their unique geology indicates that they formed in the immediate aftermath of the asteroid strike that killed...

Large satellites used for TV broadcasting could be quickly and easily repurposed as asteroid deflectors if a space rock were to threaten Earth, according to a study by the European...

NEOWISE has provided an estimate of the size of over 1,850 near-Earth objects, helping us better understand our nearest solar system neighbors. For two more years, NASA’s Near-Earth Object Wide-field...

This is the main camera that ESA’s Hera mission for planetary defense will be relying on to explore and maneuver around the Didymos asteroid system. Hera—named after the Greek goddess...

During the asteroid Apophis’ most recent flyby in early March, astronomers were busy taking observations of this infamous space rock. Later calculations let NASA scientists announce on March 26, 2021,...

ESA said today (April 26, 2021) that it’ll be live-tweeting the asteroid impact exercise unfolding now at this week’s Planetary Defense Conference, which is held virtually April 26 through 30....

On April 9, 2021, NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft took one last look at Bennu, the asteroid from which it scooped up a sample...