Tags: asteroids

There’s no doubt that asteroids pose a potential threat to life on Earth. Just ask the dinosaurs: When a mile-wide rock slammed into the Yucatán Peninsula 65 million years ago,...

Asteroids and comets can usually be distinguished by what they’re made of, and by where they’re found in space. While both are small objects orbiting the sun – both created...

Flush from the successful launch of its first prototype spacecraft, a startup space mining company says it’s on track to send robotic prospectors to near-Earth asteroids in as soon as...

There is a new evidence of the Passage of Scholz’s Star that disturbed the comets of the solar system 70,000 years ago. A small reddish star (with about 9% of...

– The Planet V hypothesis is based on the assumption that there was once a 5th planet in our Solar System. The planet has been named Planet V and some...

Just like planets and moons, asteroids orbit the Sun and they have days and nights. During its orbit around the Sun, every part of the asteroid’s surface sees sunlight, but...

Oumuamua, the first interstellar object discovered in the Solar System, is moving away from the Sun faster than expected. This anomalous behaviour was detected by a worldwide astronomical collaboration including...

Surface of near-Earth asteroid Phaethon may reflect less light than previously thought, according to a new study. This is an exciting mystery for the recently approved DESTINY+ mission to investigate...

Most asteroids and meteorites originate from the splintering of a handful of minor planets formed during the infancy of our solar system, a new study shows. The study appearing online...

After an almost two-year journey, NASA’s asteroid sampling spacecraft, OSIRIS-REx, took the first photo of asteroid Bennu last week and began the final approach toward its target. The image was...