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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.

ByDoris 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.

ByJennifer 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.

ByUniverse 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.

ByDoris Elín Urrutia
Science

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

Don’t look up!

ByAndy 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.

ByUniverse 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.

ByDoris 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.”

ByDoris Elín Urrutia
Science

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

This movie hits its target.

ByMonica 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.

ByMike Brown
(Not a) Deep impact

8 huge asteroids that will not hit Earth in 2020

NASA's got us covered

ByJoAnna 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.

ByPassant Rabie
Science

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

These rocks have seen some things, man.

ByPassant 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."

ByPeter Hess
Science

Competing Asteroid Announcements Reveal Big News About Bennu and Ryugu

ByYasmin 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."

ByPeter Hess
Science

NASA Reveals its Plan for Protecting Earth From Falling Space Crap

Will we be ready if the time comes?

ByPeter Hess
Science

Mars Gets Bombarded with Organic Material From Comets and Asteroids

ByAlasdair Wilkins
Science

Scientists Are Prepared to Nuke Future Asteroids if Necessary

ByRae Paoletta
Science

3 Current Projects That Will Help Save the Earth From Asteroids

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

ByNeel V. Patel
Science

Asteroid Day: 6 Times Asteroids Have Almost Hit Earth

Happy International Asteroid Day, everybody!

ByNeel V. Patel
Science

'Star Wars' Got Asteroids All Wrong, Says Astronomer

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

ByPeter Hess
Science

How to Save Earth From a Catastrophic Asteroid

ByRosalie Chan
Science

Oh Cool, Camouflaged Asteroids Are Real

ByJames Grebey
Science

NASA Just Went Bananas Over Future Asteroid Missions

ByNeel V. Patel
Science

Build a Rocket to Stop Oncoming Asteroids, Says NASA Scientist

ByNeel V. Patel
Science

Welcome to Asgardia, the First Ever Outer Space Nation

ByNeel V. Patel
Science

6 Reasons Animals Survived the Asteroids

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

ByJacqueline 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.

ByKastalia Medrano
Science

Why Do We Need Astrogeologists? Asteroids and Comets Are Natural Resources Too

Ken Herkenhoff analyzes images of martian soil taken 54.6 million kilometers away.

BySarah Sloat