Asteroids articles

First incredible images from Vera Rubin observatory's car-sized camera reveal distant galaxies and asteroids

Venus may be hiding several asteroids that could one day cross Earth's path

Asteroid 2024 YR4 may miss Earth in 2032 and hit the moon instead

Forward-looking: The asteroid that has 1-in-43 odds of hitting Earth in 2032 has an even smaller chance of colliding with something else instead: our moon. The object, around half the size of a football field, would cause an explosion on the lunar surface 343 times more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, and could be visible from our planet.

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 1-in-48 chance of hitting Earth - Webb is on the case

NASA mission finds key ingredients for life in asteroid samples

Atari releases Asteroids watches for game's 45th anniversary – they're already sold out

In brief: In today's second story about asteroids – though these ones are far less threatening – Atari has released a line of limited-edition watches celebrating the iconic game's 45th birthday. They're pretty unusual and quite pricey, but the watches are already listed as sold out on the website.

An asteroid half the size of a football field has a 1-in-83 chance of hitting Earth in 2032

Researchers want to use pyrolysis to turn asteroids into food for long-term space exploration

Bon appétit: Deep space exploration will not be possible without access to food sources. Bringing astronauts new ration supplies from Earth will likely be impossible. However, researchers think they have solved this fundamental survival issue. Asteroids.

Scientists use explosive X-rays to test viability of nuking incoming asteroids

Why it matters: The concept of launching nukes into space to knock asteroids off course or destroy them completely may not sound foreign thanks to numerous sci-fi films popularizing it. But the lack of atmosphere in space nerfs nukes' power considerably, so the idea isn't so easy to pull off. Now, researchers at Sandia National Labs have come up with a new way to compensate for this shortcoming.

Fiery meteor generates energy of 10 tons of TNT, shockwaves reach ground in North Carolina

Scientists learn more about the asteroid impact that killed the dinosaurs

NASA snaps images of an asteroid large enough to have a moon of its own

NASA prepares for armageddon in simulated asteroid doomsday drill

Two airplane-sized asteroids will hurtle past Earth today

Resident Evil, SimCity, and three others enter the Video Game Hall of Fame

Scientists find water on an asteroid's surface for the first time

Pioneering study simulates using nuclear weapons for asteroid deflection

Asteroid dust triggered a 15-year winter that killed the dinosaurs, researchers find

NASA spacecraft successfully delivers sample of asteroid to Earth

Algorithm designed to identify asteroids discovers potentially hazardous 600-foot object during test run

NASA's DART mission left a trail of small boulders in its wake

A 200-foot asteroid that just missed Earth last week wasn't detected until two days later

A "potentially hazardous" asteroid bigger than a skyscraper reaches Earth next week

An asteroid has a 1 in 560 chance of colliding with Earth on Valentine's Day 2046

A prototype planetary radar system captured the highest resolution images of the Moon ever

Forward-looking: Using less power than an ordinary household appliance, a team of scientists was able to capture the highest resolution images of the Moon ever. Soon, researchers will have unprecedented and very powerful tools to probe the cosmos - and catch a potentially planet-killing asteroid before it strikes Earth.