There are almost 30,000 known asteroids according to the Center for Near Earth Studies. While few pose an immediate threat, there is a chance one…
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If a large asteroid struck the Earth, it could have devastating consequences. Over 100 participants from 18 countries – including NASAEstablished in 1958, the National…
There are a lot of asteroids to track in our solar system and many are yet to be discovered. Cloud-Based Astrodynamics Platform To Discover and…
This photograph taken by an International Space Station astronaut shows a bright meteor from the Perseid meteor shower in Earth’s atmosphere. The brightest meteors are…
Klet Observatory sees asteroid 2022 EB5, 13 minutes before impact. Credit: ESA Most asteroids that have impacted Earth were discovered many years, often many millions…
Illustration of an asteroid striking the Earth’s atmosphere. Asteroid 2022 EB5 was too small to pose a hazard to Earth, but its discovery marks the…
Vigil warns Earth. Credit: ESA It’s the first mission of its kind, set to monitor our active and unpredictable Sun and help protect us from…
Earlier this year, the discovery of a potentially hazardous asteroid took astronomers on a roller coaster ride. On January 6, 2022, astronomers at the Mount…
A giant asteroid struck Earth and wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. A space security expert explains NASA’s plans to prevent a potential…
For a few tense days this January, a roughly 70-meter asteroid became the riskiest observed in over a decade. Despite the Moon’s attempt to scupper…
It’s a funny thing about homing in on an asteroid and calculating its path, future position, and probability of impacting Earth – it will often…
The NASAEstablished in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the United States Federal Government that succeeded the National…
What if a 10 km (6.5 mile)-wide asteroid was on a bee-line towards Earth, with an impending, calamitous impact just six months away? This was…
Webb Space Telescope adjusting orientation. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center UC Riverside astrophysicist explains the science. The James Webb Space TelescopeThe James Webb Space…
A new study has found that the mineralogy of the rocks that a meteorite hits, rather than the size of the impact, determines how deadly…
NASA’s DART spacecraft is due to collide with the smaller body of the Didymos binary asteroid system in October 2022. ESA’s Hera mission will survey…
When was the last time an asteroid hit Earth? Today! But it was almost definitely very small. Small asteroids and other tiny dust and particles…
This diagram shows the orbits of 2,200 potentially hazardous objects as calculated by JPL’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS). Highlighted is the orbit…
Illustration of the DART spacecraft with the Roll Out Solar Arrays (ROSA) extended. Each of the two ROSA arrays in 8.6 meters by 2.3 meters.…
Is NASAEstablished in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the United States Federal Government that succeeded the National…