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Asteroid that broke up over Berlin was fastest-spinning one ever seen
New Scientist· 19 hours agoAn asteroid that hit Earth’s atmosphere earlier this year was spinning once every 2.6 seconds,...
Asteroid hunt by Hubble telescope using AI
EarthSky· 2 days agoOver 1,000 new small asteroids have been found in Hubble Space Telescope images. Researchers, along with over 11,000 volunteer citizen scientists, found...
An asteroid will make a close flyby of Earth, and scientists are excited
Quartz· 1 day agoIn about five years’ time, a potentially hazardous asteroid will swing by Earth at an eerily close...
Laser on NASA's Psyche asteroid probe beams data from 140 million miles away
SPACE.com· 9 hours agoLate last year, NASA scientists pressed start on a highly anticipated space mission. Basically, they launched a spacecraft toward an asteroid that could very well be made ...
Citizen scientists spot more than 1,000 new asteroids in old Hubble Telescope photos
SPACE.com· 3 days agoThe dotted white streak cutting across this photo of a faraway galaxy might seem like a nuisance for...
NASA HQ picked their best photos of the year. Here are our 13 favorites.
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe spacecraft also carries the agency's Deep Space Optical Communications technology demonstration,...
Minerals are in short supply on Earth. This startup wants to mine asteroids
CNN via AOL· 4 days agoWith minerals in short supply on Earth, private companies such as California-based AstroForge and...
Hubble Has Accidentally Discovered Over a Thousand Asteroids
Universe Today· 3 days agoThanks to an international team of citizen scientists, with the help of astronomers from the...
A history of the Statue of Liberty getting destroyed or distorted in movie posters
Salon via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoThe former movie even dedicated most of the back of its VHS case to an image of the State of Liberty...
Was asteroid Kamo’oalewa blasted from this moon crater?
EarthSky· 2 days agoMeet the lunar crater Giordano Bruno. It’s 13 miles (21 km) wide and located on the moon’s far side....