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UAE to land a probe on an asteroid between Mars and Jupiter in 2034
Space via Yahoo News· 12 months agoThe United Arab Emirates just provided new details about its planned asteroid mission, which will...
Meet Dinkinesh: Asteroid targeted by NASA's Lucy spacecraft gets a marvelous name
Space via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA size comparison of Dinkinesh (shown in blue) and other main asteroid belt objects Bennu and (2867)...
NASA’s Lucy mission went to visit an asteroid and got more than it bargained for
CNN via Yahoo News· 7 months agoSign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating...
How many 'city killer' asteroids narrowly miss Earth each year?
Live Science via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThis artist concept catastrophic collisions between asteroids located in the belt between Mars and...
An asteroid loaded with $10 quintillion worth of metals edges closer to US reach
Business Insider via Yahoo Finance· 10 months agoThe asteroid, known as 16 Psyche, is thought to be made up of $10 quintillion worth of gold, iron,...
Astronomers spy new class of dark, water-rich asteroids like dwarf planet Ceres
Space via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThis image of the dwarf planet Ceres, taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft in 2015, approximates how the...
Wow. Weird 'rock comet' 3200 Phaethon is way stranger than we thought!
The Weather Network via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNew observations of asteroid 3200 Phaethon have upended years of assumptions about this already...
Citizen scientists spot more than 1,000 new asteroids in old Hubble Telescope photos
Space via Yahoo News· 1 month agoCitizen scientists poring over old Hubble Telescope photos discovered a thousand previously unknown...
NASA's Lucy spacecraft successfully completes 1st flyby of asteroid 'Dinky'
Space via Yahoo News· 7 months agoA size comparison of Dinkinesh (shown in blue) and other main asteroid belt objects Bennu and (2867)...
Bizarre Asteroid Belt Object Could Contain Water From the Birth of the Solar System
SYFY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIf you’re looking for longform science fiction which feels rooted in reality, it’s hard to find a...