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Curious asteroid Selam, spotted by NASA's Lucy spacecraft, is a cosmic toddler
SPACE.com· 1 day agoWhen NASA's Lucy mission passed by the near-Earth asteroid Dinkinesh last November, it discovered that Dinkinesh had a companion — a little moonlet that astronomers soon named ...
Earth’s quasi-moon Asteroid Kamo'oalewa likely blasted out of this giant Moon crater
Fox Weather via Yahoo News· 2 days agoLess than a decade after discovering a near-Earth asteroid, scientists say they have determined...
How to Catch the Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower, Leftover Debris from Halley's Comet
Sci Fi Wire· 1 day agoThe 2021 disaster movie Asteroid (streaming now on Peacock) is just one of many cinematic stories...
Asteroid Ryugu holds secrets of our solar system's past, present and future
Space via Yahoo News· 3 days agoSamples of asteroid Ryugu, collected by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft, have revealed the impact solar...
Scientists determine near-Earth asteroid was blasted from moon, leaving crater
Scripps News via AOL· 1 day agoScientists at the University of Arizona have discovered that asteroid 2016 HO3 was likely blasted...
Asteroid hunters say they’ve found 27,500 new prospects in search for space rocks
GeekWire via Yahoo News· 2 days agoA team of asteroid hunters that includes researchers at the University of Washington says it has...
Scientists say they’ve traced the origins of a potentially hazardous near-Earth asteroid to the far...
CNN.com· 2 days agoAn unusual asteroid traveling near Earth is thought to be a chunk of the moon, but exactly how it...
Set Your Alarm Now to Watch This Weekend's Dazzling Meteor Shower
CNET· 8 hours agoThe Eta Aquarid meteor shower occurs annually between April 15 and May 27, peaking in early May....
AI discovers over 27,000 overlooked asteroids in old telescope images
SPACE.com· 2 days agoMore than 27,000 asteroids in our solar system had been overlooked in existing telescope images — but thanks to a new AI-powered algorithm, we now have a catalog of them.
AI discovers over 27,000 overlooked asteroids in old telescope images
Space via Yahoo News· 2 days agoA bright dot in the center is orbited on all sides by innumerous small green points among black...