Spotting NEO a challenging task, typical of finding a lump of coal in the night’s sky In February 2013, the Chelyabinsk meteor, a mere 17-20 meters across, caused extensive ground damage and several injuries when it exploded on impact with the atmosphere of the Earth.
The Japanese Space vehicle Hayabusa2 has been launched to probe on an asteroid names Ryugu in 2018. It was sent out to collect samples from the asteroid for scientists to study about back home.
Dust plumes have scientists excited. Bennu is the target of the OSIRIS-REx mission which is intended to return samples to Earth in 2023 for further study.
Earth could get hit by an asteroid any time, experts warn ahead of Asteroid Day. Nobody could predict what will happen to Earth but change is inevitable and the people must be prepared for it.
NASA's 16 Psyche mission just wants to explore the asteroid, not to extract irons in it. Discoveries about planets or asteroids made up of ice, fire or rock are far from any normal human’s imagination.
The peanut-shaped asteroid missed the Earth and shot past it by the closest distance ever. It has given the astronomers and scientists a great opportunity to study its feature in detail.
A large asteroid will streak past Earth today and enthusiasts can watch it by live streaming. Reports about a large asteroid passing through the Earth today is headlining the news as of this moment.
There is a meter-deep tectonic fault in Colorado. Scientists suggest that it is a result of the asteroid impact that caused the dinosaur extinction 65 million years ago.
NASA has released a picture of an asteroid that lokks like a rolling Dungeons & Dragons dice. The asteroid is said to look like a dice of the famous board game Dungeons & Dragons.
It is going to be a double treat for space enthusiasts this holiday season as two significant events will happen on the eve and the night of Christmas this year.
While prospecting and mining on the moon or on asteroids is probably a couple of decades away from becoming reality, according to a NASA scientist speaking at a symposium on planetary and terrestrial mining, oversight will be needed by a body much like the United Nations.