Astronomers poring over the treasure trove of data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have made a groundbreaking discovery. More than 100 previously unseen asteroids, some smaller than a school bus, have been detected zipping through the asteroid belt ...
What about these new asteroids known as ‘Planet Killers’? Astronomers have detected three asteroids near Earth. Two of them are a potential threat as ‘planet killer’ because of their hazardous and large size, but the good part is that they ...
In a first-of-its-kind test to safeguard our planet, a spectacular asteroid collision rammed a NASA probe into a space rock. The impact proved more powerful and effective than experts had anticipated. On September 24, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, aka ...
It seems that Earth remains a not-so-safe place, as many of us like to believe. After the 2016 CZ31 and 2013 CU83 asteroids passed by our planet last weekend at great speed, it’s now time for another huge space rock ...
Bennu is a 500-meter-wide asteroid that circles our solar on a path that takes it dangerously near to Earth on a regular basis. According to Icarus, NASA scientists utilized new data and complicated computer models to estimate the exact course ...
We all have to deal with the idea that the Universe isn’t a safe place, regardless of how much we like to believe otherwise. Of course, our planet is so full of life and opportunities, it provides food and water ...
Scientists initially believed that asteroids hitting Earth, such as the Chicxulub impactor that wiped out the dinosaurs, represent very rare events. There are plenty of reasons why you would be tempted to believe so, and one of them is represented ...
Asteroids are one of the most dangerous possible attackers of Earth. For decades we’ve tried to understand and learn about them. One method that proved to be efficient is using specially designed telescopes. ESA recently unveiled the Test-Bed Telescope 2 ...