Car-sized asteroid gives Earth a close shave in near-miss flyby (video, photo)
A small asteroid flew very close to Earth Tuesday morning (May 14), just two days after it was discovered by…
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A small asteroid flew very close to Earth Tuesday morning (May 14), just two days after it was discovered by…
A pair of stereoscopic images of the asteroid Dinkinesh and its satellite, Selam, created using data collected by the L’LORRI…
An asteroid discovered Tuesday (April 9) will make an extremely close, but harmless, pass by planet Earth today (April 11).…
A top-down view of the OSIRIS-REx Touch-and-Go-Sample-Acquisition-Mechanism (TAGSAM) head with the lid removed, revealing the remainder of the asteroid sample…
Credit: Colin Orion Chandler (University of Washington) NASA’s project unveils fifteen active asteroids, providing insights into the solar system’s origins…
Last November, when NASA’s Lucy spacecraft flew past its first official asteroid target named Dinkinesh, it found the space rock…
Over two million years ago, a giant asteroid slammed into Mars, scarring the surface with one massive crater and around…
The shape of the asteroid Dimorphos was changed when NASA’s DART spacecraft deliberately crashed into it in 2022 as part…
Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft is targeting a small near-Earth asteroid as part of its extended mission — and you could help…
Move over, moon rocks: Space Center Houston has a new type of space stone in its showcase. The official visitor…