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How to tell a comet from an asteroid and a meteor from a meteorite
This essay is reprinted with permission fromThe Conversation, an online platform that reports on the latest research.Have you…
How to protect Earth from a deadly asteroid impact
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The MIT Reader Press. Read the original story here.In late…
When The Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Hit, This Life-Form Feasted On The Death : ScienceAlert
Approximately 66 million years ago, the catastrophic Chicxulub asteroid impact led to the extinction of three-quarters of Earth's…
Private company to land on asteroid Apophis as it flies close to Earth
An artist’s impression of an asteroid flying near Earth Erik Simonsen/Getty Images In 2029, two landers from a…
We’ve spotted a huge asteroid spinning impossibly fast
Artist’s depiction of the asteroid 2025 MN45 NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory/NOIRLab/SLAC​/AURA/P. Marenfeld The Vera C. Rubin Observatory…
An asteroid just exploded above Ohio with the force of 250 tons of TNT
March 17, 2026 2 min read Add Us On Google Add SciAm An asteroid just exploded above Ohio…
The asteroid Ryugu has all of the main ingredients for life
Ryugu is an asteroid that sometimes passes close to Earth JAXA Samples from the asteroid Ryugu have revealed…
Notorious asteroid 2024 YR4 won’t crash into the moon after all
2024 YR4: The Most Dangerous Asteroid Ever Discovered 2024 YR4, a 60-meter asteroid, made headlines in December 2024…
How worried should you be about an asteroid smashing into Earth?
Somewhere in the vast expanse of space, a celestial body lurks, capable of causing devastating destruction on Earth.…
It May Be Safe to Nuke an Earthbound Asteroid After All, Simulation Suggests : ScienceAlert
Could Nuking an Asteroid Save Earth? New Research Suggests it Might Is it possible for humanity to prevent…
This Newly Discovered Asteroid, Almost Half a Mile Wide, Just Set a New Space Record
A massive asteroid has caught the attention of astronomers by setting a new speed record for how fast…
A newly spotted asteroid spins faster than any of its size ever seen
Astronomers have made an exciting discovery with the help of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile. The…