A geologic map of the asteroid belt: Tracing meteorites back to their origins
Where do meteorites of different types come from? In a review paper in the journal Meteoritics & Planetary Science, ...
NASA Tracking Bus-Sized Asteroid Nearing Earth
NASA is monitoring a bus-sized asteroid as it makes its closest approach to Earth today, among a group of five space rocks ...
The Daily Galaxy on MSN14h
NASA’s Lucy Mission Prepares for Historic Flyby of the Mysterious Asteroid Donaldjohanson
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft is gearing up for an exciting flyby of the asteroid Donaldjohanson on April 20, 2025. The mission, ...
Model suggests asteroid Donaldjohanson formed 150 million years ago
New Southwest Research Institute-led modeling indicates the main belt asteroid (52246) Donaldjohanson may have formed about 150 million years ago when a larger parent asteroid broke apart; its orbit ...
Space.com15hOpinion
Asteroid 2024 YR4 no longer threatens to hit Earth, but we can still hit it — for science!
The asteroid 2024 YR4, once considered potentially hazardous, isn't likely to hit us anytime soon. Now, a team of researchers ...
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SwRI-led modeling assesses age of upcoming asteroid flyby target
New Southwest Research Institute-led modeling indicates the main belt asteroid (52246) Donaldjohanson may have formed about ...
Killer space rocks
William Lucas, who has died aged 102, was the director of Nasa’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, the ...
A tiny moon photobombs Mars as Europe’s Hera mission swoops past
Images from the Hera mission show the object in remarkable detail — a small island gliding above the crater-scarred Martian ...
The Debrief1d
Planetary Defence Spacecraft Captures New Images of Mysterious Martian Moon Deimos During Flyby
New images of the mysterious Martian moon Deimos were captured when the Hera mission activated its instruments past Earth for ...
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Space agency chief warns city-destroying asteroid could be hurtling towards earth now and we have 'no way to detect it'
A scientists has warned that a destructive asteroid could be heading towards Earth and we don't have the technology to detect ...
Front Page Detectives on MSN3d
In a Groundbreaking Discovery NASA Scientists Can Now Track Asteroid and Meteor Strikes on Earth Better
In a Groundbreaking Discovery NASA Scientists Can Now Track Asteroid and Meteor Strikes on Earth Better Space enthusiasts and ...
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One of the Oldest Known Meteor Showers Arrives In New York State Soon
Warmer weather means more time to get outdoors and see what's above. A meteor shower that has been observed for 2,700 years ...