Tag: asteroids

China is planning to launch an asteroid exploration to mine billions worth of precious minerals. (YouTube)

China to Launch Asteroid Exploration Mission to Mine Precious Metals

May 10, 2017 06:16 AM EDT

In a study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research, it was revealed that an asteroid impact triggered 100,000 years of volcanic eruptions. (YouTube)

Asteroids Coming to Earth, Collision Cannot be Easily Ruled out; Are Humans Ready for Doomsday Scenario?

Mar 13, 2017 12:06 PM EDT

In this 20-second exposure, a meteor lights up the sky over the top of a mountain ridge near Park City, Utah. (NASA/Bill Dunford)

Earth Bombarded With 85,000 Meteorites Every Year From Ancient Collision 466 Million Years Ago

Jan 24, 2017 10:41 AM EST

An artist’s conception of the Lucy spacecraft flying by the Trojan Eurybates – one of the six diverse and scientifically important Trojans to be studied. (SwRI and SSL/Peter Rubin)

NASA: 2 New Asteroid Missions to Visit 'Trojan' and Metal Asteroids

Jan 05, 2017 01:23 PM EST

An artist's rendition of 2016 WF9 as it passes Jupiter's orbit inbound toward the sun. ( NASA/JPL-Caltech )

NASA Detects 2 Near-Earth Objects: 1 Comet and Mysterious, Unknown Cosmic Object

Jan 02, 2017 02:09 PM EST

Small near-Earth asteroids are important targets of study because not much is known about them. (NASA/JPL-Caltech)

Smallest Asteroid Ever Detected is Only 6 Feet

Dec 04, 2016 06:46 PM EST

This is an artist's concept of the young Earth being bombarded by asteroids. (NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab)

Asteroid That Wiped out Dinosaurs Made 'Crater of Life'

Nov 18, 2016 08:58 AM EST

NASA's Stardust spacecraft made a close flyby of comet Wild 2 in Jan 2004. (NASA/JPL-Caltech)

NASA Asteroid Program Scout Confirms Asteroid Passed Close to Earth

Oct 31, 2016 07:59 AM EDT

As part of the Asteroid Redirect Mission, NASA plans to send a robotic spacecraft to an asteroid tens of millions of miles away from Earth, capture a multi-ton boulder, and bring it to an orbit near t

NASA Asteroid Redirect Mission: White House's Solution for Future Asteroid Strike?

Sep 21, 2016 09:49 AM EDT

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station carrying NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer, or OSIRIS-REx spacecraft on the first

NASA's First Asteroid Return Mission: Space Probe Now Heading Towards Near Earth Asteroid

Sep 09, 2016 04:01 AM EDT

The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, enclosed in a payload fairing, is lifted Aug. 29 at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

NASA to Launch First Asteroid Mining Mission This Week

Sep 05, 2016 05:46 AM EDT

Artist's impression of the unique rocky comet C/2014 S3

For the First Time Ever, Astronomers Discover a Comet With No Tail

May 02, 2016 06:50 AM EDT

This graphic shows asteroids and comets observed by NASA's Near-Earth Object Wide-field Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) mission

Asteroid Hunting Spacecraft Discovers 72 New Near Earth Objects

Apr 08, 2016 06:50 AM EDT

Chelyabinsk meteor that hit Russia in February 2013.

Giant Fireball Crashed Into Atlantic Yet No One Noticed

Feb 24, 2016 06:20 AM EST

NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft will bring your artwork to an asteroid.

NASA Wants to Send Your Artwork to a Lonely Asteroid

Feb 22, 2016 06:40 AM EST

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