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Scientists Trace the Origin of the Asteroid That Wiped Out the Dinosaurs

German scientists have made significant strides in unraveling the mystery behind the origin of the asteroid that wiped out...

How Asteroid Findings Could Save the Planet

In 2005, the Japanese Space Agency sent a probe to an ancient 500-meter-long asteroid known as Itokawa. The findings...

Chicxulub Asteroid Made the Earth Much Cooler Than We Realised

Around 66 million years ago the Chicxulub asteroid hit the Earth with such force that it wiped out around...

Hubble Telescope Reveals Unusual Object in the Asteroid Belt

Something rather unusual has been spotted by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope just recently - two asteroids that have comet-like...

The Truth Behind Asteroid Hunters

It may sound like something out of a space adventure or science fiction movie, but there are several real-life...

The Hubble Shows How Asteroids and Comets are More Alike than We Realized

Up until recently, scientists have always separated comets and asteroids by one main thing: that comets form gas and...

Should be Concerned That An Asteroid’s Going to Strike the Earth?

Experts are fairly certain that in the next billion years as many as 2,000 asteroids could hit the Earth,...

A Brand New Challenge Comes to Us in the form of Asteroid Mining

Mining has been a very lucrative business down here on Earth, so why not try it up in space...

There is More Than Just Asteroids Threatening Life from Space

Nothing is a given. Evolution could have had an entirely different outcome. However, since it turned out the way...

Asteroid Collection Mission Underway with OSIRIS-REx

September 8th 2016 marks an exciting time in history for NASA and many others as the OSIRIS-Rex (Origins Spectral...

Why We Should Go To Such Trouble To Capture An Asteroid

Asteroids are rocky, airless planets that orbit the sun.  Often considered in the astronomical world as more trouble than...

Unlocking the Mysteries of Space: NASA’s OSIRIS-APEX Mission

NASA has once again achieved a historic milestone in its quest to unravel the mysteries of our solar system....