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Asteroids September 10, 2020

Baffling interstellar object 'Oumuamua could be a 'dust bunny'

A new study now suggests 'Oumuamua might be something very common on Earth: a cosmic "dust bunny."

Asteroids September 8, 2020

'Potentially hazardous' asteroid wider than two football fields set to fly past Earth next week

An asteroid wider than two professional football fields is set to fly safely past Earth on Sept. 14, according to NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies.

Asteroids August 31, 2020

Asteroid wider than basketball court to fly past Earth, NASA says

An asteroid wider than a basketball court is expected to fly past Earth tomorrow, but it will not pose a threat, NASA says.

Asteroids August 19, 2020

Pickup truck-sized asteroid flew within 2K miles of Earth on Sunday and NASA didn't see it

NASA may have updated its plan to protect the planet from asteroid strikes, but a space rock the size of a pickup truck zipped past the planet at a distance of approximately 1,830 miles on Sunday, the closest ever recorded. And the space agency didn't see it until after it happened.

Astronomy August 11, 2020

Perseid meteor shower on deck: What you need to know

Stargazers are in for a treat early Wednesday when the annual Perseid meteor shower reaches its peak.

Asteroids July 21, 2020

62-mile space rock caused massive asteroid shower that hit Earth, moon 800M years ago, study says

Eight hundred million years ago, a 62-mile-wide asteroid broke apart and sent 110 trillion pounds of meteorites crashing into the moon and the Earth, according to a new study.

AIR AND SPACE July 17, 2020

A man digs up boulder in his garden, not realizing that it was a historic meteorite

A rock discovered in a garden in Germany has been confirmed as the largest stony meteorite ever found in the country.

Dinosaurs June 30, 2020

Dinosaurs were definitely killed by asteroid and not volcano, new study says

If there was any doubt that the dinosaurs went extinct due to the massive asteroid that hit Earth 65 million years ago, a new study hopes to put the controversy to bed.

Asteroids June 25, 2020

NASA is going to crash a spacecraft into a moon the size of the Great Pyramid

The space object that NASA is going to slam a spacecraft into in a few years to test its planetary defense systems has finally got a new name.

Asteroids June 5, 2020

Mysterious interstellar comet Borisov survived its encounter with the sun, new study says

A new study notes that interstellar comet Borisov did break up after it came close to the sun, but seems likely to survive its journey through the Solar System.

Asteroids June 5, 2020

Stadium-sized asteroid set to whiz past Earth, NASA says

A stadium-sized asteroid is set to whiz past Earth this week.