Using NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, scientists have identified 28 new asteroid families and have…
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An asteroid is a small, rocky object that orbits the Sun, primarily found in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, though they can be found throughout the solar system. Ranging in size from a few meters to hundreds of kilometers across, asteroids are remnants from the early formation of the solar system over 4.5 billion years ago. Studying these ancient space rocks provides valuable insights into planetary formation and the composition of the early solar system. Asteroids also draw scientific and public interest due to their potential impact risk to Earth and their promise as future targets for space missions and resource exploration.
NASA’s mission to bring a sample of an asteroid back to Earth is underway. OSIRIS-REx…
Asteroid 1998 QE2, which is believed to be about 1.7 miles (2.7 kilometers) in size,…
While some NASA scientists work to capture and explore an asteroid, other NASA scientists are…
NASA’s new budget proposal includes a plan to capture a small near-Earth asteroid so they…
By building an asteroid-hunting space telescope called Sentinel, the B612 Foundation aims to track down…
A new set of animated images show asteroid 2012 DA14 as it nears its record-close…
As a follow-up to yesterday’s information on Asteroid 2012 DA14 and its record close approach…
According to NASA data, a 45-meter asteroid named 2012 DA14 will make a record close…
Using the Herschel Space Observatory, scientists gathered new data on the asteroid Apophis, an asteroid…
NASA’s Goldstone radar is capturing new images of the 4.5 km asteroid Toutatis as it…
A newly published study details the mass extinction of lizards and snakes that occurred after…
A 5-mile (8-kilometer) wide and 3,000-foot (900-meter) deep asteroid impact crater has been hidden near…
Nine new radar images were taken of asteroid 2007 PA8, a near-Earth asteroid that measures…
New data from NASA’s Dawn spacecraft shows a close up of the Canuleia Crater on…
The 2012 Move an Asteroid Technical Paper Competition winner, Sung Wook Paek, a graduate student…
New data from WISE answers several questions about Jovian Trojans, asteroids that orbit the sun…
Scottish scientists have proposed to use a giant space-based dust cloud, blasted off an asteroid,…