Asteroid

NASA has addressed concerns about a possible asteroid hitting Earth this year. The asteroid in question is called 2007 FT3, and it was first spotted in 2007 but disappeared from sight after only a day. The National Aeronautics and Space...

A special event is soon expected in the night sky. One of the biggest and brightest stars, Betelgeuse, will briefly disappear. An asteroid named Leona will pass in front of it, creating a unique eclipse. This amazing sight will...

In the coming week, a rare space event is expected. An asteroid named 319 Leona is set to block our view of the red supergiant star Betelgeuse in the Orion constellation. Betelgeuse, usually the 10th-brightest star we see at night,...

A new scientific report says that dinosaurs' extinction 66 million years ago was caused by the dust in the aftermath of the asteroid impact that reshaped life on Earth. The cataclysmic impact in what is now Chicxulub on Mexico’s Yucatán...

A new study on asteroid mining has considered the potential and obstacles involved in taking this concept from a small-scale practice to a booming industry. The report, authored by Ian Lange at the Colorado School of Mines, highlights the potential...

Computer analysis suggests volcanic eruptions may have played a significant role in the mass extinction of dinosaurs. The findings were published in the September 29th issue of Science. According to the study, vast quantities of gas emissions released from the...

A NASA space capsule is headed to Earth, bringing important samples from asteroid Bennu

A recent study reveals that even though a massive asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period, it didn't harm the flowers much. In fact, after the asteroid hit, the flowers bloomed. About sixty-six million years...

The small town of Nordlingen in Germany is perhaps one of the most visited spots on earth by astronomists, as it is built on an asteroid crater and its buildings are filled with diamonds created by the asteroid impact. A...

A super-sized 1,312 feet long asteroid is expected to fly past the Earth on April 26th. NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) says that the asteroid, named 2006 HV5, will travel at around 38,922 mph. This is much...