Scientists plan to bury into an asteroid and blow it up to save Earth
(AFP/Getty) Scientists have suggested burying a nuclear bomb inside of an asteroid to help save us from destruction.…
Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Is 12 Billion Years Old, Almost Three Times Older Than the Solar System
Credit: ESA. One year ago, on July 1 2025, astronomers discovered a fascinating new object moving through the…
Asteroid Donaldjohanson is Wobbly, Peanut-Shaped Object with Watery Past, Scientists Say
The main-belt asteroid Donaldjohanson, a heavily cratered fragment born from a catastrophic breakup 155 million years ago, appears…
Chinese university-led mission to study asteroid Apophis during close encounter with Earth
PADUA, Italy — A spacecraft developed by Tsinghua University is set to join international missions to study the…
NASA: Asteroid the size of 38 Menachem Mendel Schneersons to pass Earth Thursday
An asteroid around the size of 38 Lubavitcher Rebbes is set to pass the Earth on Thursday, June…
Eternal ‘star’: asteroid named after firefighter killed in Hong Kong blaze
An asteroid discovered by a Hong Kong-born astronomer has been named after a firefighter who died in the…
Quantifying Surface Heterogeneity Across Asteroid (101955) Bennu using Candidate Site Remote Sensing Data
Locations of the four candidate sites across a 2D map projection of Bennu’s surface captured by the OSIRIS-REx…
Ancient Crater Lakes May Have Provided Ideal Conditions for Earth’s Earliest Oxygen-Breathing Life
Researchers have discovered stromatolites — layered structures formed by microbial communities — inside a 42,000-year-old asteroid crater in…
See Boeing 737-Sized Asteroid Pass Much Closer Than The Moon Tonight
When at its closest at 4:16 p.m. EDT (20:16 UTC) on June 27, 2011 UL21 will be one…
NASA: Asteroid to pass Earth within 176 Bulgarias after Eurovision
An asteroid is set to fly within 176 Bulgarias of the Earth on Monday, May 18, according to…
Dante’s Inferno May Secretly Be About a Planet-Destroying Asteroid Strike
Researchers now believe Dante’s Inferno may describe a massive asteroid-style impact hidden beneath its religious symbolism. Credit: Hernan…
Newly Discovered Asteroid 2026 JH2 To Make Very Close Flyby Of Earth
Newly discovered asteroid 2026 JH2 will safely pass just 90,000 km above Earth on 18 May, offering astronomers…