Hayabusa2’s 2031 Landing Plan Faces an Unexpected Asteroid Nightmare
On December 6, 2020, the Hayabusa2 spacecraft dropped off pristine samples from asteroid Ryugu in the Australian outback,…
Catastrophic disruption of asteroid 2023 CX1 and implications for planetary defence
Brown, P. G. et al. A 500-kiloton airburst over Chelyabinsk and an enhanced hazard from small impactors. Nature…
Skyscraper-sized asteroid to race past Earth at high speed
Meteorite spotted in the Southern sky Dashcam footage captures a large fireball in the sky over Lexington, South…
Here’s How to Deflect a Dangerous Asteroid Without It Totally Backfiring
In September 2022, NASA deliberately crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid, successfully altering the space rock’s trajectory. The…
Regions on Asteroid Explored by NASA’s Lucy Mission
The IAU (International Astronomical Union), an international non-governmental research organization and global naming authority for celestial objects, has…
Asteroid ice discovery may change ideas about origin of water on Earth
The parent body of near-Earth asteroid Ryugu appears to have harbored water in the form of ice for…
Late fluid flow in a primitive asteroid revealed by Lu–Hf isotopes in Ryugu
DeMeo, F. E. et al. Connecting asteroids and meteorites with visible and near-infrared spectroscopy. Icarus 380, 114971 (2022).…
China’s dual-use asteroid-collision research threatens satellites
China has unveiled its mission to impact deliberately a near-Earth asteroid by 2030 – a decisive step toward…