Topic

Asteroid

Spacecraft bump changed asteroid’s orbit
The experiment pushed the asteroid pair into a slightly different orbit around the Sun.
7 March 20261 MIN READ
Life on Earth seeded from space?
Scientists believe the reason Earth has oceans, lakes and rivers is because it was hit with water-carrying asteroids 4 to 4.5 billion years ago, making it a…
14 October 20232 MIN READ
Likely asteroid debris found upon opening of returned NASA probe
After a seven-year wait, NASA scientists on Tuesday finally pried open a space probe carrying the largest asteroid samples ever brought back to Earth, finding…
27 September 20231 MIN READ
Major asteroid sample brought to Earth in NASA first
A seven-year space voyage came to its climactic end Sunday when a NASA capsule landed in the desert in the US state of Utah, carrying to Earth the largest…
25 September 20233 MIN READ
NASA slamming spacecraft into asteroid
The proof-of-concept experiment will make a reality what has before only been attempted in science fiction — notably films such as ‘Armageddon’ and ‘Don’t Look…
24 September 20223 MIN READ