A group of comets with unexplained movements presents a quandary D avide Farnocchia hunts down and tracks asteroids, and ...

The heat pulse created by falling debris from the strike ... our solar system’s formation that was pulled onto a collision course with Earth in the most catastrophic million-to-one shot of ...

Imagine a creature that watched dinosaurs rise and fall, endured the shattering impact of asteroids, and quietly survived as ...

Not to bring to Earth, but to use in space.” Planetary Resources is a few years from launching its first prospecting satellite, which will scout for water on nearby asteroids. And Lewicki ...

Earth’s meteorite collection just got called out for being a little biased—and what’s more, a team of astronomers pinpointed exactly why that bias occurs. Carbonaceous asteroids are all over ...

Of all the asteroids that become meteoroids by striking Earth's surface, only 4% contain abundant carbon. But scientists know carbon-rich asteroids are commonplace in the cosmos—they just don't ...

which will be the first spacecraft specifically designed to look for asteroids and comets that pose a hazard to Earth. The mission is expected to launch in the fall of 2027, and the data it ...

Asteroids are remnants from the formation of the solar system about 4.6 billion years ago. Most orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter in the main asteroid belt, though some, called Near-Earth ...

Water did not come to Earth from asteroids – it was already here ... of the asteroid itself rather than later contamination from falling on to the planet. Dr James Bryson, an associate professor ...