NASA mission finds key ingredients for life in asteroid samples
"Our odds of finding life elsewhere are increasing"
Atari releases Asteroids watches for game's 45th anniversary – they're already sold out
They have a unique way of showing the time
In brief: In today's second story about asteroids – though these ones are far less threatening – Atari has released a line of limited-edition watches celebrating the iconic game's 45th birthday. They're pretty unusual and quite pricey, but the watches are already listed as sold out on the website.
An asteroid half the size of a football field has a 1-in-83 chance of hitting Earth in 2032
Asteroid 2024 YR4 could do a lot of damage
Researchers want to use pyrolysis to turn asteroids into food for long-term space exploration
Bon appétit: Deep space exploration will not be possible without access to food sources. Bringing astronauts new ration supplies from Earth will likely be impossible. However, researchers think they have solved this fundamental survival issue. Asteroids.
Scientists use explosive X-rays to test viability of nuking incoming asteroids
Spoiler alert: It works but testing on an actual asteroid might be needed
Why it matters: The concept of launching nukes into space to knock asteroids off course or destroy them completely may not sound foreign thanks to numerous sci-fi films popularizing it. But the lack of atmosphere in space nerfs nukes' power considerably, so the idea isn't so easy to pull off. Now, researchers at Sandia National Labs have come up with a new way to compensate for this shortcoming.
Fiery meteor generates energy of 10 tons of TNT, shockwaves reach ground in North Carolina
Brilliant fireball travelling 31,000 mph broke apart with force of 10 tons of TNT
Scientists learn more about the asteroid impact that killed the dinosaurs
It was likely a carbon asteroid from the outer regions of the solar system
NASA snaps images of an asteroid large enough to have a moon of its own
A mile-wide asteroid with a baby
NASA prepares for armageddon in simulated asteroid doomsday drill
How not to be extinct in 14 years seems to be the theme
Two airplane-sized asteroids will hurtle past Earth today
More are coming tomorrow and Friday
Resident Evil, SimCity, and three others enter the Video Game Hall of Fame
If you're as old as me, all of these are a blast from your past
Scientists find water on an asteroid's surface for the first time
Findings could help answer how the Earth gained its water
Pioneering study simulates using nuclear weapons for asteroid deflection
Life imitating art
Asteroid dust triggered a 15-year winter that killed the dinosaurs, researchers find
Dust particles found nearly 1,900 miles away support the theory
NASA spacecraft successfully delivers sample of asteroid to Earth
A seven-year mission
NASA's DART mission left a trail of small boulders in its wake
Confirmed by observations through the Hubble Space Telescope
A 200-foot asteroid that just missed Earth last week wasn't detected until two days later
We were blinded by the sun
A "potentially hazardous" asteroid bigger than a skyscraper reaches Earth next week
It's expected to miss us
A prototype planetary radar system captured the highest resolution images of the Moon ever
Forward-looking: Using less power than an ordinary household appliance, a team of scientists was able to capture the highest resolution images of the Moon ever. Soon, researchers will have unprecedented and very powerful tools to probe the cosmos - and catch a potentially planet-killing asteroid before it strikes Earth.
An asteroid came so close to the Earth that its orbit was permanently altered
That was close! An asteroid approximately the size of a large SUV or bigger swung around the Earth Thursday evening missing us by just over 2,000 miles. NASA said that it was one of the closest flybys of a near-Earth object in recorded history.
Space startup schedules launch to test asteroid mining and ore refining in orbit
Subsequent flights will enter deep space to study and eventually mine a nearby space rock
Asteroid Launcher lets you simulate catastrophic collisions on a global scale
In brief: "Planet killer" asteroids are an over-abused science fiction trope inspiring films, books and other entertainment products. Asteroid Launcher is a new web tool that can give you a rough idea about the level of destruction giant space rocks can bring to our tiny, fragile blue marble of a planet.
Watch NASA hit an asteroid with a spacecraft as it happened
The first-ever demonstration of a planetary defense system