How To Predict and Maybe Prevent an Asteroid Strike

An impact from an asteroid could have catastrophic consequences for humanity. Meet the scientists trying to predict when big asteroids will hit and how we might prevent it. #Space #Moonshot…

Did Scientists Recover ‘Extraterrestrial Material’ from Asteroid 190 Million Miles from Earth?

It would be the world’s first sample of a gaseous material from deep space. See source

Through the eyes of a robot, scientists see an asteroid in unprecedented detail

On February 21, 2019, Japanese astronomers performed a theft that made history. A Japanese spacecraft touched down on asteroid Ryugu, quickly snatched a piece of the space rock and fled…

‘Expanse’ Season 5 star reveals why Marco Inaros is the perfect 2020 villain

The terrifying cliffhanger of The Expanse Season 4 saw Earth facing a catastrophic threat on an inconceivable scale. After enduring centuries of systemic abuse from Earth and Mars, the inhabitants…

Japan got more than it expected from its asteroid probe

Japan revealed more information about what exactly its Hayabusa2 asteroid probe captured during its mission and recently dropped off on Earth. The country’s space agency, JAXA, says that it got…

World’s First Gas Sample From Deep Space Returned With Asteroid Ryugu Material From Hayabusa2

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has confirmed that the gas collected from the sample container inside the re-entry capsule of the asteroid explorer, Hayabusa2,… The post World’s First Gas…

‘Touch-and-go’: NASA probe aims for daring ‘high five’ with asteroid

The mission will see the OSIRIS-REx land on a 52-foot diameter site inside what is thought to be a well-preserved crater on the #asteroid #Bennu. For up to 10 seconds,…