Medicine & TechnologyAsteroid 2024 BX1 was observed to have a spinning speed of 2.6 seconds, overtaking the prevous record-holding asteroid. Read to learn more.
An international team of citizen scientists detected a group of previously unknown asteroids in Hubble’s archival data. Learn more about it in this article.
A 2,000-foot-wide asteroid has just made its closest approach to our planet. Over the next three nights, it can be seen with a backyard telescope. Read this article to learn more.
NASA's DART mission struck asteroid Dimorphos, unveiling its weak, rubble pile structure, challenging Hera's expectations for craters. Continue reading to learn more details.
Unseen moonlet may sustain rings around Chariklo, the largest Centaur, shedding light on the comet-like object between Jupiter and Neptune. Read the article to learn more.
A research suggests that asteroid strikes may have set off global freezes which covered the ancient Earth in ice for thousands or even millions of years. Check this article to learn more.
The recent discovery of a new "chicken from hell" species challenges the notion of dinosaurs heading towards extinction before the asteroid impact. Read the article to learn more details.
A 'potentially hazardous' asteroid, as big as a football stadium, will pass Earth at 1,770,000 miles on Friday, February 2. Read the article to learn more details.