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The Sun Destroyed an Asteroid, Now Comes the Aftermath
What looked like a random batch of meteors may actually be the remains of a small asteroid slowly cooked apart by the Sun.
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Vera C. Rubin Observatory How Scientists Found Thousands of Asteroids Hiding in Plain Sight
A new observatory has discovered more than 11,000 new asteroids, including 33 near-Earth objects, before even reaching full operation.
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VICTOR HABBICK VISIONS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/GETTY IMAGES Why Scientists Want to Kidnap Asteroids and Drag Them Closer to Earth
A startup wants to snag a near-Earth asteroid with a giant inflatable bag, potentially making space mining real.
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Photo: VICTOR HABBICK VISIONS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Getty Images Will Astronauts One Day Be Sent to Space to Mine Asteroids?
These boys may make great astronauts, but they don’t know jack about drilling.
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Astronaut Loren J. Shriver orbiting Earth, August 1992. (Photo by Space Frontiers/Getty Images) -
Good news: If these things come too close, we can blast them out of the sky. Photo: NASA/ZUMA Press Wire Service/Shutterstock Scientists Have Finally Worked Out How to Save Earth from a Huge Asteroid
A new study has answered a question that Hollywood directors and defense specialists have been asking for decades.
