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asteroid
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Curious Kids: what stops meteors hitting Earth and hurting people?
Austin Human/Unsplash Sara Webb, Swinburne University of Technology How does Earth stop meteors from hitting Earth and hurting…
May 15, 2024
Space rocks and asteroid dust are pricey, but these aren’t the most expensive materials used in science
Meteorites can get pricey, but they’re not the most expensive material. AP Photo/Thibault Camus Chris Impey, University of…
November 9, 2023
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Returns First-Ever Asteroid Samples to Earth
In a historic achievement, the United States has successfully brought samples of rocks and dust from asteroid Bennu…
September 25, 2023
How Did Plants Survive the Asteroid That Wiped Out the Dinosaurs?
Around 60% of all plant species on Earth died with the nonavian dinosaurs 65 million years ago, when…
April 28, 2023
Our Solar System is filled with asteroids that are particularly hard to destroy, new study finds
Itokawa, image taken by Hayabusa in 2005. JAXA Fred Jourdan, Curtin University and Nick Timms, Curtin University A…
February 8, 2023
Don’t look up: several asteroids are heading towards Earth – here’s how we deal with threats in real life
Could it happen? Triff/Shutterstock Monica Grady, The Open University Don’t look now – but we are currently experiencing…
December 8, 2022
The Very Best of Veritasium In Modern Sciences
Intrepid science enthusiasts from all around the world likely scour YouTube for quick and accessible science content that’s…
December 5, 2022
Astronomers have detected another ‘planet killer’ asteroid. Could we miss one coming our way?
Artist’s impression of the asteroid discovered toward the Sun. DOE/FNAL/DECam/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva/Spaceengine Steven Tingay, Curtin University If you…
December 2, 2022
A pristine chunk of space rock found within hours of hitting Earth can tell us about the birth of the Solar System
Sarah McMullan / UKFN / Global Fireball Observatory Eleanor K. Sansom, Curtin University At about 10 o’clock on…
November 29, 2022
NASA successfully shifted an asteroid’s orbit – DART spacecraft crashed into and moved Dimorphos
The Double Asteroid Redirection Test successfully changed the orbit of the small moonlet Dimorphos. NASA/Johns Hopkins APL David…
October 24, 2022