Japanese space probe to begin exploring asteroid Ryugu
After a 42-month journey through space, the Japanese probe Hayabusa 2 has finally reached its destination — a rocky little cube named Ryugu, formally known as Asteroid 162173, some 200 …
Remnant of Blinding Fireball That Exploded Over Africa Recovered in Desert
Most residents of Botswana had no idea that a bright white fireball would explode in the sky on June 2. It lit up the sky as it zoomed through the …
Two asteroids zipped by Earth hours before anyone noticed
The bus-sized pieces of space debris whipped by us at relatively close range over the weekend. by Eric Mack July 11, 2018 10:21 AM PDT They almost snuck by undetected, …
There’s A Rare Meteorite To Be Found 120 Meters Under The Sea
By Tom Banse • Jun 28, 2018 On the evening of March 7, a bright flash, a tremendous boom and a rumble like an earthquake alarmed people in coastal Washington …
An “Asteroid” Discovered Last Year Just Turned Out to Be Something Way Cooler
Double the fun! MICHELLE STARR 13 JUL 2018 An asteroid discovered orbiting the Sun in December last year has revealed a fun surprise: it’s not one asteroid, but two, locked …
Space Small Asteroid Strikes Africa Just Hours After It Was Spotted
A meteor lit up the sky over Botswana, Africa, early Saturday evening. Scientists discovered the six-foot-wide asteroid just hours before it reached Earth. NASA tracks 90 percent of near-Earth objects …
‘Alien Asteroid’ Could Be Oldest Object in Our Solar System
Astronomers have been closely watching an object that travels in an orbit around our sun. Astronomers say this object — an asteroid — circles the sun in the same orbital …
First Bitcoin Billionaires Just Won Bet on Cryptocurrency Over Space Gold
Bitcoin has made billionaires out of the Winklevoss twins, thanks to a fear of astro-gold crashing the market that encouraged them to support the currency. The American entrepreneurs are perhaps most …
An asteroid big enough to destroy New York just missed Earth and even NASA didn’t notice
AN ASTEROID that had the potential to wreak havoc on Earth recently whizzed passed us and space boffins had no idea it was coming. Asteroid big enough to destroy New …
‘Potentially hazardous’ three-mile-wide asteroid to skim Earth just DAYS before Christmas
A massive asteroid is set to skim the Earth on December 16, just over a week before Christmas. With a diameter of about 3 miles, the asteroid – named 3200 …
