An asteroid as big as a skyscraper will pass within 1.7m miles (2.7mkm) of Earth on Friday. Don’t worry: there’s no chance of it hitting…
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The alien hunter: has Harvard’s Avi Loeb found proof of extraterrestrial life?
Avi Loeb has a chip on his shoulder. For years, the Harvard astrophysicist has been trying to find aliens. He’s in the middle of trying…
View More The alien hunter: has Harvard’s Avi Loeb found proof of extraterrestrial life?Mini moon: Nasa spacecraft discovers asteroid orbited by its own tiny satellite
You could call it a “mini moon”. In one of the smallest, but still exciting, discoveries by Nasa in recent years, a spacecraft visiting a…
View More Mini moon: Nasa spacecraft discovers asteroid orbited by its own tiny satellite‘Like a dream’: successful return of Nasa capsule with asteroid sample hailed
Sitting isolated in the arid landscape of the Utah desert, its orange and white parachute cast aside, the Osiris-Rex capsule was a picture of stillness.…
View More ‘Like a dream’: successful return of Nasa capsule with asteroid sample hailedQueen guitarist and astrophysicist Brian May to release 3D atlas of asteroid
A new book on the world’s first complete atlas of an asteroid is set to be released by University of Arizona planetary science expert Dante…
View More Queen guitarist and astrophysicist Brian May to release 3D atlas of asteroid‘City killer’ asteroid to pass harmlessly between Earth and moon
An asteroid big enough to wipe out a city will pass harmlessly between Earth and the moon’s orbit this weekend, missing both, while providing scientists…
View More ‘City killer’ asteroid to pass harmlessly between Earth and moonFragments of ‘Valentine’s fireball’ meteorite fall in southern Italy
Residents of southern Italy’s picturesque and ancient “city of stone” have been gripped by another rocky phenomenon after a meteorite crash-landed on the balcony of…
View More Fragments of ‘Valentine’s fireball’ meteorite fall in southern ItalyAsteroid lights up sky over Channel creating shooting star effect
An asteroid has lit up the sky over the Channel in the early morning after scientists accurately predicted its strike – only the seventh time…
View More Asteroid lights up sky over Channel creating shooting star effectAbove and beyond: key events in 2022 that shaped space exploration
The year has been a blast in space exploration, from Nasa’s big step in returning to moon missions, to glimpses at the origins of the…
View More Above and beyond: key events in 2022 that shaped space explorationHuge ‘planet killer’ asteroid discovered – and it’s heading our way
Astronomers say they have discovered the largest planet killer-sized asteroid in eight years, and that the huge space rock will cross Earth’s orbit. The asteroid,…
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