MIT Technology ReviewAsteroids A capsule carrying asteroid rocks has successfully landed on Earth MIT Technology Review - Charlotte Jee They should teach us about how the solar system formed. The news: A capsule containing the first rock samples from the asteroid Ryugu returned to …
Fox NewsScience 62-mile space rock caused massive asteroid shower that hit Earth, moon 800M years ago, study says verified_publisherFox News - Chris CiacciaEight hundred million years ago, a 62-mile-wide asteroid broke apart and sent 110 trillion pounds of meteorites crashing into the moon and the Earth, according to a new study. As part of the asteroid the...
The VergeAsteroids Japan confirms its asteroid mission returned samples of space rocks verified_publisherThe Verge - Loren GrushThis morning, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, confirmed that its mission to return samples of an asteroid to Earth did indeed bring home some space rocks. Engineers at the agency found...
Asteroids Japan may extend Hayabusa2 asteroid mission to visit 2nd space rock space.com - Meghan Bartels Japan's Hayabusa2 mission is headed home from an asteroid called Ryugu, carrying a very special delivery of space rock, but Earth may not be the …
New York PostAsteroids SUV-size asteroid just flew by Earth closer than any known space rock New York Post - By Kenneth Garger An asteroid the size of an SUV flew closer to the Earth than any other space rock on record Sunday morning — but luckily did not make impact with the …
Asteroids Asteroid shower rained space rocks on Earth and the moon 800 million years ago space.com - Charles Q. Choi An asteroid shower thought to have struck the moon and Earth 800 million years ago may have helped trigger Earth's greatest ice ages, a new study …
Asteroids NASA's about to scoop up some asteroid dirt on the space rock Bennu. Scientists are thrilled. space.com - Meghan Bartels NASA will touch a space rock tomorrow (Oct. 20) in a milestone event for what the agency considers a crucial field of study: asteroid science. The …
Live ScienceAsteroids A car-sized asteroid made the closest Earth flyby a space rock has ever survived Live Science - Chelsea Gohd A newly discovered car-sized asteroid just made the closest-known flyby to Earth without hitting our planet. On Sunday (Aug. 16), the asteroid, …
EuronewsOSIRIS-REx US spacecraft touches surface of asteroid in mission to grab rock sample verified_publisherEuronews A NASA spacecraft successfully made a brief stop on an asteroid 200 million miles from Earth to collect a sample from its surface, officials have …
