June 25, 2020 NASA is going to crash a spacecraft into a moon the size of the Great Pyramid The space object that NASA is going to slam a spacecraft into in a few years to test its planetary defense systems has finally got a new name.
June 5, 2020 Mysterious interstellar comet Borisov survived its encounter with the sun, new study says A new study notes that interstellar comet Borisov did break up after it came close to the sun, but seems likely to survive its journey through the Solar System.
June 5, 2020 Stadium-sized asteroid set to whiz past Earth, NASA says A stadium-sized asteroid is set to whiz past Earth this week.
June 1, 2020 Tunguska event may have been caused by iron asteroid that went back into space, researchers say The Tunguska event, a seismic blast that rocked a remote Siberian forest more than a century ago, is believed to have been caused by a meteor that exploded before it hit the ground. A new study sheds more light on the asteroid, noting it may have never actually hit Earth at all.
May 29, 2020 Mysterious 'active' object in Jupiter's orbit isn't so mysterious at all After originally believing the "continuously active" object in Jupiter's orbit was the first-known "Trojan asteroid" like it, scientists have issued a correction and it's just a regular comet.
May 26, 2020 Mysterious 'continuously active' object discovered in Jupiter's orbit A mysterious 'continuously active' object known as a "Trojan asteroid" has been discovered in Jupiter's orbit, making it the first known object like it.
May 22, 2020 NASA sets date to research asteroid Bennu after coronavirus pandemic caused delays After getting delayed by the coronavirus pandemic, NASA has finally picked out a date to research samples of the asteroid Bennu.
May 12, 2020 Giant meteorite impacts formed parts of moon's crust, scientists reveal New research on a sample of the moon brought back by Apollo 17 has revealed how giant meteorite impacts formed parts of the celestial satellite's crust.
April 28, 2020 Earliest evidence of death by meteorite discovered Scientists have discovered the earliest evidence of a person being killed by a meteorite.
April 14, 2020 Mysterious interstellar object 'Oumuamua gets new origin story More than two years after it was discovered, the mysterious interstellar object 'Oumuamua is getting a new origin story.
