June 30, 2017 Asteroid Day 2017 - rogue comets and diverting them from Planet Earth The last day of June is an international recognition of Asteroid Day, a global, public discussion of the hazards posed to Earth and our civilization by asteroid and comet impacts.
June 30, 2017 Asteroid Day rocks: Here are some of the cool events happening worldwide Today is Asteroid Day, when colleges, museums and observatories across the globe are striving to raise awareness about the wonders and potential dangers of asteroids.
June 30, 2017 NASA just showed off how it would help save the planet from 'possible life-threatening' asteroids NASA has released video and simulations of how it would try to save the planet if a "life-threatening asteroid" were on course to collide with the Earth.
June 28, 2017 Scientists 'can't rule out' collision with asteroid flying by Earth in 2029 Asteroids are one of the most serious threats to life as we know it, but scientists and skywatchers have gotten pretty good at predicting exactly when and where the dangerous rocks will appear, and how close they're going to come to our planet.
June 23, 2017 Is an asteroid about to hit Earth? Making sense of life in a hostile universe This Saturday at roughly 2:38 AM Eastern Time an asteroid bigger than a football stadium will whiz past Earth at 28,000 miles per hour and almost certainly not hit us.
June 23, 2017 Earth could be hit by surprise asteroid strike, expert warns An astrophysicist has warned that Earth could be hit with a surprise asteroid strike, according to news reports.
June 5, 2017 Huge, deep hole on Mars leaves scientists baffled A depression huge and deep on Mars has left astronomers baffled.
May 23, 2017 China plans asteroid base for interstellar travel and mining In an effort to mine precious metals worth potentially trillions of dollars and aid interstellar travel, China has plans to build a base on an asteroid, likely to happen "in the near future."
April 19, 2017 NASA has stunning video of a giant asteroid that's set to whiz past Earth NASA has released radar images of the asteroid known as 2014 JO25, as the space rock prepares to fly by Earth on Wednesday night.
