Asteroids - Page 39

June 3, 2016

Luxembourg sets aside funds for asteroid-mining push

Seeking to lead the way in Europe to promote commercial ventures in space, Luxembourg is making a small but symbolic bet on the idea of mining asteroids.

June 3, 2016

Watch this fireball light up Arizona's night sky

Streaking at a speed of about 40,200 miles per hour, an asteroid zipped across the Arizona sky on Thursday morning, lighting up the night with a fireball, triggering sonic booms, and spurring calls to the police.

June 1, 2016

Earth-buzzing asteroid worth $195 billion, space miners say

The space rock set to give Earth a historically close shave this Friday, Feb. 15, may be worth nearly $200 billion, prospective asteroid miners say.

June 1, 2016

150-foot asteroid to zoom near Earth this week

An asteroid half the size of a football field will buzz close by Earth on Friday, coming closer than many weather satellites, but there is absolutely no chance the space rock will hit the planet, NASA says.

May 17, 2016

Watch fireball flash across Maine sky

In this eerie, short video shot by a dashboard camera in a Portland, Maine police cruiser, a huge fireball drops from the sky, giving officers on duty more than they bargained for while scoping for speeders.

May 2, 2016

Exoplanet hunters made key finds in 2015

When it comes to science, exoplanets are easy to love.

May 2, 2016

Pluto, Mars water and more! The biggest space stories of 2015

The year that was 2015 swept in a significant amount of space and astronomy science.

May 2, 2016

Will an asteroid threaten Earth on Christmas Eve?

There is no substance to multiple media reports that an asteroid passing by Earth on Christmas Eve

May 2, 2016

'Spooky' Halloween asteroid may actually be a comet

The big asteroid that will zoom past Earth on Halloween may actually be a comet, NASA researchers say.

May 2, 2016

Welcome to the dark side: Comet's hidden face emerges

For a long five and a half years, Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko's southern side has been shrouded by darkness.