- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 14th, 2014
Atomic Bombs Could Be Used to Destroy Dangerous Asteroids
These weapons could help us avoid the fate of dinosaurs
- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 12th, 2014
Largest Extinction Event Occurred Nearly Instantaneously
Geologists refine estimates on the time it took for most life forms to die
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 8th, 2014
Asteroids Have Highly-Varied Internal Structures
Advanced ESO telescope is the first to make this discovery
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 1st, 2014
Space Agencies Working Together to Protect Us from Asteroids
United Nations mandates the establishment of an international collaboration
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- January 31st, 2014
Rogue Asteroids Are Very Common in the Solar System
The conclusion belongs to a new scientific investigation
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- January 30th, 2014
Inner Asteroid Belt Is a Melting Pot of Celestial Bodies
Study shows it contains objects from all over the solar system
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- January 8th, 2014
NEOWISE Discovers First New Asteroids Since Reactivation
The spacecraft came out of hibernation in autumn 2013
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- January 3rd, 2014
Astronomers Find the First Asteroid of 2014
The discovery was made while celebrations were still under way
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- December 13th, 2013
Asteroid Tracks Surround Helix Nebula in New WISE Image
The asteroids and the nebula are located very far apart from each other
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- December 11th, 2013
Sample-Return Mission OSIRIS-REx 999 Days from Launch
The spacecraft will bring back samples from an asteroid in 2023
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 22nd, 2013
Crowdsourcing Effort for Asteroid Mining Underway
Planetary Resources Inc. signs new agreement with NASA
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 19th, 2013
Passing by Mars Can Change the Way Asteroids Look
Previously, this effect was only thought to occur around Earth
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 7th, 2013
Earth Under Threat from Asteroids in the Flora Group
New study assesses how often our planet may be hit in the future
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 7th, 2013
Theory on How Vesta Formed Turned on Its Head by New Study
Dawn discovered that the asteroid's history may be very complicated
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 1st, 2013
Impact Craters May Harbor the Origin of Life
New study suggests life may have also developed on Mars long ago
- Games
- By Andrei Dobra
- January 21st, 2013
Iconic Publisher Atari Files for Bankruptcy
The company might be forced to sell all of its properties, including Pong or Asteroids
- Space
- By Lucian Parfeni
- October 16th, 2012
Jupiter's Trojans Are Dark Red, Circle the Sun Along with the Planet
The Trojan asteroids share Jupiter's orbit, either in front or behind the planet