Atomic Bombs Could Be Used to Destroy Dangerous Asteroids

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

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

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

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

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

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

NEOWISE Discovers First New Asteroids Since Reactivation

The spacecraft came out of hibernation in autumn 2013

Astronomers Find the First Asteroid of 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 
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