Happy Asteroid Day! Why we’re going out to space rocks before they come for us Today’s 112th anniversary of a close brush with a cosmic catastrophe serves as a teachable moment about the perils and… Read More
Don’t panic: Huge, headline-grabbing asteroid has no chance of hitting us anytime soon The bad news is that an asteroid of city-killing proportions is heading in our direction, but the good news is… Read More
White House lays out updated plan for detecting (and deflecting) killer asteroids The White House has issued an updated plan that lays out the roles played by NASA and other federal agencies… Read More
It’s Asteroid Day! Scientists look on the bright side of our cosmic shooting gallery Asteroid experts say they’re looking forward to an explosion – but not the kind of extinction-level blast that killed off the… Read More
Are asteroids leaving the spotlight? No way, say Asteroid Day activists NASA may be closing down its grand plan to study a piece of an asteroid up close, but the researchers… Read More
