SYFY WIRE Explore The LatestMoviesTVGamesComicsInterviews All Posts Tagged asteroid impact The astronomical community accurately predicted an asteroid impact It's better if we find them before they find us. By Cassidy Ward | 4 months ago Boom! DART changed the orbit of asteroid Dimorphos even more than we'd hoped Apparently DART didn't know its own strength. By Cassidy Ward | 5 months ago Tonight, NASA's DART will slam into an asteroid at 24,000 kph NASA's hoping for a DART bullseye. By Phil Plait | 6 months ago Whoop whoop whoop! NASA InSight 'hears' an asteroid impact on Mars Four separate impacts detected by the NASA lander. By Phil Plait | 6 months ago A new way to find old impact craters: Look at the burned plants Apocalyptic asteroid impacts burn everything around them, which helps ID them. By Phil Plait | 6 months ago Meteorites from a 2008 asteroid impact came from the space rock’s backside Debris pattern reveals how asteroid 2008 TC3 broke apart. By Phil Plait | 7 months ago New method significantly speeds up the search for dangerous asteroids THOR finds Mjölnear-Earth asteroids. By Phil Plait | 9 months ago JWST mirror hit by micrometeoroid, but NASA says damage is minimal NASA’s huge telescope was hit by a tiny space rock late last month. By Phil Plait | 9 months ago No, asteroid 2009 JF1 is not going to hit Earth this Friday It’s not “pyramid sized,” either. By Phil Plait | 11 months ago UPDATE: So, about that 'young' asteroid impact crater in Greenland... it's actually old. Really old. Huge crater under the ice is 60 million years old. By Phil Plait | 1 year ago Load More
The astronomical community accurately predicted an asteroid impact It's better if we find them before they find us. By Cassidy Ward | 4 months ago
Boom! DART changed the orbit of asteroid Dimorphos even more than we'd hoped Apparently DART didn't know its own strength. By Cassidy Ward | 5 months ago
Tonight, NASA's DART will slam into an asteroid at 24,000 kph NASA's hoping for a DART bullseye. By Phil Plait | 6 months ago
Whoop whoop whoop! NASA InSight 'hears' an asteroid impact on Mars Four separate impacts detected by the NASA lander. By Phil Plait | 6 months ago
A new way to find old impact craters: Look at the burned plants Apocalyptic asteroid impacts burn everything around them, which helps ID them. By Phil Plait | 6 months ago
Meteorites from a 2008 asteroid impact came from the space rock’s backside Debris pattern reveals how asteroid 2008 TC3 broke apart. By Phil Plait | 7 months ago
New method significantly speeds up the search for dangerous asteroids THOR finds Mjölnear-Earth asteroids. By Phil Plait | 9 months ago
JWST mirror hit by micrometeoroid, but NASA says damage is minimal NASA’s huge telescope was hit by a tiny space rock late last month. By Phil Plait | 9 months ago
No, asteroid 2009 JF1 is not going to hit Earth this Friday It’s not “pyramid sized,” either. By Phil Plait | 11 months ago
UPDATE: So, about that 'young' asteroid impact crater in Greenland... it's actually old. Really old. Huge crater under the ice is 60 million years old. By Phil Plait | 1 year ago
