SYFY WIRE Explore The LatestMoviesTVGamesComicsInterviewsBad Astronomy All Posts Tagged asteroids Tonight, NASA's DART will slam into an asteroid at 24,000 kph NASA's hoping for a DART bullseye. By Phil Plait | 21 hours 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 | 2 weeks ago Dinosaurs might have been double tapped by not one but two asteroids Sometimes the universe kicks you when you're down. By Cassidy Ward | 4 weeks 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 | 1 month ago Sunlight forces tiny asteroids to get rid of their dust bunnies Small asteroid surfaces are dustless, possibly because they're zapped by UV light. By Phil Plait | 1 month ago The best shielding against small meteorite impacts? Cover yourself in rubble Bennu has a natural force field to protect it: Crumbly rocks. By Phil Plait | 2 months ago Ryugu was born an asteroid, became a comet, and died an asteroid Asteroid dates to just after the formation of the solar system itself. By Phil Plait | 3 months ago New method significantly speeds up the search for dangerous asteroids THOR finds Mjölnear-Earth asteroids. By Phil Plait | 3 months ago Electrostatic repulsion may be lofting small rocks off the asteroid Bennu The tiny asteroid is spitting rocks into space. By Phil Plait | 4 months ago No, asteroid 2009 JF1 is not going to hit Earth this Friday It’s not “pyramid sized,” either. By Phil Plait | 4 months ago Load More
Tonight, NASA's DART will slam into an asteroid at 24,000 kph NASA's hoping for a DART bullseye. By Phil Plait | 21 hours 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 | 2 weeks ago
Dinosaurs might have been double tapped by not one but two asteroids Sometimes the universe kicks you when you're down. By Cassidy Ward | 4 weeks 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 | 1 month ago
Sunlight forces tiny asteroids to get rid of their dust bunnies Small asteroid surfaces are dustless, possibly because they're zapped by UV light. By Phil Plait | 1 month ago
The best shielding against small meteorite impacts? Cover yourself in rubble Bennu has a natural force field to protect it: Crumbly rocks. By Phil Plait | 2 months ago
Ryugu was born an asteroid, became a comet, and died an asteroid Asteroid dates to just after the formation of the solar system itself. By Phil Plait | 3 months ago
New method significantly speeds up the search for dangerous asteroids THOR finds Mjölnear-Earth asteroids. By Phil Plait | 3 months ago
Electrostatic repulsion may be lofting small rocks off the asteroid Bennu The tiny asteroid is spitting rocks into space. By Phil Plait | 4 months ago
No, asteroid 2009 JF1 is not going to hit Earth this Friday It’s not “pyramid sized,” either. By Phil Plait | 4 months ago
