Asteroid

Related tags

Yes, Japan just bombed an asteroid

Elizabeth Rayne

Apr 5, 2019

1

JAXA's Hayabusa2 spacecraft bombing a crater into the asteroid Ryugu

We’re more doomed than we thought if an asteroid comes for us

Elizabeth Rayne

Mar 7, 2019

11

GettyImages-648792726

Tag: Bad Astronomy

No, 'Oumuamua is not an alien spaceship. It might be even weirder.

Phil Plait

Feb 18, 2019

47

Artwork depicting what ‘Oumuamua might look like; observations indicate it’s highly elongated. But where did it come from? Credit: ESO / M. Kornmesser

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Could smashing a spacecraft into an asteroid save humanity in the near future?

Elizabeth Rayne

Jan 3, 2019

2

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: spiral galaxy

A weirdly gorgeous galaxy and an interplanetary interloper

Phil Plait

Dec 28, 2018

3

An image of the galaxy NGC 3981 has an interloper: An asteroid passing between us and it, streaked due to the long exposure and colored due to different filters being used. Credit: ESO

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: spiral galaxy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Deep freeze impact: Scientists find a *huge* asteroid impact crater under Greenland’s ice

Phil Plait

Nov 14, 2018

6

Incoming! Somewhat fanciful artwork depicting the asteroid responsible for the Hiawatha impact crater asteroid breaking up high above the Earth before slamming into Greenland. Credit: Natural History Museum of Denmark, Cryospheric Sciences Lab, NASA/GSFC

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Hayabusa 2

Another robot lands on Ryugu

Phil Plait

Oct 8, 2018

3

An image from the MASCOT lander as it headed down to the asteroid Ryugu. Note the shadow of the lander to the lower left (this is reversed from the original image to get light source coming from above, so rocks don’t look like pits). Credit: JAXA/DLR/CNES

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Hayabusa 2

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Video from an asteroid’s surface!

Phil Plait

Oct 1, 2018

7

hayabusa2_ryugu_hiresimage_hero

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Robots are now hopping around on the surface of an asteroid

Phil Plait

Sep 24, 2018

8

An image caught mid-bounce of the MINERVAII-1 A rover showing the surface of the asteroid Ryugu (left) and a reflection of sunlight (right). Credit: JAXA

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

A bright meteor over Greenland didn't spark nuclear war. [Phew]

Phil Plait

Aug 3, 2018

7

The Chelyabinsk, Russia fireball on Feb. 15, 2013, seen from a dashboard camera. Credit: Евгений Славенков via YouTube

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Ryugu, front to back

Phil Plait

Jul 16, 2018

2

The asteroid Ryugu from 20 kilometers away. Credit: JAXA, University of Tokyo, Kochi University, Rikkyo University, Nagoya University, Chiba Institute of Technology, Meiji University, University of Aizu and AIST

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Incredible image of the protoplanet Vesta taken from Earth

Phil Plait

Jul 6, 2018

4

The protoplanet Vesta, imaged by the amazing ZIMPOL camera on the Very Large Telescope. Credit: ESO/L. Jorda et al., P. Vernazza et al.

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Dawn is now barnstorming Ceres and seeing wonders

Phil Plait

Jul 3, 2018

1

Occator crater, a 92-kilometer-wide impact feature on Ceres, is covered in mineral deposits dredged up from the interior. Cerealia Facula is arrowed (left) as well as Vinalia Faculae (right). Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA/PSI / Phil Plait

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

What would it be like to stand on the surface of Ryugu?

Phil Plait

Jun 29, 2018

10

The small (<1 km wide) asteroid Ryugu, seen by the Hayabusa 2spacecraft when they were separated by 40 km. Credit: JAXA

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

So, 'Oumuamua is likely a comet after all

Phil Plait

Jun 28, 2018

6

‘Oumuamua, the first object ever seen passing through our solar system from interstellar space, is shown in this artwork to be faintly outgassing as the Sun warms its ice. Credit: ESA/Hubble, NASA, ESO, M. Kornmesser

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Movies

TV

Comics

Videos

Top 10

© 2019. All rights reserved

Apps & Tech Blog SYFY App Sci Fi Magazine Shop Viewer’s Voice Privacy Terms Sitemap AdChoices

Facebook Twitter YouTube