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There's a slim chance an asteroid named for the Egyptian God of Chaos might bump Earth In 2068

Jeff Spry

Nov 12, 2020

Is our Moon’s long-lost twin stalking Mars?

Elizabeth Rayne

Nov 7, 2020

Oreo built a doomsday vault to protect cookies from an asteroid. No, we're not kidding.

Jeff Spry

Oct 28, 2020

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: OSIRIS-REx

BOOP! NASA spacecraft OSIRIS-REx pokes an asteroid and collects the debris

Phil Plait

Oct 22, 2020

Debris from the surface of the asteroid Bennu blows away under the influence of nitrogen gas jets from the OSIRIS-REx TAGSAM device. Some of this material was collected and will be returned to Earth in 2023. Credit: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: OSIRIS-REx

Tag: Bad Astronomy

No, an asteroid is not likely to hit Earth the day before the election

Phil Plait

Oct 20, 2020

… and I feel fine. Credit: Dean Reeves, used by permission

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

No, we're not in any danger from an asteroid passing Earth on Saturday night

Phil Plait

Jun 5, 2020

Illustration of a near-Earth asteroid, created using actual space images of Earth and the asteroid Mathilde. Credit: Earth: ESA/Rosetta; asteroid Mathilde: NASA/NEAR

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

The Earth has a new minimoon! But not for long…

Phil Plait

Feb 27, 2020

The path (in green) of the “minimoon” 2020 CD3, a small asteroid that has orbited the Earth since 2017.

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Whack 'em or nuke 'em: How to deflect a killer asteroid

Phil Plait

Nov 20, 2019

Artwork depicting NASA's Deep Impact mission, which slammed a 370-kilogram copper slug into the comet Tempel 1, to test the concept of pushing dangerous space rocks into safe orbits. Credit: NASA

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Hayabusa2 is leaving the asteroid Ryugu and heading back to Earth

Phil Plait

Nov 14, 2019

Artwork showing Hayabusa2 arriving at the tiny asteroid Ryugu. Credit: Akihiro Ikeshita

Tag: Bad Astronomy

NASA is going to perform an 'autopsy' on a dead planet

Elizabeth Rayne

Jun 17, 2019

NASA Psyche mission

There’s an asteroid coming Deep Impact-levels of close to Earth

Elizabeth Rayne

May 3, 2019

Yes, Japan just bombed an asteroid

Elizabeth Rayne

Apr 5, 2019

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

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Tag: Bad Astronomy

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

Phil Plait

Feb 18, 2019

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

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