SYFY WIRE asteroids Dinosaur-killing asteroid triggered a global tsunami with mile-high waves The asteroid was only the beginning. By Cassidy Ward 1 year ago Asteroid glass on the Moon provides a window into dino-killing impacts They are admittedly very tiny windows. By Cassidy Ward 1 year ago Tonight, NASA's DART will slam into an asteroid at 24,000 kph NASA's hoping for a DART bullseye. By Phil Plait 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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 year 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 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago New method significantly speeds up the search for dangerous asteroids THOR finds Mjölnear-Earth asteroids. By Phil Plait 1 year ago SYFY WIRE | Page 6
Dinosaur-killing asteroid triggered a global tsunami with mile-high waves The asteroid was only the beginning. By Cassidy Ward 1 year ago
Asteroid glass on the Moon provides a window into dino-killing impacts They are admittedly very tiny windows. By Cassidy Ward 1 year ago
Tonight, NASA's DART will slam into an asteroid at 24,000 kph NASA's hoping for a DART bullseye. By Phil Plait 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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 year 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 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago
New method significantly speeds up the search for dangerous asteroids THOR finds Mjölnear-Earth asteroids. By Phil Plait 1 year ago