asteroid

The spacecraft will use a collection of scientific instruments to examine the asteroid and its surroundings.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026

Now, in a study published in Nature Astronomy, a team of Japanese scientists has confirmed all five nucleobases are present in this pristine asteroid material.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026

The experiment demonstrated that a spacecraft could deliberately change an asteroid's motion, an achievement with potentially enormous implications for protecting Earth from future asteroid threats.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026

To be considered for an asteroid namesake, someone must nominate you, and in Nežič's case, two people put his name forward.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

Two years later, another, somewhat larger asteroid missed us by just 90,000 miles–the closest pass yet recorded.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

The brand-new Vera C. Rubin Observatory is supposed to complete a groundbreaking “survey” of the universe, the most comprehensive catalog of its galaxies, asteroids, supernovas and black holes ever completed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

"There are now 29 asteroids which have some connection with the observatory and planetarium here in Armagh."

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

"Asteroids up to tens of meters in size are also solid rocks because they tend to spin faster than do the larger rubble pile asteroids," said Jenniskens.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

NASA’s La Cañada Flintridge-based Jet Propulsion Laboratory built this snakelike machine with the goal of one day using it to explore difficult-to-reach places on other planets, moons or asteroids.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

They pay almost no attention to all the moons and planets, asteroids and comets, quasars and pulsars, exploding galaxies, symbiotic stars, cataclysmic variables and X-ray sources that have been discovered since Ptolemy’s time.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan