There are two massive asteroids that will fly past Earth this week. Asteroid (415029) 2011 UL21 Size: Approximately 7,600 feet long Distance from Earth: It will pass by Earth at a distance of more than four million miles (over 17 times further than our moon). Visibility: Visible with small telescopes through Sunday, appearing brightest on Friday. AsteroidRead More →
Alien dust samples from the ‘most dangerous known rock in the Solar System’ have been brought to Earth. NASA safely landed the probe with the capsule containing the precious space dust in the West Desert of Utah state. The samples had been collected up from the surface of asteroid BennuRead More →
NASA mission Osiris-Rex is a NASA mission that aims to collect and return a sample from asteroid Bennu, which is believed to be a remnant of the early solar system. The mission hopes to learn more about the origins of life on Earth and the potential for asteroid mining in theRead More →