NASA Mission to Search for Rare Asteroids NASA’s first mission to return a sample of an asteroid to Earth will be multitasking during its two-year outbound cruise to the asteroid Bennu.
'Impossible' Quasicrystals May Be Created by Asteroid Collisions Naturally formed quasicrystals--crystal-like solids with supposedly impossible symmetries--are among the rarest structures on Earth. Only two have ever been found.
3.5-Billion-Year-Old Asteroid Pieces Discovered in Australia Hint to a Massive Impact It is one of the largest asteroids to have slammed into Earth.
The Fate of the World May Rest in the Hands of Two Walnut-Sized Meteorites Scientists are trying to figure out how to prevent an asteroid impact.
Newly Discovered Comet May Force Astronomers to Redefine What a Comet Should Look Like A no-tail tale.
Green Flashing Meteor Spotted on Camera Over Southern California The green streak of light was visible from the Mexican border to Central California!