If, like me, you grew up in the 90s, then one of your earliest experiences of programming was probably using Logo. In Logo, you use various commands to move a

What exactly are asteroids? And what was the NEAR Shoemaker mission about?

Disassembly of the Asteroids arcade game firmware. Contribute to nmikstas/asteroids-disassembly development by creating an account on GitHub.

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We have the Zwicky Transient Facility at Palomar Observatory to thank for the detection of the strikingly named 'Ayló'chaxnim (2020 AV2). This is a large near-Earth asteroid with a claim to distinction, being the first NEO found to orbit inside the orbit of Venus. I love to explore the naming of things, and now th

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The dinosaurs went extinct by an asteroid impact many years ago. Here at NASA and around the world, there are teams of experts making sure we can actually do...

Comets and asteroids both orbit our sun, but usually reside in different parts of our solar system. And except for a few, they're different materials. The post Comets and asteroids: What's the difference? first appeared on EarthSky.

What are the Trojan asteroids? These mysterious space rocks have been gravitationally trapped in Jupiter's orbit around the Sun for billions of years and hold clues to the formation of our solar system.

Some extraordinary asteroids have "activity"—comet-like tails or envelopes of gas and dust.  NASA's Active Asteroids project announced the discovery of activity on fifteen asteroids, challenging conventional wisdom about the solar system. To find these fifteen rare objects, more than 8000 volunteers combed through 430,000 images from the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) on the Victor M. […]

Over the weekend, Starfield players began to share reports of a strange paranormal infestation. There are asteroids in …

Large asteroids and meteors, such as the Chicxulub Impactor, may change the scope of the planet. But which asteroids should we be looking out for?

Anyone can become an asteroid hunter thanks to a new program launched by astronomers at the University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. As part of the Catalina Sky Survey, the scientists created an online portal that opens their mission—the discovery and identification of space rocks that regularly visit Earth's neighborhood—to the general public.

Near-Earth Asteroids: Planetary Defense by the Numbers - February 2023

Could these space rocks help explain how water got to Earth?

NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft will smash into an asteroid in the first ever real-world planetary defence mission

The recent flyby of a small asteroid was one of the closest on record - but how many more are out there?

"You need to know what's coming, when it's coming, and how hard it's going to hit."

Amazon has listed which free games are coming to Prime Gaming in December, including Deathloop, Asteroids and Akka Arrh.

Scientists at the UArizona Lunar and Planetary Laboratory have created an online portal that allows members of the public to help discover asteroids hurtling through our solar system.