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- The Crowdfunding Campaign to Build a Nuclear Asteroid-Blasting Spaceship http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-crowdfunding-campaign-to-build-a-nuclear-asteroid-blasting-spaceship 3 comments technology
- Woke up from nap. Thought I read an article from the future: Is Space Big Enough for Two Asteroid-Mining Companies? http://news.yahoo.com/space-big-enough-two-asteroid-mining-companies-212904493.html 17 comments science
- Asteroid 2023 BU to fly past Earth at 0.03 LD on January 26 - fourth closest on record https://watchers.news/2023/01/22/asteroid-2023-bu-to-fly-past-earth-at-0-03-ld-on-january-26-fourth-closest-on-record/ 12 comments space
- Asteroid half the size of a giraffe strikes Earth https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10610491/Asteroid-half-size-giraffe-strikes-Earth-coast-Iceland.html?ito=social-twitter_mailonline 103 comments worldnews
- NASA launches first space probe to study Jupiter's Trojan asteroids https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/nasa-launch-first-space-probe-study-jupiters-trojan-asteroids-2021-10-16/ 17 comments technology
- Scientists find Organic matter and water from asteroid ☄️ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-84517-x?utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=commission_junction&utm_campaign=3_nsn6445_deeplink_pid100032693&utm_content=deeplink&from=article_link 12 comments worldnews
- What to do if a 'planet-killer' asteroid takes aim at Earth https://www.livescience.com/how-to-stop-asteroid-from-hitting-earth.html 8 comments science
- Asteroid That's Nearly the Height of the World's Tallest Building Is Flying by Earth Soon https://www.space.com/asteroid-flyby-september-2019.html 6 comments space
- 1999 KW4: ‘Potentially Hazardous’ Asteroid Nearly a Mile Wide With Its Own Tiny Moon to Whiz by Earth This Weekend https://www.newsweek.com/1999-kw4-asteroid-tiny-moon-close-approach-earth-weekend-1435071?amp=1 17 comments worldnews
- Asteroid so large it has its own moon set to whizz by Earth this weekend https://www.rt.com/news/460244-asteroid-close-earth-flyby-may/ 16 comments worldnews
- Japan succeeds in creating world's 1st man-made crater on asteroid https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190425/p2g/00m/0dm/095000c 7 comments nottheonion
- Japan spacecraft drops explosive on asteroid to make crater https://apnews.com/2dd46c807e13486c9f658ec74776ce52 3 comments space
- An unusually big asteroid will soon pass closer to Earth than the moon https://www.cnet.com/news/unusually-big-asteroid-will-soon-pass-closer-to-earth-than-the-moon/?ftag=cos-05-10aaa1e 10 comments space
- A Japanese spacecraft landed on an asteroid and fired a bullet into it. Here's why. https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/japanese-spacecraft-will-fire-bullet-asteroid-thursday-here-s-why-ncna973806 6 comments nottheonion
- Despite boiling temperatures, Mercury manages to maintain stable glaciers. According to new research, the glaciers, which are up to 160 feet (50 m) thick and 50 million years old, formed when free-floating water ice from comet and asteroid impacts settled in deep craters on the planet's night side. http://www.astronomy.com/news/2019/01/exploring-glaciers-on-mercury-a-planet-plagued-by-boiling-temperatures 9 comments science
- Japanese Space Probe Hayabusa 2 Ready to Begin Exploring Asteroid Ryugu - Stardom http://www.stardomspace.com/japanese-space-probe-hayabusa-2-ready-to-begin-exploring-asteroid-ryugu/ 4 comments space
- Japan Space Explorer Arrives at Asteroid to Collect Samples https://www.voanews.com/a/japan-space-explorer-arrives-at-asteroid-to-collect-samples/4456403.html 30 comments space
- Asteroids and comets provide Mars with 30% of its organic material. http://www.astronomy.com/news/2018/03/comets-and-asteroids-shower-mars-with-organics 5 comments worldnews
- A Bus-Size Asteroid Will Whiz by Earth Friday https://www.space.com/39845-bus-size-asteroid-2018-dv1-earth-flyby.html 22 comments space
- This asteroid traveled millions of light years, I’m wondering what he might have 'seen' on his journey. https://www.theverge.com/2017/11/20/16679890/interstellar-asteroid-oumuamua-pan-starrs-solar-system 5 comments space
- Ancient, massive asteroid impact could explain Martian geological mysteries https://phys.org/news/2017-07-ancient-massive-asteroid-impact-martian.html 3 comments space
- NASA plans mission to a metal-rich asteroid worth quadrillions http://globalnews.ca/news/3175097/nasa-plans-mission-to-a-metal-rich-asteroid-worth-quadrillions/ 101 comments technology
- Despite the promise/threat of asteroids we know very little about their interior https://theconversation.com/extinction-alert-saving-the-world-from-a-deadly-asteroid-impact-63936 4 comments science
- ‘Trickle of food’ helped deep sea creatures survive asteroid strike that wiped out the dinosaurs https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160414081843.htm 51 comments science
- Astronomers discovered unexpected activity on an asteroid https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/03/astronomers-have-discovered-unexpected-activity-on-an-asteroid 3 comments space
- Comets, not asteroids, pose the real danger to Earth, study says http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1113411668/forget-asteroids-comets-pose-the-real-danger-to-earth-122615/ 58 comments science
- Fresh evidence for how water reached Earth found in asteroid debris http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/05/150507082720.htm 136 comments science
- All known planets, moons, and asteroids in our solar system side by side http://kokogiak.com/solarsystembodieslargerthan200miles.html 11 comments space
- Japan to Launch Asteroid Lander Tonight: Watch It Live http://www.space.com/27885-japan-asteroid-spacecraft-launch-webcast.html 17 comments worldnews
- U.S. Says it Needs Nukes to Defend Against Asteroids http://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/u-s-says-it-needs-nukes-defend-against-asteroids-n216011 54 comments nottheonion
- Nasa's Asteroid Watch Twitter taken offline by US government shutdown | Technology http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/oct/01/nasa-asteroid-watch-twitter-government-shutdown 18 comments technology
- Giant asteroid to pass Earth today http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/05/31/giant-asteroid-flyby-sets-off-study/2374971/ 7 comments science
- Obama: NASA should capture asteroid, place it in orbit around the moon http://thespacereporter.com/2013/04/president-obama-nasa-should-capture-asteroid-place-it-in-orbit-around-the-moon/ 479 comments space
- The 13-story-size asteroid scheduled to pass within 17,100 miles of Earth today. http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2013/02/asteroid-2012-da14-first-images-of-space-rock-approaching-earth/ 379 comments science
- Don Quijote Concept: An Asteroid Deflection Precursor Mission Concept. http://www.esa.int/esami/neo/semzrznvgje_0.html 4 comments space
- Asteroid Threat: Sizing Up Earth's Vulnerability to Space Rock Strikes http://news.yahoo.com/asteroid-threat-sizing-earths-vulnerability-space-rock-strikes-112749440.html 8 comments science
- NASA to lead global asteroid response http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=nasa-to-lead-global-asteroid-r 6 comments space
- Maybe an Asteroid Didn't Kill the Dinosaurs - TIME http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1894225,00.html?imw=y 10 comments science
- Giant Asteroid Flattened Half of Mars http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=giant-asteroid-flattened 32 comments science