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Asteroids are rocky objects that move around a solar system. They are often too small to be considered planets, and are more often considered minor planets. Asteroids orbit the sun, but not in the characteristic "disc" orbit that regular planets do.
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FEB 03, 2019Space & Astronomy
There’s no shortage of space junk encircling our planet, but one piece in particular first spotted by the Asteroid ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 27, 2019Space & Astronomy
On New Year’s Day, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft made history after skimming past the Kuiper Belt Object (K ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 06, 2019Space & Astronomy
NASA’s New Horizons probe made history again last week after it became the first spacecraft to perform a fly-by ob ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 01, 2019Space & Astronomy
While most people were watching the ball drop and observing local firework shows for the start of the New Year, NASA had ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 31, 2018Space & Astronomy
It’s here; the moment we’ve all been waiting for. NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is about to tango wit ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 26, 2018Space & Astronomy
Earth sports a lot of water and planetary scientists still aren’t entirely sure how it all got here. To help solve ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 18, 2018Space & Astronomy
The Kuiper Belt is a vastly-unexplored region of the solar system filled with Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs), and NASA expec ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 12, 2018Space & Astronomy
After a two-year journey through space, NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 04, 2018Space & Astronomy
Following a two-year journey through our solar system, NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identific ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 02, 2018Space & Astronomy
When an interstellar object came sailing through our solar system last year, it astonished astronomers because th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 28, 2018Space & Astronomy
Why are we here, and where did we come from? Humankind has been asking these questions since the dawn of time, but legit ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 27, 2018Space & Astronomy
Humankind has sent spacecraft to a plethora of worlds in our solar system, including asteroids, comets, moons, and plane ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 25, 2018Earth & The Environment
Have you ever wondered what would happen if an asteroid plopped right into one of Earth’s oceans? Curious research ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 16, 2018Videos
A giant space rock once slammed into what is now Greenland. The rock is believed to be a rare iron asteroid capable of l ...Written By: Nouran AminNOV 07, 2018Space & Astronomy
If you followed along when NASA’s New Horizons probe flew past Pluto in July 2015, then you probably remember all ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 05, 2018Space & Astronomy
Last year, Oumuamua became the first-known interstellar object to be identified by astronomers as it passed through our ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 05, 2018Space & Astronomy
In 2007, NASA launched the Dawn mission to explore the Asteroid Belt between the planets of Mars and Jupiter. The Dawn s ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 28, 2018Space & Astronomy
Near the end of September, JAXA’s Hayabusa2 mission deployed two bouncing rovers on the surface of asteroid 162173 ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 21, 2018Space & Astronomy
It was almost one full year ago that an unforeseen interstellar object whizzed through the solar system. Immediately aft ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 30, 2018Space & Astronomy
It wasn’t long ago that JAXA’s asteroid-sampling Hayabusa 2 mission arrived at the asteroid 162173 Ryugu. Wh ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 25, 2018Space & Astronomy
Japanese space agency JAXA recently made history after its Hayabusa 2 mission approached the asteroid 162173 Ryugu and d ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 11, 2018Space & Astronomy
Deep space missions are faced with several challenges, including human safety and resource limitations, but aster ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 09, 2018Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft ventured away from Earth to study other bodies in the Solar System 11 years ago; that&rsquo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 26, 2018Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
FEB 03, 2019
Space & Astronomy
There’s no shortage of space junk encircling our planet, but one piece in particular first spotted by the Asteroid
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 27, 2019
Space & Astronomy
On New Year’s Day, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft made history after skimming past the Kuiper Belt Object (K
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 06, 2019
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s New Horizons probe made history again last week after it became the first spacecraft to perform a fly-by ob
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 01, 2019
Space & Astronomy
While most people were watching the ball drop and observing local firework shows for the start of the New Year, NASA had
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 31, 2018
Space & Astronomy
It’s here; the moment we’ve all been waiting for. NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is about to tango wit
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 26, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Earth sports a lot of water and planetary scientists still aren’t entirely sure how it all got here. To help solve
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 18, 2018
Space & Astronomy
The Kuiper Belt is a vastly-unexplored region of the solar system filled with Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs), and NASA expec
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 12, 2018
Space & Astronomy
After a two-year journey through space, NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 04, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Following a two-year journey through our solar system, NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identific
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 02, 2018
Space & Astronomy
When an interstellar object came sailing through our solar system last year, it astonished astronomers because th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 28, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Why are we here, and where did we come from? Humankind has been asking these questions since the dawn of time, but legit
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 27, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Humankind has sent spacecraft to a plethora of worlds in our solar system, including asteroids, comets, moons, and plane
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 25, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Have you ever wondered what would happen if an asteroid plopped right into one of Earth’s oceans? Curious research
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 16, 2018
Videos
A giant space rock once slammed into what is now Greenland. The rock is believed to be a rare iron asteroid capable of l
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
NOV 07, 2018
Space & Astronomy
If you followed along when NASA’s New Horizons probe flew past Pluto in July 2015, then you probably remember all
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 05, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Last year, Oumuamua became the first-known interstellar object to be identified by astronomers as it passed through our
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 05, 2018
Space & Astronomy
In 2007, NASA launched the Dawn mission to explore the Asteroid Belt between the planets of Mars and Jupiter. The Dawn s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 28, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Near the end of September, JAXA’s Hayabusa2 mission deployed two bouncing rovers on the surface of asteroid 162173
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 21, 2018
Space & Astronomy
It was almost one full year ago that an unforeseen interstellar object whizzed through the solar system. Immediately aft
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 30, 2018
Space & Astronomy
It wasn’t long ago that JAXA’s asteroid-sampling Hayabusa 2 mission arrived at the asteroid 162173 Ryugu. Wh
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 25, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Japanese space agency JAXA recently made history after its Hayabusa 2 mission approached the asteroid 162173 Ryugu and d
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 11, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Deep space missions are faced with several challenges, including human safety and resource limitations, but aster
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 09, 2018
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft ventured away from Earth to study other bodies in the Solar System 11 years ago; that&rsquo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 26, 2018
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard