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OSIRIS-REx completes initial big burn on the way to asteroid Bennu
Science19 Jan 2017 | 9
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Asteroid nearly gave Earth a new feature, two days after its discovery
First flyby for 2017
Science10 Jan 2017 | 64
NASA plans seven-year trip to Jupiter – can we come with you, please?
Vid Mighty Trojan probe will eye up biggest metal ball in Solar System
Science05 Jan 2017 | 46
NASA's asteroid orbit calculator spots a hot rock zipping past
'Scout' scope gives us an asteroid-misses-Earth-by-not-much horror story for Halloween
Science31 Oct 2016 | 42
Blink and you missed it: Asteroid came within 90,000 km, only one sky-watcher saw it
SONEAR sees 25-metre-plus rock when it was, well, so near
Science31 Aug 2016 | 44
NASA to begin first asteroid sample mission: Seeks 'pristine' specimen
Bennu.... no, not a scientology overlord
Science18 Aug 2016 | 25
Asteroid-sampling spacecraft prepped for September launch
OSIRIS-REx: NASA's greatest improbable acronym
Science24 May 2016 | 14
Mars satellites show remains of massive tsunamis that ravaged Red Planet
Two asteroid strikes had huge consequences
Science20 May 2016 | 12
Laser-zapping scientists will save the Earth from meteorite destruction
Armageddon outta here
Science11 May 2016 | 50
Russian boffins want to nuke asteroids
101 things to do with a nuclear stockpile
Science12 Apr 2016 | 65
ESA decupboards asteroid-dusting brush-o-matic
Sample-gathering gadget heads for zero-grav tests
Science06 Apr 2016 | 9
Planet-bonking rock hunt armed with humanity's cruellest weapon: bureaucracy
NASA launches Planetary Defense Coordination Office to find near-Earth objects
Science11 Jan 2016 | 22
Ouch! Subaru telescope catches astroid prang
Your moment in the sun, 493 Griseldis
Science13 Nov 2015 | 16
US Congress grants leftpondians the right to own asteroid booty
Ok, that's the legals sorted, let's get digging
Science11 Nov 2015 | 56
Glowing dust doughnut circles white dwarf
Astroboffins grab first image of pulverised asteroid disks
Science11 Nov 2015 | 24
Made you jump! Space to give Earth an asteroid Halloween scare
NASA warns cosmic rock travelling at ludicrous velocity
Science21 Oct 2015 | 52
Forget Ben Affleck – US, Euro boffins to SMASH spaceship into asteroid
NASA, ESA get to work after finishing Armageddon DVD
Science07 Oct 2015 | 19
Boffins: We know what KILLED the DINOS – and it wasn't just an asteroid
The truth at long last?
Science02 Oct 2015 | 70
NASA dismisses asteroid apocalypse threat
Statement smacks of a cover-up, as Bruce Willis disappears
Bootnotes21 Aug 2015 | 49
Boffins: Spooky, spinning SPACE PEANUT butters up Earth with close flyby
Vid Odd asteroid won't come this near again for 40 years
Science02 Aug 2015 | 12
Planet killer: Ex-army officer's Welsh space-rock mission
Geek's Guide to Britain Tunguska, Chelyabinsk... Powys
Geek's Guide06 Jul 2015 | 22
Giant FLYING SPACE ROCKS could KILL US ALL, warns Brian May
Brian and Brian join Near Earth Object spotter crusade
Science30 Jun 2015 | 73
HUGE Aussie asteroid impact sent TREMORS towards the EARTH'S CORE
Space rock smash felt 20,000 metres underground
Science23 Mar 2015 | 83
NASA wants you to help space mining corp strip mine the Solar System
Oh, and possibly save the world and win some cash
Science16 Mar 2015 | 18
Watch a hot, speeding space alien explode all over Earth's Beaver
Video 500lb rock ignites at 45,000mph
Science18 Feb 2015 | 27
Update - Boffins: COMETS are like FRIED ICE CREAM. Mmm
Because they melt in the sun and have crunchy organics on the outside. No, really
Science12 Feb 2015 | 11
Passing asteroid MOONS the HUMAN RACE
BL86 buzz-by revealed a travelling companion
Science28 Jan 2015 | 12
ATTACK of the FLYING MOUNTAIN: 2004 BL86 goes by like a BULLET
Biggest traveling rock visitor until 2027
Science24 Jan 2015 | 32
Is is a Bird? Is it a Plane? NO! LOOK OUT it's an ASTEROID!
Low flying 2004 BL86 set to be visible with just binoculars
Science19 Jan 2015 | 22
This one shall pass! Not even a flesh wound from ‘Monty Python’ SPACE ROCK
Comic asteroid set to return in five years, but with no new material
Science05 Jan 2015 | 17
Japan pauses asteroid BOMBING raid – still no word from Bruce Willis?
Hayabusa2 blaster won't fly until December
Science28 Nov 2014 | 21
Chelyabinsk-sized SURPRISE asteroid to skim Earth, satnav birds
Space rock appears out of nowhere, buzzes planet on Sunday
Science06 Sep 2014 | 32
Yes, but what are your plans if a DRAGON attacks?
Local UK gov outs most ridiculous FoI requests...
Legal18 Aug 2014 | 74
Asteroid's DINO KILLING SPREE just bad luck – boffins
Sauricide WASN'T inevitable, reckon scientists
Science28 Jul 2014 | 57
Truck-sized asteroid slips silently between Moon and Earth
Zips past the planet less than one light second distant
Science05 May 2014 | 31
Asteroids as powerful as NUCLEAR BOMBS strike Earth TWICE YEARLY
Cold War tech detects worldwide hit rate
Science22 Apr 2014 | 79
Ancient Earth asteroid strike that dwarfed dinosaur killer still felt today
Massive space rock impact may have set the continents sliding
Science10 Apr 2014 | 82
NASA to programmers: Save the Earth and fatten your wallet
Experts team up with space miners to sponsor asteroid finding algorithm contest
Software11 Mar 2014 | 15
Hubble 'scope snaps 200,000-ton chunky crumble conundrum
Vid Was it a cosmic murder? Break-up baffles boffins
Science07 Mar 2014 | 26
WHOA: Get a load of Asteroid DX110 JUST MISSING planet EARTH
Updated + vids 100ft space rock ducked between our planet and THE MOON
Science05 Mar 2014 | 52
SPACE VID: Watch JUMBO ASTEROID 2000 EM26 buzzing Earth
Vid Slooh web 'scope tracking space rock from 18:00 PST, 02:00 UTC
Science18 Feb 2014 | 31
SAY MY NAME, ALIEN SCUM. NASA to send 'you' into SPAAACE...
How to visit an asteroid without leaving your sofa
Science16 Jan 2014 | 18
I found an asteroid! yells revived probe NEOWISE. Boffins nod politely
Pic NASA scientists suffer deja vu after new pics arrive from spacecraft
Science13 Jan 2014 | 13
Earth cops first asteroid impact of 2014
Tiny intruder nearly missed by everyone
Science06 Jan 2014 | 16
Asteroid-hunting beauty AWAKENS, takes cheeky snaps of neighbours
NEOWISE proves it's fit to chase down Earth-threatening space rocks
Science20 Dec 2013 | 34
MINING in SPAAAACE! Asteroid-scoopers? Nah - consumers will be the real winners
Governments, corporations... not so much
On-Prem04 Dec 2013 | 80
BLUSHING asteroids lose their red space tan when they visit the Red Planet MARS
Space rocks lose rosy glow thanks to Martian gravity
Science20 Nov 2013 | 11
Another DEVASTATING Chelyabinsk METEOR STRIKE: '7x as likely' as thought
NASA's checked its space rock maths and it's not good news
Science06 Nov 2013 | 76
MEGA ASTEROID could 'BLOW UP EARTH' - Russian space boss
Space rock murder 200 times more likely than you winning the lottery
Science18 Oct 2013 | 72
NASA restarts WISE telescope to spot potential Earth-killers
WISEly getting the most bang for its space buck
Science22 Aug 2013 | 14
Star bosses name asteroid to honor author Iain Banks
Asteroid Iainbanks to be so known 'as long as Earth Culture may endure'
Science05 Jul 2013 | 20
House bill: 'Hey NASA, that asteroid retrieval plan? Fuggedaboutit'
Republican-led committee also swings budget axe at climate science
Science19 Jun 2013 | 66
Planetary Resources turns to crowdfunding to help with satellite costs
Updated Astro-miners come up with novel concept for space selfies
Science29 May 2013 | 10
NASA signs off on sampling mission to Earth-threatening asteroid
2016 launch date set for OSIRIS-REx mission
Science17 May 2013 | 34
NASA chief: Earth is DOOMED if we spot a big asteroid at short notice
Action on REAL threat to the planet 'put off for decades'
Science21 Mar 2013 | 148
Colombian boffins reconstruct flight path of Russian meteor
Trajectory apparently began in near-Earth asteroid group Apollo
Science27 Feb 2013 | 39
Crucial question after asteroid near-miss: How big was rock in Olympic pools?
BBC gets the measure of space boulder 2012 DA14
Science18 Feb 2013 | 41
The universe speaks: 'It's time to get off your rock!'
Comment Long-term civilization on a single planet is impossible
Science16 Feb 2013 | 193
Earth escapes asteroid flyby, boffins want lasers aimed at next one
DE-STAR lasers proposed to vaporize incoming space invaders
Science15 Feb 2013 | 48
Asteroid mining and a post-scarcity economy
Show me the (lack of) money
Science24 Jan 2013 | 42
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