Motopi Pan left the asteroid 22 million years ago, and now the journey’s been traced. 22…
Tag: Asteroid
Evidence of 2,000km-wide asteroid impact crater in Antarctica discovered
Scientists recovered extra-terrestrial particles on the summit of Walnumfjellet within the Sør Rondane Mountains in east…
What happens when you hit an asteroid
NASA has just released this short video of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft’s brief but all important contact…
NASA probe OSIRIS-REx to attempt riskiest mission yet
For almost two years, the NASA space probe OSIRIS-REx has orbited the asteroid Bennu. Now it…
Asteroid, meteor and meteorite differences
Asteroid (noun, “AS-tear-oyd”), Meteor (noun, “ME-tee-or”), Meteorite (noun, “ME-tee-or-ite”) These are three words for the same…