Asteroid
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An asteroid could collide with Earth on Valentine’s Day 2046, NASA saysThe asteroid, named 2023 DW, is currently topping NASA's risk list, which monitors "potential future Earth impact events."TrendingMar 10
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Asteroid to zip past Earth in one of the closest encounters ever recordedNASA scientists have estimated the asteroid is between 3.5 to 8.5 metres long.TrendingJan 26
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Grand piano-sized asteroid spotted just 2 hours before hitting EarthThe energy released when the rock entered the atmosphere was the equivalent of two to three kilotons of dynamite.ScienceMar 18, 2022
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Kelowna, B.C. woman has ‘flying mountain’ named after herThe name is officially Colleenohare and the asteroid that now bears her name was first spotted on Sept. 13, 1991 by H.E. Holt.ScienceMar 14, 2022
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Western University scientist discovers possible age of massive impact crater in GreenlandA new research paper from scientist Elizabeth Silber is now suggesting the Hiawatha crater in Greenland could have formed between 11,700 and 2.6 million years ago.CanadaJun 1, 2021
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CN Tower-sized asteroid to pass Earth in fastest flyby of 2021An asteroid measuring roughly half a kilometre wide is due to whip past Earth at high speed in late March, NASA says.TrendingMar 12, 2021
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Famous alien-hunting telescope shut down to avoid ‘catastrophic failure’The massive Arecibo Observatory has contributed to many major scientific discoveries over the last 57 years.TrendingNov 20, 2020
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NASA spacecraft collects up to 4.5 pounds of asteroid to be sent to EarthThe spacecraft Osiris-Rex won't depart Bennu's neighbourhood until March at the earliest, when the asteroid and Earth are properly aligned.ScienceOct 29, 2020
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Scans reveal 16 Psyche, a failed planet-turned-asteroid, worth up to $10,000 quadrillionAsteroid 16 Psyche is thought to be the leftover core of a would-be planet that fell apart.TrendingOct 29, 2020
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NASA spacecraft grabs rock from speeding Bennu asteroid in historic firstThe OSIRIS-REx spacecraft played 'tag' with the surface of the asteroid, snatching a sample of rock in a historic first for NASA.TrendingOct 21, 2020
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