This is the near-Earth asteroid 1950 DA, and has been a very interesting target for astronomers at the University of Tennessee. In fact, when astronomers first looked at the asteroid’s motions, they ...

An asteroid pointed toward Earth set to arrive in the year 2880 AD may not destroy all life as we know it after all, now that scientists know what’s likely not to work if we need to avert a collision.

The cohesive force of asteroid particles influence microgravity and can be evaluated under several assumptions of particle size and their sensitivity to particle shape. Approximately hundreds of ...