Tag: asteroid
Japan’s Hayabusa2 probe makes ‘perfect’ touchdown on asteroid
TOKYO: Japan's Hayabusa2 probe made a "perfect" touchdown Thursday on a distant asteroid, collecting samples from beneath the surface in an unprecedented mission that...
Small asteroid to pass by Earth, but at a safe distance
MIAMI: An asteroid bigger than a city bus is on track to zoom by Earth Friday at a safe but close distance, less than...
Cigar-shaped asteroid giving no alien ‘signals’
No alien signals have been detected from an interstellar, cigar-shaped space rock discovered travelling through the Solar System in October, researchers listening for evidence...
Meet Oumuamua, the first observed interstellar asteroid to visit Earth’s solar...
WASHINGTON: On October 19, the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope in Hawaii spotted something strange zooming through our solar system. It turned out to be a...
