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 | 51
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 | 33
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 'FireFlys' will be ready for action by 2015, vows space firm Deep Space Industries: Our probes will suck up their fuel there, too Science22 Jan 2013 | 61
Another new asteroid-mining firm: 'First commercial space fleet' Plus 'breakthrough' in space manufacturing Science22 Jan 2013 | 46
'Doomsday' asteroid Apophis more massive than first thought Watch its Earth flyby live tonight at 0100 UTC Science09 Jan 2013 | 136
NASA snaps revealing pix of visiting near-Earth asteroid Photos Imminent end of civilization highly unlikely Science06 Nov 2012 | 13
Paintballs proposed as defense against ASTEROID ATTACK Just in time to to deflect Apophis, destroyer of worlds Science26 Oct 2012 | 56
Dawn probe slips Vesta's grip, heads for icy dwarf planet Spacecraft exits orbit of virgin goddess, sets off on 3-year trip to Ceres Science06 Sep 2012 | 18
Ex-NASA group plans private, crowd-funded asteroid hunter Sentinel sparks space hypegasm Science28 Jun 2012 | 13
Sole British 'naut Major Tim embarks on NASA deep space mission 'Splashdown' for Tim Peake, as team heads beyond point of no return Science12 Jun 2012 | 10
Billionaire astro mining venture long on hype and timescale First launch in 2014, mining in 2022 Science25 Apr 2012 | 77
'Asteroid mining company' makes classic hypegasm debut today James Cameron now OK with resource exploitation in space Science24 Apr 2012 | 57
Mammoths, sabre-tooths MURDERED by second giant space boulder First the dinos, then the mastodons ... then ... Science07 Mar 2012 | 34
Asteroid could SMASH INTO EARTH in 2040 UN boffins bang heads to knock rock off-course Science02 Mar 2012 | 81
Japan takes second shot at extraterrestrial sampling with Hayabusa 2 Damp asteroid 1999 JU3 may hold clues to Earth’s life Science01 Feb 2012 | 7
Star Trek tractor beam to save Earth from asteroid Armageddon One of three ways world's top boffins will save us from planet killers Science30 Jan 2012 | 100
Secrets of the asteroid belt: Vesta actually more like a planet NASA spacecraft finds complex rock formations Science07 Dec 2011 | 22
Hero dev writes the CODE that COULD SAVE THE WORLD Best summer coding job ever for US student? Software23 Nov 2011 | 34
'Puzzling structures on surface' of YU55 spaceball NASA releases radar vid of speeding cosmic voyager Science09 Nov 2011 | 89
New pics of giant black sphere hurtling toward Earth Vast spaceball 'safely will safely fly past' - NASA Science08 Nov 2011 | 81
Colossal dead black neo-sphere approaching Earth Aircraft-carrier size ball to pass inside Moon on Tuesday Science07 Nov 2011 | 106
Dinosaur-murdering space boulder family found innocent NASA discovers alibi for the Baptistinas Science21 Sep 2011 | 36
NASA releases asteroid flyby video from Dawn probe Clanger homeworld boasts Everest-beating space mountain Science19 Sep 2011 | 16
First snap of giant asteroid Vesta from orbiting probe NASA ion-engine craft Dawn surveys juggernaut of space Science19 Jul 2011 | 15
Asteroid hunter achieves Vesta orbit 'Incredible exploration milestone', enthuses NASA boss Science17 Jul 2011 | 28
Vesta flashes charms to approaching Dawn Impressive snap from NASA's asteroid voyeur Science15 Jul 2011 | 13
600 tonne asteroid in low pass above Falkland Islands - TONIGHT Will be nearer Islanders, Brit garrison than Japan is Science27 Jun 2011 | 74
Roboprobe spacecraft off to grope asteroid Possibly apocalyptic 'Yarkovsky effect' to be sussed Science26 May 2011 | 12
High-speed asteroid pile-up prompts X-File Astronomers probe 'peculiar' object Science14 Oct 2010 | 24
Bruce Willis relaxes as asteroid skims Singapore 'Zero probability' of impact during fly-by Science12 Oct 2010 | 40
Approaching space object 'artificial, not asteroid' says NASA Too small for a proper mothership at ~10m, though Science28 May 2010 | 107
Asteroids the source of Earth's water, NASA suggests Oceans: Coming soon to a planet near you Science29 Apr 2010 | 40