News Space You could see thousands of shooting stars this weekend due to a meteor storm by Lochie Schuster For the first time in 20 years, a rare meteor storm could be visible from Earth this weekend, resulting in thousands of ‘shooting stars’. Rumours of a possible meteor storm…
News Science Space NASA spacecraft pulls off first successful US attempt to touchdown on an asteroid by Jayden Collins NASA spacecraft Osiris-Rex has obtained rubble from asteroid Bennu, which is thought to have similar components to the building blocks to life on Earth. A NASA spacecraft has made history…
News Science Space NASA confirms asteroid headed towards Earth the day before US election by Samara Louise NASA has revealed that an asteroid is headed close to Earth on November 2nd. However, it only has a 0.41% chance of hitting us – phew! It is 2020, what…
News Here’s the lowdown on the active asteroid ‘Oumuamua everyone’s talking about by Mia Montesin Vice thinks it looks like a blunt. And it does. With a radius of around 200 metres, one puff of that doobie and you’d be greener than the Grinch. This…
News Apparently a “potentially hazardous” asteroid will come close to Earth tomorrow by Happy NASA‘s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) has reported that a “potentially hazardous” asteroid is headed in our general direction. The asteroid, named 163373 (2002 PZ39), is bigger than the…
News Real-life asteroid named after ambient music pioneer Brian Eno by Amy Kennett For his astronomical contribution to music and production, science and the arts, Brian Eno has now been given the honour of an asteroid in his name. The ambient music pioneer…
News We’ve made a supersonic man out of Freddie Mercury: The legendary Queen frontman now has an asteroid named after him by Happy Owner of one of the most iconic set of pipes in the business and Queen‘s frontman Freddie Mercury has taken the next step to immortality by etching his name across…
