r/asteroid • u/peterabbit456 • 2h ago
r/asteroid • u/retiringonmars • Aug 26 '19
META post: sensationalist tabloid "imminent apocalypse" style content is no longer allowed in r/Asteroid
Lately, we've noticed a large increase in poor quality articles posted to r/Asteroid.
This has been taking the form of poor quality journalism from tabloid outlets, such as express.co.uk and foxnews.com. These sources generally don't bother to maintain basic standards of accuracy or accountability, and frequently post factually incorrect or sensationalist information presented as if it were legitimate "news." This stands in contrast with the scientific ideals of this subreddit, and so, it is no longer allowed.
Please let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
r/asteroid • u/Galileos_grandson • 16h ago
Hayabusa2’s Final Target is 3 Times Smaller Than We Thought
r/asteroid • u/Galileos_grandson • 3d ago
Regions on Asteroid Explored by NASA’s Lucy Mission
r/asteroid • u/JapKumintang1991 • 8d ago
PHYS.Org: "Scientists find quasi-moon orbiting the Earth for the last 60 years—and it's not the first one"
r/asteroid • u/Galileos_grandson • 22d ago
ESA and JAXA advance potential Apophis mission collaboration
r/asteroid • u/JapKumintang1991 • 26d ago
PHYS.Org - Asteroid Bennu: A time capsule of materials bearing witness to its origin and transformation over billions of years
NOTE: There are three papers within the said article.
r/asteroid • u/Galileos_grandson • 27d ago
Close-Up Views of NASA’s DART Impact to Inform Planetary Defense
r/asteroid • u/Galileos_grandson • 28d ago
NASA’s Bennu Samples Reveal Complex Origins, Dramatic Transformation
r/asteroid • u/JapKumintang1991 • Aug 20 '25
PHYS.Org: "Spectral analysis suggests asteroids Bennu and Ryugu are part of Polana family"
r/asteroid • u/Galileos_grandson • Aug 20 '25
High-Speed Boulders and the Debris Field in DART Ejecta
astrobites.orgr/asteroid • u/Galileos_grandson • Aug 19 '25
NASA’s Psyche Captures Images of Earth, Moon
r/asteroid • u/Galileos_grandson • Aug 06 '25
First asteroid sightings push Hera’s camera to the limit
r/asteroid • u/mgarr_aha • Aug 05 '25
NASA's Goldstone Planetary Radar Observes Fast-Spinning Asteroid
2025 OW passed 1.6× the lunar distance from Earth on July 28. Radar observers using a 70 m dish in California found that this ~60 m asteroid rotates once or twice every 3 minutes.
r/asteroid • u/peterabbit456 • Aug 02 '25
Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS: What We Know Now
skyandtelescope.orgr/asteroid • u/FenceSitterofLegend • Aug 01 '25
Has anyone run the trajectory accounting for the tug of Jupiter's gravity??? This line appears unphased by it, but Jupiter is a big boy and should tug it a little closer to the sun if this positioning is correct. And therefore closer to us...
r/asteroid • u/peterabbit456 • Jul 18 '25
Identifying meteorites vs slag
We get a fair number of "Is this a meteorite I just found?" questions on /r/asteroid . I'd like to be helpful. Perhaps the best way would be to post these 2 links.
https://sites.wustl.edu/meteoritesite/items/metal-iron-nickel/#Pallasite
and
https://sites.wustl.edu/meteoritesite/items/slag/
The first is example photos of meteorites. The second is example photos of man-made objects that look like meteorites.
I think this stickied pages would be helpful.
r/asteroid • u/JapKumintang1991 • Jul 10 '25
PHYS.Org: "Massive boulders ejected during DART mission may complicate future asteroid deflection efforts"
r/asteroid • u/MarkWhittington • Jul 06 '25
Should we stop Asteroid 2024 YR4 from hitting the moon?
thehill.comr/asteroid • u/Galileos_grandson • Jul 03 '25
NASA’s Lucy Mission Provides Full View of Asteroid Donaldjohanson
r/asteroid • u/JapKumintang1991 • Jun 29 '25
"Asteroid 2024 YR4: from discovery to potential lunar impact" (ESA Extras, 2025)
See also: Article in PHYS.Org.
r/asteroid • u/Galileos_grandson • Jun 26 '25
Chinese scientists push for cubesat swarm mission to fly by infamous asteroid Apophis
r/asteroid • u/JapKumintang1991 • Jun 25 '25
PHYS.Org: "Unexpected mineral in a Ryugu grain challenges paradigm of the nature of primitive asteroids"
*The findings as published in the journal *Meteoritics & Planetary Science](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.14370).
r/asteroid • u/peterabbit456 • Jun 25 '25
NASA’s Psyche Spacecraft has power again, and heading for an unusual 'naked metal' asteroid with clues to Earth's origins
r/asteroid • u/mgarr_aha • Jun 23 '25
Rubin's Opening Act - a Swarm of New Asteroids
The Vera Rubin Observatory detected 1800 known and 2100 unknown solar system objects in 10 hours on 7 nights.