March 1, 2019

When will the next big asteroid strike Earth?

Nobody knows, but don’t lose any sleep over the thought of a space rock landing in your living room. Several monitoring projects – such as Spacewatch […]
March 1, 2019

Isn’t it too dangerous to visit the Asteroid belt?

Although movies portray asteroid belts as spaceship-smashing jumbles of rock, our solar system’s real asteroid belt isn’t nearly so treacherous. The average distance between rocks is […]
March 1, 2019

What’s the difference between an asteroid, a meteor and a meteorite?

Asteroids are roving rocks found in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. A Meteor also known as shooting stars, meteors are places of rocks or […]
March 1, 2019

Why would we want to visit the asteroid belt?

There’s gold (and other precious metals) in those rocks! In fact, a company called Planetary Resources plans to send robot miners to the asteroid belt. The […]