Joseph ShavitSep 20, 2021A six-year search of the outer solar system turns up 461 new objects (but no Planet 9)In addition to gathering data on hundreds of known objects, this survey revealed 461 previously undetected objects.
Joseph ShavitAug 24, 2021Scientists locate likely origin for the dinosaur-killing asteroidThe asteroid credited with the extinction of the dinosaurs 66 million years ago likely originated from the outer half of the solar system
Joseph ShavitAug 24, 2021100 TRILLION objects like Borisov are visitors to our solar system from interstellar spaceScientists think there may be 100 trillion Borisov-like interstellar comets, meteors, asteroids and other debris in the Oort cloud
Joshua ShavitAug 10, 2021First-time hi-res topography of asteroid Psyche taken using thermal imagingThe study's Psyche findings are a step toward resolving the mystery of the origin of this unusual object
Joseph ShavitAug 9, 2021There are 10,000 Quintillion reasons for NASA to travel to asteroid 16 PsycheNASA is planning a mission up to an asteroid that is hurtling around in our solar system, and it could be a seriously lucrative mission.
Joseph ShavitJul 27, 2021Comet or asteroid: What killed the dinosaurs and where did it come from?It forever changed history when it crashed into Earth about 66 million years ago. The Chicxulub impactor left behind a crater off the coast
Joseph ShavitJul 5, 2021NASA Approves Asteroid Hunting Space Telescope to Safeguard EarthNASA has approved the Near-Earth Object Surveyor space telescope (NEO Surveyor) to move to the next phase of mission development
Joseph ShavitJul 3, 2021Asteroid-Hunting Space Telescope Gets Two-Year Mission ExtensionNEOWISE has provided an estimate of the size of 1,850 near-Earth objects, helping us better understand our nearest solar system neighbors