Russia's massive meteorite: By the numbers
Posted on February 19, 2013, at 11:20 AMThe big space rock that crashed into the Ural Mountains last week was the largest in a century, and worth more than its weight in gold
Everything you need to know about meteor strikes
Posted on February 15, 2013, at 12:02 PMIncidents like the one over Russia happen roughly once every five years, and there's little we can do to predict them
PHOTO: This beautiful black hole is the youngest ever discovered
Posted on February 14, 2013, at 3:30 PMAt just 1,000 years old, W49B is thought to be the beginnings of a little-observed phenomenon
Is the asteroid zipping past Earth this week really worth $195 billion?
Posted on February 13, 2013, at 2:10 PMDeep Space Industries claims the space rock flying by Friday could be worth its weight in gold
How you can help name Pluto's two new moons
Posted on February 11, 2013, at 3:25 PMP4 and P5 need new names. How does Cerberus sound? Or Styx?
6 clever ways to avoid getting hit by an asteroid
Posted on February 7, 2013, at 11:25 AMWhy nuke a space rock when you can cover it with spray paint or zap it with lasers?
WATCH: A 150-foot asteroid's near-brush with Earth
Posted on February 5, 2013, at 4:42 PMNASA says a space rock half the size of a football field will zip past us on Feb. 15
How 3D printers might help us build a base on the moon
Posted on February 4, 2013, at 1:25 PMMankind's quest to live among the stars gets a little more realistic with the advent of 3D printing
Iran's space monkey and other high-flying animals
Posted on January 28, 2013, at 2:55 PMTehran claims it has sent a monkey to the edge of space and brought it home alive. But plenty of frontier-busting beasts have already made the trip
One U.S. company's bold plan to mine asteroids flying by Earth
Posted on January 23, 2013, at 1:30 PMDeep Space Industries sees dollar signs in the stars
Behold: The biggest object in the known universe
Posted on January 15, 2013, at 1:15 PMThe Huge-LQG stretches 4 billion light-years across at its longest point
The massive comet that may shine brighter than the moon in 2013
Posted on January 14, 2013, at 3:35 PMAstronomers are geeking out over a streaking object called ISON
NASA's search for another Earth narrows: Meet our closest twin yet
Posted on January 11, 2013, at 2:10 PMMeet KOI 172.02 — a potentially wet exoplanet just a tiny bit bigger than our own
The 900-foot asteroid flying by Earth on Wednesday
Posted on January 9, 2013, at 4:50 PMMeet Apophis — a giant space rock named after an Egyptian demon
5 fictional ways to go very fast in space
Posted on January 9, 2013, at 3:55 PMSpace operas would be pretty boring without some way to go very far, very fast
Wanted: Astronauts for a one-way trip to Mars
Posted on January 9, 2013, at 2:42 PMA non-profit organization starts a global search to find candidates willing to settle on the Red Planet... indefinitely
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