The tiny fireball that flew over Japan in 2017 came from an asteroid that could threaten Earth in 10 million years or so. Scientists are trying to use these little meteors to hunt larger objects.

This student opportunity is made possible with the generous assistance of the Barringer Crater Company and Meteor Crater Enterprises.

2020 ASTEROID DAY Events

• 1 June: Asteroid Day TV starts broadcasting online and via SES Satellites 

• 26 June: Asteroid Day LIVE Global Broadcast 

• 30 June: Events organized worldwide(most are public).

There are lots of names associated with space rocks, so what is the difference? Join the Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers to find out. They will also explore what space rocks can tell us about our very own planet Earth.

Geological processes on Earth typically move very slowly. But the impact of a meteorite, a rock from space, is one example of changes that occurred on Earth very quickly.

It will pass Earth at around 22:57 GMT tonight, at which point it will be around 3.8 million miles away from our planet.

While that might sound far, it’s deemed a ‘close approach’ by NASA.

On Friday January 17 2020 Puerto Rico was witness to yet another extreme event. Just north of the island a small asteroid created a bright fireball in the sky.

 ….Get out your planner because here are the best fiery space dust displays you shouldn't miss in 2020.

Meteor craters, such as this one in Arizona are difficult to age precisely because the sites tend to be poorly preserved because erosion and tectonic events such as earthquakes erase the geologic past

Twin calamities marked the end of the Cretaceous period, and scientists are presenting new evidence of which drove one of Earth’s great extinctions.

The Universities Space Research Association’s Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) is seeking a senior postdoctoral scholar for its Urey Fellowship and a Postdoctoral Fellow in Planetary Radar Studies.