Asteroid
How some asteroids can sneak up on us
Researchers from the University of Hawai'i have looked into how asteroids can sneak up on us without detection. The study was undertaken by astronomer Dr Richard Wainscoat, who joins the show to… Audio
$5-billion asteroid Nereus to fly by this morning
The asteroid 4660 Nereus did a flyby of the earth earlier this morning. Planetary astronomer Dr Michele Bannister, from Canterbury University's School of Physical & Chemical Sciences, discusses 4660… Audio
Asteroids, dinosaurs and international tension
Astronomer Duncan Steel is an expert in detecting asteroids and comets, and in defending the earth from potential impacts. Audio
Our Changing World for 28 June 2018
Seabed 2030 is an ambitious international collaboration to map the world's sea floor, and astronomer Duncan Steel is concerned asbout asteroids hitting earth. Audio
Asteroid the size of a house flies over Antarctica
An asteroid the size of a house flew over Antarctica on Thursday night. More than a dozen observatories, universities and labs around the world were tracking the catchily named "2012 TC4" as it flew… Audio
NASA launches first asteroid-collecting mission
NASA will conduct their first-ever mission to collect an asteroid tomorrow, and it will likely get a boost from Mother Earth. Earth's gravity will slingshot Osiris-Rex towards an asteroid that's near… Audio
NASA mission to pick up asteroid samples
NASA has launched its first-ever mission to pick up samples from an asteroid and analyse them back on Earth. Dr Lucy McFadden from NASA tells us if the mission is successful, it will return with the… Audio
Asteroid swings by Earth
Planet Earth may have just had a close shave with an asteroid. Audio
Asteroid set for Xmas Eve fly by
There's a regular visitor in the sky tonight, rarely seen, but definitely there. Audio