Comets/Asteroids

A month's worth of cool science stories summed up.
Alistair Jennings, Contributor
Researchers in Antarctica turned up a large amount of a form of iron likely forged in nearby supernova explosions.
Ramin Skibba, Contributor
Test of mining prowess of microbes lifted off yesterday. 
Brian Owens, Contributor
The tiny world of Ultima Thule, which lies at the outer edges of the solar system, is flattened like a pancake, with few craters.
Catherine Meyers, Editor
Astronomers are trying to deflect a near-Earth asteroid for the first time, to prepare for a future object on a collision course with the planet.
Ramin Skibba, Contributor
Their observations confirm water lurks in the moon's subsoil, not just at the poles.
Ramin Skibba, Contributor
We look back in space-time this month to herald a new year.
Abigail Malate, Staff Illustrator
Radar has revealed evidence of an environmentally significant impact that probably occurred during the last 2.6 million years.
Charles Q. Choi, Contributor
Scientists are training computers to help us stop asteroids from crashing into our planet.
Yuen Yiu, Staff Writer
Explore the stars that surround us in this month's slideshow.
Abigail Malate, Staff Illustrator
The Outer Space Treaty, which turns fifty this year, laid the basic ground rules for the exploration of the final frontier.
Catherine Meyers, Staff Writer