Stories You Might Have Missed This Week
Facebook faces a record-breaking fine, Ole Miss students pose with guns in front of an Emmett Till memorial, and an asteroid passes "impressively close" to the Earth.
Asteroids
Some Republicans in Congress Are Worried About Asteroids Crashing Into Earth—but Not About Climate Change
Asteroids pose a risk for anyone—regardless of income level. That's not the case with climate change.
Could a 'Mystery Object' in Our Solar System Tell Us About Alien Life?
A professor of engineering breaks down what the 'Oumuamua projectile could possibly be and the secrets it could hold–but we still have no definite answers.
A Survey of Asteroid Mitigation Measures
Giant rocks or snowballs in space, while more likely to hit in Hollywood than anywhere else on Earth, remain a threat that policymakers are taking seriously.