Asteroid

Heavy-Handed Symbol Asteroid 2018VP1 Could Strike Earth on Election Day

Meet Asteroid 2018VP1, your newest 2020 rock-star.

by Wren Graves

on August 24, 2020, 11:16am

Brian Eno gets asteroid named after him, receives Stephen Hawking Medal for Science Communication

The official name is “Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno” — or just “Eno.”

by Ming Lee Newcomb

on June 26, 2019, 12:15pm

Asteroid named after Freddie Mercury in honor of singer’s 70th birthday

“This certainly has made a supersonic man out of him.”

by Alex Young

on September 05, 2016, 1:05pm