Asteroids
Amateur Asteroid Hunters Take Note: NASA and Slooh Will Ask For Your Help
Do you lack a telescope, but have a burning desire to look for asteroids near Earth? No problem! NASA and…
How to See 209P/LINEAR, the Comet Brewing Up Saturday’s Surprise Meteor Shower
As we anxiously await the arrival of a potentially rich new meteor shower this weekend, its parent comet, 209P/LINEAR, draws…
Asteroid 2013 UQ4 Suddenly Becomes a Dark Comet with a Bright Future
On October 23, 2013, astronomers with the Catalina Sky Survey picked up a very faint asteroid with an unusual orbit more…
Curiosity Captures First Ever Asteroid Images from Mars Surface
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has caught the first image of asteroids taken from the surface of Mars on April 20,…
Asteroids VS. Your Hometown: Fun but Frightening Graphics Compare Asteroid Sizes to Places on Earth
So, how big is that space rock? Sometimes when I see data on sizes and distances in relation to stuff…
Surprise: Earth Is Hit By a Lot More Asteroids Than You Thought
"The fact that none of these asteroid impacts shown in the video was detected in advance is proof that the…
Ceres and Vesta Converge in Virgo, Watch it Happen With Just Binoculars
Don't let them pass you by. Right now and continuing through July, the biggest and brightest asteroids will be running…
Astronauts to Reveal Sobering Data on Asteroid Impacts
This Earth Day, Tuesday, April 22, three former NASA astronauts will present new evidence that our planet has experienced many more…
Asteroid That Dwarfed Dinosaur-Killer Punched Earth 3 Billion Years Ago, Study Says
Early in Earth's history, a killer asteroid smashed a hole in our planet about 300 miles (500 kilometers) wide, which…
Surprise! Asteroid Hosts A Two-Ring Circus Above Its Surface
Rings are a tough phenomenon to spot. As late as 1977, astronomers thought that the only thing in the solar…