Asteroids
Happy Equinox! – A Perfect Time to See the Zodiacal Light
Welcome to the first day of spring! If you have a clear night between now and April 1, celebrate the…
Clouds May Scotch Tomorrow’s Rare Erigone-Regulus Occultation
North America's brightest predicted asteroid occultation may be one-upped by a much bigger occultation - a solid blanket of clouds.…
Why the Asteroid Belt Doesn’t Threaten Spacecraft
When you think of the asteroid belt, you probably imagine a region of rock and dust, with asteroids as far…
How to Watch an Asteroid Occult a Bright Star on March 20th
Live in the New York City tri-state area, or anywhere near the path above? One of the most unusual big…
NASA Offers $35,000 In Prizes For Citizen Scientists To Help Find Asteroids
Fancy yourself an asteroid hunter? There's $35,000 available in prizes for NASA's new Asteroid Data Hunter contest series, which will…
Hubble Telescope Watches Asteroid Disintegrate in Space
Back in 2010, astronomers discovered an asteroid that was breaking apart due to a head-on collision with another asteroid. But…
Watch the Close Pass of NEO Asteroid 2014 DX110 Wednesday Night
BREAKING- No sooner than the cyber-ink was dry on this post than we got notice of another 10-metre NEO asteroid…
Did An Icy Collision Produce The Odd Shape Of Asteroid 624 Hektor?
Two icy asteroids could have crashed into each other early in the solar system's history to form the strange-looking 624…
Watch a Car-Sized Asteroid Slam Into the Moon
Hey, all you astro-photographers/videographers out there: were you shooting the Moon back on September 11, 2013? You may want to…
Chelyabinsk ‘Was A Pretty Nasty Event’ And Is Spurring Asteroid Action
Looking at the power of the Chelyabinsk meteor (which struck a year ago and is visible starting around 1:15 in…