Asteroids
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…
An Incredible Visualization of Asteroids from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Who knew asteroids could be so beautiful and mesmerizing? In 2008, a group of astronomers led by Alex Parker did…
Asteroid Swarm ‘Pounded’ Pulsar Star, Causing Changes Visible From Earth
When you throw a bunch of rock and debris at a rapidly spinning star, what happens? A new study suggests…
‘Moby Dick’ Asteroid 2000 EM26 is Missing – Help Astronomers Find It
Yesterday evening you may have dropped by to watch Slooh's live coverage of asteroid 2000 EM26 as it passed just 8.8…