Asteroids
Bazinga: Mysterious Earth Orbiting Asteroid Turns Out to be Space Junk
Can’t find asteroid 2010 QW1 in the Minor Planet Database? No, the “Men in Black” didn’t secretly remove this Earth-orbiting…
“Oddball” Asteroid is Really a Comet
It's a case of mistaken identity: a near-Earth asteroid with a peculiar orbit turns out not to be an asteroid…
Huge Asteroid 324 Bamberga Makes a Return Visit to Earth’s Neighborhood on Friday the 13th
This week offers a fine chance to catch sight of a unique asteroid. 324 Bamberga reaches opposition this week in…
NASA: 96 Things You Can Do With an Asteroid
NASA is really getting into this crowd-sourcing thing. The space agency asked and the public responded with hundreds of ideas…
‘Drift Is The Most Dangerous Thing For NASA’
It's easy to take the International Space Station for granted. It's been planned, under construction and/or operated for decades. Humans…
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Are We Martians? Chemist’s New Claim Sparks Debate
Are Earthlings really Martians ? Did life arise on Mars first and then journey on rocks to our planet and…
Trojan Asteroid Found Orbiting Uranus
What’s new in the outer reaches of our solar system? Try the discovery of a Trojan asteroid orbiting Uranus. While…
A New Look at NASA’s Asteroid Capture Plan
NASA has released some new photos and video animations outlining the concept of how their planned asteroid capture mission will…
WISE Spacecraft Re-Activated to Hunt for Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
A hibernating spacecraft has been called back into service. The WISE (Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer”) spacecraft that has been sleeping…