Asteroids
Early Images Coming in of Asteroid 1998 QE2’s Flyby
Will the flyby of Near Earth Asteroid 285263 (1998 QE2) reveal more surprises? NASA announced yesterday that radar images uncovered…
Surprise! Earth Passing Asteroid 1998 QE2 Has a Moon
Late yesterday, NASA turned the 230-foot (70-meter) Deep Space Network antenna at Goldstone, California towards Asteroid 1998 QE2 as it…
Planetary Resources Looks to Crowdfund a Space Telescope for the Public
How much would you donate to have access to a space telescope … or just to have an orbital "selfie"?…
How to Spot Near-Earth Asteroid 1998 QE2 This Week
A large asteroid visits our fair corner of the solar system this week, and with a little planning you may…
With Russian Meteor Fresh In Everyone’s Memory, ESA Opens An Asteroid Monitoring Center
It's been about three months since that infamous meteor broke up over Chelyabinsk, Russia. In that time, there's been a lot…
Mars Gets Bombarded by 200 Small Asteroids and Comets Every Year
One of the benefits of having a spacecraft in orbit around another planet for several years is the ability to…
Cosmic C.S.I.: Searching for the Origins of the Solar System in Two Grains of Sand
"The total number of stars in the Universe is larger than all the grains of sand on all the beaches…
NASA Explains Their New Asteroid Retrieval Mission
NASA's FY2014 budget proposal includes a plan to robotically capture a small near-Earth asteroid and redirect it safely to a…
Official Confirms NASA Plan to Capture an Asteroid
Rumors have been leaking out for over a week, but now according to Alan Boyle at NBC News’ Cosmic Log,…
5 Weird Things About Vesta
When Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers first glimpsed Vesta on March 29, 1807 -- this date in history -- the asteroid was but…