Asteroids
NEOShield: a Preemptive Strike Against Asteroids
[/caption] Scientists aren’t entirely sure when the last major asteroid hit the Earth, but it's certain to happen again. Alan…
Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole is Feasting on Asteroids
[/caption] For the past several years, the Chandra telescope has detected X-ray flares occurring about once a day from the…
Asteroid Vesta Floats in Space in High Resolution 3-D
[/caption] The giant Asteroid Vesta literally floats in space in a new high resolution 3-D image of the battered bodies…
2012 BX34: Behind the Scenes in the Discovery of a Near Earth Asteroid
[/caption] Several blockbuster movies, television shows and commercials have depicted the discovery of an asteroid heading towards Earth and usually,…
Hayabusa 2 Mission Approved by Japanese Government
[/caption] In 2010, the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa completed an exciting although nail-biting mission to the asteroid Itokawa, successfully returning samples…
Help Astronomers Measure the Solar System!
[/caption] As the bright Mars-crossing asteroid 433 Eros makes its closest approach to Earth since 1975, astronomers around the globe…
Asteroid To Make Closest Approach Since 1975
[/caption] On Tuesday, January 31, asteroid 433 Eros will come closer to Earth than it has in 37 years, traveling…
Astronomers Capture Images of Asteroid 2012 BX34’s Close Flyby of Earth
[/caption] Small asteroid 2012 BX34 skimmed past Earth today, January 27, 2012, with closest approach at about 15:25 UT, and…
Does Water Ice Lurk Beneath the Poles of Vesta ?
[/caption] The mysterious asteroid Vesta may well have more surprises in store. Despite past observations that Vesta would be nearly…
Asteroid’s Unusual Light and Dark Crater
[/caption] Light and dark material spreads outward from a 5-km-wide crater on Vesta in this image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft,…