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Phobos and Jupiter Conjunction in 3 D and Amazing Animation – Blastoff to Martian Moon near
http://youtu.be/u60IkqWF5D4 Video Caption: Phobos and Jupiter in Conjunction - taken from Mars orbit ! A movie of the 1 June…
Are Black Holes Planet Smashers?
[/caption] Some supermassive black holes are obscured by oddly shaped dust clouds which resemble doughnuts. These clouds have been an…
The Asteroid That Fell To Earth: Meteorites from 2008 TC3 Still Giving Up Their Secrets
[/caption] It was an unprecedented event: On October 6, 2008, asteroid 2008 TC3 was spotted by the Catalina Sky Survey…
Asteroid Lutetia May Have A Molten Core
[/caption] Way out in space, 282 million miles from home, the intrepid ESA Rosetta spacecraft is still busy, but had…
NASA Prepares for Asteroid’s Close Pass by Earth
[/caption] On Tuesday, November 8, at 6:28 p.m. EST, an asteroid the size of an aircraft carrier will soar past…
Faulkes Team Images Trojan Jupiter Comet
Jupiter Comet Based on an observation posted on the Near Earth Object confirmation page from an image taken by A.…
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Dawn Discovers Surprise 2nd Giant South Pole Impact Basin at Strikingly Dichotomous Vesta
[/caption] Scientists leading NASA’s Dawn mission have discovered a 2nd giant impact basin at the south pole of the giant…
The Bad Astronomer Talks Asteroids
Here's a great talk given by our friend Phil Plait at a TED event, TEDxBoulder, about how an asteroid might…
Amazing New View of the Mt. Everest of Vesta
[/caption] NASA has just released an amazing new view of the mysterious south pole of Vesta that offers an oblique…
Impact On Asteroid Scheila?
[/caption] On December 12, 2010, something very unusual happened to asteroid Scheila. For a short period of time, its appearance…