Asteroids

Hoping to See Asteroid 2005 YU55? There’s an App for That!

Starmap is an astronomy/planetarium app for the iPhone and iPad. A companion app, called Spacemap is an extended orrery that…

13 years ago

Asteroid 2005 YU55: See It For Yourself!

[/caption] It's already been stated several times here on Universe Today that 2005 YU55, a 400-meter-wide roughly spherical asteroid, will…

13 years ago

Asteroid 2005 YU55: An Expert’s Explanation

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory released this video today featuring more information about the much-discussed 2005 YU55, a 400-meter-wide asteroid that…

13 years ago

Asteroid 2005 YU55 Gets Closer to Earth; “No Chance of an Impact”

[/caption] Yes, it's coming. Yes, it's big. Yes, it will be even closer than the Moon. And yes... we're completely…

13 years ago

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…

13 years ago

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…

13 years ago

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…

13 years ago

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…

13 years ago

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…

13 years ago

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.…

13 years ago