Asteroids
Astronomers Continue to Monitor Asteroid Apophis
[/caption] Asteroid Apophis continues to be an object of interest for astronomers. Even though the possibility of an Earth impact…
New Record: Telescope Finds 19 Near-Earth Asteroids in One Night
[/caption] From a University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy press release: The Pan-STARRS PS1 telescope on Haleakala, Maui, discovered 19…
Small Asteroid Just Buzzed Earth
If you felt a sudden breeze at about 19:40 GMT (2:40 pm EST), it was probably from a small asteroid…
Mission Complete: NEOWISE Concludes Hunt for Near-Earth Objects
[/caption] The WISE spacecraft has completed a special mission called NEOWISE, looking for small bodies in the solar system, and…
Asteroid Apophis in the News Again
It must have been a slow news day in Russia yesterday (actually – and unfortunately -- it wasn’t)… as headlines…
More Asteroids Could Have Made Life’s Ingredients
[/caption] From a NASA press release: A wider range of asteroids were capable of creating the kind of amino acids…
Deep Space Radar Unveils Rotating Asteroid 2010 JL33
[/caption] Intriguing details about the physical properties and characteristics of a recently discovered asteroid have just been unveiled in amazing…
Did GD61 Eat a Planetessimal?
[/caption] The primary method by which astronomers hope to study exoplanet atmospheres is by detecting their absorption spectra as they…
No Asteroid Particles Found in Second Hayabusa Compartment, But More in First
[/caption] No visible material from asteroid Itokawa was found inside the second compartment of a canister returned to Earth by…
Asteroid Scheila Sprouts a Tail and Coma
[/caption] When is an asteroid not an asteroid? When it turns out to be a comet, of course. Has this…