Asteroids
Breaking News: Small NEO Could Pass Within 60,000 km of Earth on Tuesday
[/caption] A small asteroid will likely pass very close to Earth this week Tuesday. Astronomers are still tracking the object,…
Water Ice Found on Another Asteroid
[/caption] There could be a lot more water out there than anyone thought. A second asteroid has been found to…
JAXA: Hayabusa Capsule Contains Particles, Maybe of Asteroid
[/caption] At a press conference yesterday, officials from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced that they had "scraped up"…
Trojans May Yet Rain Down
It would be an interesting survey to catalog the initial reactions readers have to "Trojans". Do you think first of…
Rosetta Uncovers a Thick, Dusty Blanket on Lutetia
[/caption] If you think that asteroids are boring, unchanging rocks floating in space waiting only to crop up in bad…
Does a “Rock Comet” Generate the Geminids?
[/caption] Many annual meteor showers have parent bodies identified. For example, the Perseids are ejecta from the comet, Swift-Tuttle and…
Follow-up Studies on June 3rd Jupiter Impact
[/caption] Poor Jupiter just can't seem to catch a break. Ever since 1994, when our largest planet was hit by…
Two New Asteroids to Pass Earth This Week
[/caption] Two newly discovered asteroids will pass the Earth this week. The asteroids were discovered on September 5th of this…
Near Earth Asteroids Vary Widely in Composition, Origin
[/caption] From the Spitzer website: New research from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope reveals that asteroids somewhat near Earth, termed near-Earth…
Astounding Video Shows 30 Years of Asteroid Discoveries
This incredible video by Scott Manley/Armagh Observatory (and recommended by Neil deGrasse Tyson on Twitter) shows the locations of all…