Asteroids
Watch Live Webcast of Rosetta Flyby of Asteroid Lutetia July 10
[/caption] On July 10, ESA's Rosetta spacecraft will fly past 21 Lutetia, the largest asteroid ever visited by a satellite.…
Hayabusa Sample Return Canister Opened, Contains Material
[/caption] The sample return canister from the Hayabusa spacecraft has been opened, and does contain a small amount of dust…
Fully Functional Pan-STARRS is now Panning for Stars, Asteroids and Comets
[/caption] There's a new eye on the skies on the lookout for 'killer' asteroids and comets. The first Pan-STARRS (Panoramic…
Hayabusa Sample Return Capsule Retrieved
[/caption] Scientists from Japan were given the go-ahead to retrieve the sample return capsule from the Hayabusa spacecraft, which is…
Hayabusa Returns!
Japan's little spacecraft that could returned to Earth, putting on quite a show over the Australian outback, making a fiery…
Hayabusa on the Homestretch on Return to Earth
[/caption] After overcoming multiple serious glitches, and a three-year delay in its four billion miles (six billion kilometers) round-trip journey,…
WISE Covers the Heart and Soul of Infrared Astronomy
[/caption] In about six months' time, NASA's WISE mission, the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, has captured almost a million images,…
WISE Pictures the Tadpole Nebula with a String of Pearls
[/caption] The Tadpole nebula is looking very stylish in this new infrared image from the WISE spacecraft, NASA's Wide-field Infrared…
Near Earth Asteroid 2010 GU21 Swoops By Earth On May 5
[/caption] The Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA) 2010 GU21 was discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey on April 5 2010 (MPEC 2010-G55)…
Possible Destination? Researchers Find Water Ice and Organics on Asteroid
[/caption] We usually think of asteroids as dark, dry, lifeless chunks of rock, just like the image of Asteroid Itokawa,…