Asteroids
Comets Posing as Asteroids (or is the the other way around?)
[/caption] Asteroids are rocky bodies which belong between Mars and Jupiter. Comets are icy bodies that belong way out beyond…
Jupiter – Our Silent Guardian?
[/caption] We live in a cosmic shooting gallery. In Phil Plait's Death From the Skies, he lays out the dangers…
Surprise! Unknown Asteroid Buzzed Earth
[/caption] A previously undiscovered asteroid came within 14,000 km (8,700 miles) of Earth last week, and astronomers noticed it only…
Camera Network Spies Anomalous Meteorite
A network of time-lapse cameras set up in the Nullarbor Plain desert of Western Australia has allowed researchers to track…
Asteroid Explosion over Indonesia
This has taken awhile to filter into the Western press, but an asteroid exploded over the town of Bone,Indonesia on…
Giant Impact Near India — Not Mexico — May Have Killed Dinosaurs
[/caption] A huge, mysterious basin off the coast of India could be the largest, multi-ringed impact crater ever found on…
Asteroid Pallas is Also a Protoplanet
[/caption] Some objects in the solar system are in a "gray area," and can be classified under more than one…
More Water ‘Out There:’ Ice Found on Asteroid
[/caption] For the first time, astronomers have confirmed that an asteroid contains frozen water on its surface. Analysis of asteroid…
Apophis’ Odds of Earth Impact Downgraded
[/caption] NASA scientists have recalculated the path of the large asteroid Apophis, significantly downgrading the odds of it hitting Earth.…
Understanding 2008 TC3 a Year After Impact
[/caption] The first asteroid to have been spotted before hitting Earth, 2008 TC3, crashed in northern Sudan one year ago…