Asteroids
NASA Tests New Robotic Lander for Future Moon, Asteroid Missions
[/caption] The best way to study the new-found water on the Moon would be with in-situ instruments. Since humans won't…
Craters on Vesta and Ceres Could Show Jupiter’s Age
[/caption] Scientists use crater distributions to tell the ages of planetary surfaces on rocky bodies. But how can the ages…
NASA Doesn’t Receive Enough Money for Mandated Asteroid Search
In 2005, the US Congress mandated that NASA discover 90 percent of all near-Earth objects 140 meters in diameter or…
Near-Earth Object Has Two Moons
[/caption] Radar images have shown that a near-Earth object is actually a triple system; an asteroid with two small moons.…
Half Comet-Half Asteroid a Fluke? Nope
[/caption] Back in 1996, astronomers discovered a strange object in the asteroid belt. They decided it was either a "lost"…
Keep Track of NEOs with New “Asteroid Watch” Website
With the recent impact on Jupiter, a lot of people out there have asteroids on their mind and wonder if…
Heat-Shocked Diamonds Provide New Clue of Horse-Killing Impact
[/caption] Archeologists have been divided about whether an extraterrestiral impact blasted North America about 12,900 years ago, wreaking havoc on…
A Benevolent Sort of Asteroid Bombardment?
Celestial impacts can bring life as well as wipe it out, say the authors of a new study out of…
2009 HC82: A Burnt-Out, Eccentric and Backward Near-Earth Asteroid
The Solar System often throws up surprises for astronomers, but the recent discovery of a 2- to 3-km wide asteroid…
Coastal Formations Not Result of Asteroid Impact
[/caption] Coastal formations called chevrons, large U- or V-shaped features found on coastlines around the world were originally thought to…