Asteroids
Were the Dinosaurs Really Wiped Out by an Asteroid? Possibly Not (Update)
In 1979, the huge Chicxulub crater, measuring about 180 km (112 miles) in diameter, was discovered on the northern Yucatan…
How Will We Prepare for an Asteroid Impact?
[/caption] If Earthlings discovered a large asteroid heading towards our planet, how would we react? But more importantly would the…
Young Asteroids Age Fast with a Solar Wind Tan
[/caption] If you stay out in the Sun too long, you'll eventually get a suntan (or sunburn); your skin will…
How to Keep Asteroids Away: Tie Them Up
[/caption] It may not look like much, but that drawing could save a life someday -- or 7 billion.…
Changing Opinions: Fireball Likely Not Part of Soyuz Rocket
[/caption] Officials are now saying the bright fireball seen over Virginia in the US on Sunday was probably a natural…
Another Meteor? No, Russian Rocket
[/caption] Residents of Virginia in the US reported hearing booms and seeing flashes of light Sunday night, and originally, it…
Meteorites Found in Africa From First Predicted Asteroid Hit
[/caption] Remember in October 2008 when Asteroid 2008 TC3 hit the scene – literally? This was the first asteroid that…
The Sun as a White Dwarf Star
[/caption] What will happen to all the inner planets, dwarf planets, gas giants and asteroids in the Solar System when…
Newly Discovered Asteroid 2009 FH to Buzz Past the Earth Tonight
[/caption]Another asteroid is set to make a close approach of 79,000 km according to NASA, a distance twice that of…
Dawn Spacecraft on Target for Vesta Following Gravity Assist
[/caption] Recently, the Dawn spacecraft – on its circuitous route to the asteroid belt -- used the gravity of Mars…