Asteroids
Strange Asteroid 2009 BD Stalks the Earth
[/caption]A 10 meter-wide asteroid named 2009 BD discovered earlier this month is making a slow pass of the Earth, coming…
New Telescope on the Lookout for Near Earth Asteroids, Comets
[/caption] A prototype telescope with an enhanced ability to find moving objects will soon be operational, and its mission will…
Impressive Craters on Earth
[/caption] Ever since our recent encounter with asteroid 2008 TC3 -- the first asteroid that was correctly predicted to hit…
First Images of Asteroid 2008 TC3 Impact Aftermath
[/caption] A month after asteroid 2008 TC3 hit the Earth's atmosphere, the first ground-based image of the event has surfaced…
Could Strange Mars Craters be from a Fallen Third Moon?
[/caption]Was there a third Martian moon orbiting the planet? Did Phobos and Deimos have a triplet sibling? According to the…
Where Are the Images from Asteroid 2008 TC3?
[/caption] One of the big news items last week was the prediction that an asteroid was on a collision course…
Asteroid To Enter Earth’s Atmosphere Tonight (Oct. 6)
Looking for a little excitement tonight? An asteroid between 1-5 meters (3-15 feet) was discovered just hours ago at an…
Earth’s Precious Metals Could Be From Meteorites and Asteroids
[/caption] Meteorites and asteroids from the inner solar system could be responsible for Earth's store of precious metals such as…
Announcing Asteroid 158092 Frasercain
[/caption] Well, I've just been accepted into an elite club of people with astronomical objects named after them. And no,…
Rosetta Flies By ‘Diamond in the Sky’ Steins
[/caption] ESA's Rosetta spacecraft successfully flew by the asteroid 2867 Steins, coming within 800 km (500 miles) and gathering images…