Asteroids
Solving the Asteroid – Meteorite Puzzle
[/caption] Astronomers studying ways to deal with incoming near-Earth asteroids (NEA) that might be on a collision course with our…
Rosetta Begins Tracking Asteroid Steins for Flyby
[/caption] Since waking up in early July from a brief hibernation, the Rosetta space probe has passed yet another milestone…
Bad Idea: Blowing Up Asteroids with Nuclear Missiles
[/caption] The first thing that comes to mind when someone asks: "How do we deflect a near Earth asteroid?" is…
Where Do Meteorites Come From?
If you've ever held a real meteorite in your hand, you probably wanted to know, "Where has this rock been…
Binary Asteroid Glides Past Earth
A rare event has given astronomers a great view of a binary asteroid system. Tonight, asteroid 2008 BT18 passed 1.4…
The Sunny Side of Asteroids
Asteroids with moons, called binary asteroids, are fairly common in the solar system. But scientists haven't been able to figure…
Exploding Asteroid Theory Gains Evidence
About 13,000 years ago, woolly mammoths roamed the North American continent and the first known human society in that region,…
Canada to build World’s First Asteroid-hunting Satellite
Just yesterday (June 30th) was the 100-year anniversary of the Tunguska event, when a small piece of ice or rock…
Rare Asteroid Studied by Hawaiian Scientists
Asteroid 10537 (1991 RY16) is a rarity. It is composed of basaltic rock (i.e. rock that cooled quickly after formation…
What is the Fastest Spinning Object in the Solar System? Near-Earth Asteroid 2008 HJ
A British astronomer has discovered a strange spinning object. The fact that it is spinning in itself is not strange,…