Asteroids
Asteroid Imposters
[/caption] A frequent plot device in the old "Mission: Impossible" television show was the special masks the IMF team used…
Countdown to Asteroid Flyby
[/caption] Time critical is approaching for the Rosetta spacecraft and it's flyby of the asteroid 2867 Steins. Closest approach is…
How To Save the World From Asteroid Impact: Plastic Wrap
[/caption] Remember a competition we reported on back in April called "Move An Asteroid"? It was an international technical paper…
Rosetta Prepares for Meet-Up With Asteroid Next Week
[/caption] ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft will make an historic encounter with asteroid (2867) Steins on September 5, 2008 at 20:58 CEST…
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…