Asteroids
Asteroid Broke Up, and Then it Killed the Dinosaurs
It was a controversial theory when first proposed years ago, but now most paleontologists side with the theory that a…
Animation of a Human Mission to an Asteroid
Although NASA is gearing up to send humans back to the Moon, and eventually Mars, mission planners are also considering…
Dawn Mission Pushed Back to September
One of my favourite upcoming missions is NASA's Dawn spacecraft, set to go into orbit around two different asteroids. It…
Hubble Delivers Photos of Ceres and Vesta
On July 7, 2007 NASA will launch its next explorer into the Solar System. This spacecraft's destinations are the asteroids…
Double Asteroids Revealed as Twin Piles of Rubble
Astronomers have turned up many binary asteroids in the Solar System. Instead of a single, solitary spacerock, you've got two…
Podcast: Asteroids Make Bad Neighbours
This week we're talking about asteroids. And not just any asteroids, but Near Earth Objects. How do astronomers find these…
The Countries Most at Risk to Asteroid Impacts
If you're planning a move in the next few years, you might want to consider thread from asteroid impact on…
Asteroid Sample Return Mission Proposed
A new NASA mission is being proposed to fly out, extract a sample from a nearby asteroid, and return it…
Sunlight Puts the Spin on Asteroids
Astronomers have theorized that light from the Sun influences the speed at which asteroids spin, and now they've gathered the…
Lasers Could Deflect Future Asteroids From Impacting Earth
The Earth has been bombarded by asteroids in the past, and it's going to happen again in the future. It's…