asteroid
“Oddball” Asteroid is Really a Comet
It's a case of mistaken identity: a near-Earth asteroid with a peculiar orbit turns out not to be an asteroid…
How Can We Stop An Asteroid?
"It's like looking for a charcoal briquette in the dark," says Bill Nye the Science Guy in this new video…
‘Avalanche’ Risk Higher Than Thought For Asteroid Landings: Study
Imagine plunking your spacecraft down on an asteroid. The gravity would be small. The surface would be uneven. The space…
Earth-Passing Asteroid is “An Entirely New Beast”
On the last day of May 2013 asteroid 1998 QE2 passed relatively closely by our planet, coming within 6 million kilometers...…
Surprise! Earth Passing Asteroid 1998 QE2 Has a Moon
Late yesterday, NASA turned the 230-foot (70-meter) Deep Space Network antenna at Goldstone, California towards Asteroid 1998 QE2 as it…
Official Confirms NASA Plan to Capture an Asteroid
Rumors have been leaking out for over a week, but now according to Alan Boyle at NBC News’ Cosmic Log,…
Close Passing Asteroid 2013 ET Gets Its Picture Taken
Another space rock sat pretty for NASA's big dish photographer. The 70-meter (230-feet) Goldstone antenna zinged radio waves at 2013 ET on…
A Parting Look at 2012 DA14: Was This a Warning Shot from Space?
Just as anticipated, on Friday, Feb. 15, asteroid 2012 DA14 passed us by, zipping 27,000 kilometers (17,000 miles) above Earth's surface…
In Two Weeks This 50-Meter Asteroid Will Buzz Our Planet
Asteroid 2012-DA14 will pass Earth closely on Feb. 15, 2013 (NASA) On February 15 a chunk of rock about 50…
Ancient Impacts Stained Vesta with Carbon-Rich Material
Composite-color 3D image of Cornelia crater on Vesta (NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA) Ever since arriving at Vesta in July 2011, NASA's Dawn spacecraft…