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Asteroid’s Unusual Light and Dark Crater
[/caption] Light and dark material spreads outward from a 5-km-wide crater on Vesta in this image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft,…
Does Earth Have Many Tiny Moons?
[/caption] Look up in a clear night sky. How many moons do you see? Chances are, you're only going to…
Asteroid 2005 YU55: See It For Yourself!
[/caption] It's already been stated several times here on Universe Today that 2005 YU55, a 400-meter-wide roughly spherical asteroid, will…
Asteroid 2005 YU55: An Expert’s Explanation
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory released this video today featuring more information about the much-discussed 2005 YU55, a 400-meter-wide asteroid that…
Asteroid 2005 YU55 Gets Closer to Earth; “No Chance of an Impact”
[/caption] Yes, it's coming. Yes, it's big. Yes, it will be even closer than the Moon. And yes... we're completely…
NASA Prepares for Asteroid’s Close Pass by Earth
[/caption] On Tuesday, November 8, at 6:28 p.m. EST, an asteroid the size of an aircraft carrier will soar past…
Asteroid or Space Junk? Object Makes Close Pass by Earth Wednesday
[/caption] Caption: Asteroid or rocket booster? 2010 AL30 as imaged remotely from Australia on Jan. 11, 2010. Credit: Ernesto Guido…
K-T Boundary
[/caption]What killed the dinosaurs? That's a question that has puzzled paleontologists since dinosaurs were first discovered. Maybe the global climate…
NASA Doesn’t Receive Enough Money for Mandated Asteroid Search
In 2005, the US Congress mandated that NASA discover 90 percent of all near-Earth objects 140 meters in diameter or…
Near-Earth Object Has Two Moons
[/caption] Radar images have shown that a near-Earth object is actually a triple system; an asteroid with two small moons.…