Asteroids
Weekly Space Hangout – March 7, 2014: Cosmos Premiere & NASA Budget
Host: Fraser Cain Astrojournalists: David Dickinson, Matthew Francis, Casey Dreier, Jason Major, Brian Koberlein, Alan Boyle This week's stories: Alan…
Hubble Telescope Watches Asteroid Disintegrate in Space
Back in 2010, astronomers discovered an asteroid that was breaking apart due to a head-on collision with another asteroid. But…
Watch a Car-Sized Asteroid Slam Into the Moon
Hey, all you astro-photographers/videographers out there: were you shooting the Moon back on September 11, 2013? You may want to…
An Incredible Visualization of Asteroids from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Who knew asteroids could be so beautiful and mesmerizing? In 2008, a group of astronomers led by Alex Parker did…
‘Moby Dick’ Asteroid 2000 EM26 is Missing – Help Astronomers Find It
Yesterday evening you may have dropped by to watch Slooh's live coverage of asteroid 2000 EM26 as it passed just 8.8…
Astronomers Look “Inside” an Asteroid for the First Time
From directly inferring the inside of an asteroid for the first time, astronomers have discovered these space rocks can have…
Herschel Discovers Water Vapor Spewing from Ceres
With the Dawn spacecraft now heading towards the dwarf planet/asteroid Ceres, the mission has suddenly gotten even more intriguing. The…
Hitch a Ride on the Next Mission to an Asteroid
NASA and the Planetary Society are teaming up to give everyone the opportunity tag along on the next mission to…
Space Shuttle-Sized Asteroid 2013 XY8 to Fly Past Earth on Dec. 11
A newly-discovered asteroid about the size of a space shuttle will fly past Earth on December 11, 2013 at a…
Watch This Asteroid Not Hit Earth
Earlier today the near-Earth asteroid 2013 NJ sailed by, coming as close as 2.5 lunar distances -- about 960,000 km/596,500…