Asteroids
Astronomers Provide a Peek at Asteroid 2012 DA14
Our friends Ernesto Guido and Nick Howes from the Remanzacco Observatory -- along with Edward Gomez from the Faulkes Telescope…
Watch Live as Asteroid 2012 DA14 Whizzes Past Earth
Want to keep tabs on asteroid 2012 DA14 as it whizzes past Earth tomorrow (Feb. 15)? NASA TV and several…
See an Asteroid’s-Eye-View of Friday’s Close Approach Between 2012 DA14 and Earth
If you haven’t heard yet, this Friday, February 15, 2013 will be a close flyby of an asteroid named 2012…
45 meter Asteroid to Skirt Very Near Earth on Feb 15
Our home planet is due for a record setting space encounter on Friday (Feb. 15) of this week, when a…
Asteroid Apophis: Bigger, Darker But Not a Threat in 2036
During its close approach this week, observatories from ESA and NASA have made some updates on their assessment of asteroid…
Watch Live Webcast of Asteroid Apophis Earth Flyby
Once again, the Slooh Space Camera team will host a live webcast of an asteroid flyby of Earth. This one…
Asteroid Toutatis Tumbles in New Video from NASA
NASA has compiled the radar images taken of Asteroid Toutatis during its flyby of Earth this week to create a…
Close Approach Image of Asteroid 2012 XE54
Image of Asteroid 2012 XE54 taken with the the H06 ITelescope network near Mayhill, New Mexico on December 11, 2012,…
Two Asteroids Will Buzz Past Earth on December 11
Four computer generated views of Asteroid Toutatis based on Goldstone radar imagery. Via NASA A newly discovered small asteroid named…
Deflecting Incoming Asteroids with Paintballs
An artist's rendering of the asteroid Apophis. Credit: ESA What would be a way to deflect asteroid Apophis if it…