Asteroids
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…
Asteroid 2012 TC4 to Buzz Earth on October 12
Asteroid 2012 TC4 as seen by the Remanzacco Observatory team of Ernesto Guido, Giovanni Sostero, Nick Howes on Oct. 9,…
Study Looks at Making Asteroid Mining Viable
Artist concept of the Robotic Asteroid Prospector. Credit: Marc Cohen et al. There’s been a lot of buzz in the…
How Many Asteroids Are Out There?
Answer: a LOT. And there's new ones being discovered all the time, as this fascinating animation by Scott Manley shows.…
Asteroid 2012 QG42 Zooms by Earth Tonight — Watch Live!
A newly found asteroid will zip past Earth tonight (Sept. 13/14). But don’t worry; at a distance of 2.85 million…
Dawn’s Parting Shots of Vesta
Dawn's look at asteroid Vesta as the spacecraft heads off to Ceres. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCAL/MPS/DLR/IDA As Dawn says goodbye to…