Asteroids

Orion Crew Capsule Targeted for 2014 Leap to High Orbit

[/caption] NASA is on course to make the highest leap in human spaceflight in nearly 4 decades when an unmanned…

13 years ago

Dawn gets Big Science Boost at Best Vesta Mapping Altitude

[/caption] NASA’s Dawn mission is getting a whopping boost in science observing time at the closest orbit around Asteroid Vesta…

13 years ago

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Asteroids

Will Asteroid 2011 AG5 Hit Earth in 2040?

[/caption] You may have heard about an asteroid in the news this week that has a 1 in 625 chance…

13 years ago

NEOShield: a Preemptive Strike Against Asteroids

[/caption] Scientists aren’t entirely sure when the last major asteroid hit the Earth, but it's certain to happen again. Alan…

13 years ago

Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole is Feasting on Asteroids

[/caption] For the past several years, the Chandra telescope has detected X-ray flares occurring about once a day from the…

13 years ago

Asteroid Vesta Floats in Space in High Resolution 3-D

[/caption] The giant Asteroid Vesta literally floats in space in a new high resolution 3-D image of the battered bodies…

13 years ago

Asteroids

2012 BX34: Behind the Scenes in the Discovery of a Near Earth Asteroid

[/caption] Several blockbuster movies, television shows and commercials have depicted the discovery of an asteroid heading towards Earth and usually,…

13 years ago

Hayabusa 2 Mission Approved by Japanese Government

[/caption] In 2010, the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa completed an exciting although nail-biting mission to the asteroid Itokawa, successfully returning samples…

13 years ago