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Vrooming over Vivid Vestan Vistas in Vibrant 3 D – Video
[/caption] It’s time to put on your 3-D glasses and go soaring all over the giant asteroid Vesta - thanks…
Consolation Prize for Phobos-Grunt? Experts Consider Possibilities for Sending Spacecraft to Moon or Asteroid
[/caption] Editor’s note: Dr. David Warmflash, principal science lead for the US team from the LIFE experiment on board the…
Every Way Devised to Deflect an Asteroid
With asteroid 2005 YU55 passing close by Earth yesterday, this rather unsettlingly near flyby has many people wondering if we…
Images, Video from Around the World of Asteroid 2005 YU55’s Close Pass
[/caption] A 400-meter-wide asteroid created a lot of "buzz" as it buzzed by Earth, with its closest approach on November…
Live Webcast as Keck Telescope Attempts Images of Asteroid 2005 YU55
Astronomers from the Keck Telescope in Hawaii will be trying to observe Asteroid 2005 YU55 as it flies away from…
First Movie of Asteroid 2005 YU55’s Flyby
Here's a short movie of Asteroid 2005 YU55, created from data collected from the 70-meter Deep Space Network antenna at…
Just In: NASA’s Latest Image of Asteroid 2005 YU55
[/caption] NASA's Deep Space Network antenna in Goldstone, California has captured new radar images of Asteroid 2005 YU55 as it…
The Asteroid That Fell To Earth: Meteorites from 2008 TC3 Still Giving Up Their Secrets
[/caption] It was an unprecedented event: On October 6, 2008, asteroid 2008 TC3 was spotted by the Catalina Sky Survey…
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Dawn Discovers Surprise 2nd Giant South Pole Impact Basin at Strikingly Dichotomous Vesta
[/caption] Scientists leading NASA’s Dawn mission have discovered a 2nd giant impact basin at the south pole of the giant…
The Bad Astronomer Talks Asteroids
Here's a great talk given by our friend Phil Plait at a TED event, TEDxBoulder, about how an asteroid might…