Asteroids
Earth Has A Companion Asteroid With a Weird Orbit
[/caption] There are plenty of near-Earth asteroids out there, but this latest one studied by two researchers at Armagh Observatory…
Astronomers Continue to Monitor Asteroid Apophis
[/caption] Asteroid Apophis continues to be an object of interest for astronomers. Even though the possibility of an Earth impact…
New Record: Telescope Finds 19 Near-Earth Asteroids in One Night
[/caption] From a University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy press release: The Pan-STARRS PS1 telescope on Haleakala, Maui, discovered 19…
Small Asteroid Just Buzzed Earth
If you felt a sudden breeze at about 19:40 GMT (2:40 pm EST), it was probably from a small asteroid…
Mission Complete: NEOWISE Concludes Hunt for Near-Earth Objects
[/caption] The WISE spacecraft has completed a special mission called NEOWISE, looking for small bodies in the solar system, and…
Asteroid Apophis in the News Again
It must have been a slow news day in Russia yesterday (actually – and unfortunately -- it wasn’t)… as headlines…
More Asteroids Could Have Made Life’s Ingredients
[/caption] From a NASA press release: A wider range of asteroids were capable of creating the kind of amino acids…
Deep Space Radar Unveils Rotating Asteroid 2010 JL33
[/caption] Intriguing details about the physical properties and characteristics of a recently discovered asteroid have just been unveiled in amazing…
Did GD61 Eat a Planetessimal?
[/caption] The primary method by which astronomers hope to study exoplanet atmospheres is by detecting their absorption spectra as they…
Asteroid Scheila Sprouts a Tail and Coma
[/caption] When is an asteroid not an asteroid? When it turns out to be a comet, of course. Has this…