Asteroids
How to Deflect an Asteroid with Today’s Technology
Apollo 9 astronaut Rusty Schweickart is among an international group of people championing the need for the human race to…
Video: Asteroid 2010 TD54 Whizzes Close to Earth
[/caption] Amateur astronomer Patrick Wiggins from Utah (and fellow Solar System Ambassador) was able to capture images this morning of…
Breaking News: Small NEO Could Pass Within 60,000 km of Earth on Tuesday
[/caption] A small asteroid will likely pass very close to Earth this week Tuesday. Astronomers are still tracking the object,…
Water Ice Found on Another Asteroid
[/caption] There could be a lot more water out there than anyone thought. A second asteroid has been found to…
JAXA: Hayabusa Capsule Contains Particles, Maybe of Asteroid
[/caption] At a press conference yesterday, officials from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced that they had "scraped up"…
Rosetta Uncovers a Thick, Dusty Blanket on Lutetia
[/caption] If you think that asteroids are boring, unchanging rocks floating in space waiting only to crop up in bad…
Does a “Rock Comet” Generate the Geminids?
[/caption] Many annual meteor showers have parent bodies identified. For example, the Perseids are ejecta from the comet, Swift-Tuttle and…
Follow-up Studies on June 3rd Jupiter Impact
[/caption] Poor Jupiter just can't seem to catch a break. Ever since 1994, when our largest planet was hit by…
Two New Asteroids to Pass Earth This Week
[/caption] Two newly discovered asteroids will pass the Earth this week. The asteroids were discovered on September 5th of this…
Near Earth Asteroids Vary Widely in Composition, Origin
[/caption] From the Spitzer website: New research from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope reveals that asteroids somewhat near Earth, termed near-Earth…