Asteroids
Hayabusa Sample Return Capsule Retrieved
[/caption] Scientists from Japan were given the go-ahead to retrieve the sample return capsule from the Hayabusa spacecraft, which is…
Hayabusa on the Homestretch on Return to Earth
[/caption] After overcoming multiple serious glitches, and a three-year delay in its four billion miles (six billion kilometers) round-trip journey,…
WISE Pictures the Tadpole Nebula with a String of Pearls
[/caption] The Tadpole nebula is looking very stylish in this new infrared image from the WISE spacecraft, NASA's Wide-field Infrared…
Possible Destination? Researchers Find Water Ice and Organics on Asteroid
[/caption] We usually think of asteroids as dark, dry, lifeless chunks of rock, just like the image of Asteroid Itokawa,…
Newly Discovered Asteroid Will Pass by Earth April 8
[/caption] Good to know the Spaceguard teams are keeping an eye out for us. The eagle-eyed observers at the Catalina…
Asteroid Might be Visible to Naked Eye on Feb. 17
[/caption] An asteroid could be visible with binoculars, or even the naked eye on Wednesday, February 17, 2010. No, it's…
Hubble Takes A Look at Possible Asteroid Collision
[/caption] We reported earlier that on January 6, 2010, ground-based observatories may have spotted evidence of an asteroid collision in…
Asteroid Detection, Deflection Needs More Money, Report Says
Are we ready to act if an asteroid or comet were to pose a threat to our planet? No, says…
Asteroids Zipping Too Close to Earth Can Experience Seismic Activity
[/caption] An asteroid's orbit can be altered if it travels in the vicinity of Earth. But astronomers are finding the…
Asteroid Collision May Have Created Comet-like Object
[/caption] A strange comet-like object discovered on January 6, 2010 may actually be the result of an asteroid collision. Lincoln…