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Asteroid 2012 DA14

European Asteroid Smasher Could Bolster Planetary Defense

February 24, 2013

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter Planetary Defense is a concept very few people heard of or took seriously – that is until last week’s humongous and totally unexpected meteor explosion over Russia sent millions of frightened residents ducking for cover, followed just hours later by Earth’s [...]

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First Radar Observations of Asteroid 2012 DA14

February 19, 2013

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory has released an initial view of radar observations of asteroid 2012 DA14 generated from data obtained by NASA’s Goldstone Solar System Radar, taken on Feb. 15-16, 2013 as the asteroid headed away from Earth. While these first radar data aren’t very picturesque, they do reveal one obvious thing: this asteroid is [...]

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Photos and Videos of Asteroid 2012 DA14 ‘Running Fast Among the Stars’

February 16, 2013

Yesterday a 50 meter (160 foot) rock passed just over 27,000 kilometers (17,000 miles) from the Earth’s surface. This big space rock, named 2012 DA14, dodged us while another smaller and unrelated asteroid gave us an extraterrestrial punch over Russia (read more about that here). Telescopes around the world — both big professional ones and [...]

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Latest Video of Asteroid 2012 DA14 Steaking Towards Close Shave with Earth – as Meteor explodes over Russia

February 15, 2013

Here’s the latest video of the fast approaching asteroid named 2012 DA14 that’s screeching towards our planet and set to give us all a very close shave this afternoon, shortly after 2 PM EST. NASA TV will provide Live coverage starting at 2 PM EST. Remove this ad

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Russian Meteor Not Related to Asteroid Flyby, NASA Confirms

February 15, 2013

The meteor that streaked over the skies of Russia — creating a shockwave that shattered windows, injuring upwards of 1,000 people — is not related to the asteroid that will whiz past Earth later today, (Feb.15), NASA has confirmed. As many of our readers have noted in comments on our previous story on the Russian [...]

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