Asteroids
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…
Hoping to See Asteroid 2005 YU55? There’s an App for That!
Starmap is an astronomy/planetarium app for the iPhone and iPad. A companion app, called Spacemap is an extended orrery that…
Asteroid 2005 YU55: See It For Yourself!
[/caption] It's already been stated several times here on Universe Today that 2005 YU55, a 400-meter-wide roughly spherical asteroid, will…
Asteroid 2005 YU55: An Expert’s Explanation
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory released this video today featuring more information about the much-discussed 2005 YU55, a 400-meter-wide asteroid that…
Asteroid 2005 YU55 Gets Closer to Earth; “No Chance of an Impact”
[/caption] Yes, it's coming. Yes, it's big. Yes, it will be even closer than the Moon. And yes... we're completely…
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Phobos and Jupiter Conjunction in 3 D and Amazing Animation – Blastoff to Martian Moon near
http://youtu.be/u60IkqWF5D4 Video Caption: Phobos and Jupiter in Conjunction - taken from Mars orbit ! A movie of the 1 June…
Are Black Holes Planet Smashers?
[/caption] Some supermassive black holes are obscured by oddly shaped dust clouds which resemble doughnuts. These clouds have been an…
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…
Asteroid Lutetia May Have A Molten Core
[/caption] Way out in space, 282 million miles from home, the intrepid ESA Rosetta spacecraft is still busy, but had…