Asteroids
Mitigating Asteroid Threats Will Take Global Action
[/caption] During the past 24 hours, the Earth has been hit by about a million small meteoroids – most of…
Graphic Shows Biggest and Closest Near Earth Objects (and it’s not scary)
[/caption] Just for fun, graphic design student Zachary Vabolis created this fantastic graphic showing the closest and biggest Near Earth…
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…
Is the World Ready for An Asteroid Threat? Apollo’s Schweickart Pushes for Action
If we discover an asteroid heading directly towards Earth, are we ready to deal with the challenges of either deflection…
Hubble Sees Asteroid Collision in Slow-Motion
[/caption]Alas, the image above is not marking alien pirate treasure in space - for the first time, the aftermath of…
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"…
Trojans May Yet Rain Down
It would be an interesting survey to catalog the initial reactions readers have to "Trojans". Do you think first of…