Asteroids
Near Earth Asteroid 2010 GU21 Swoops By Earth On May 5
[/caption] The Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA) 2010 GU21 was discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey on April 5 2010 (MPEC 2010-G55)…
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,…
Obama Wants Mission to Asteroid by 2025, Mars by mid-2030’s
[/caption] Speaking at Kennedy Space Center, President Barack Obama discussed his plans for NASA which includes sending astronauts to a…
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…
Scientists Come to a Conclusion: Asteroid Killed the Dinosaurs
Over the years, scientists have debated the cause of the mass extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years…
Small Asteroids, Bread Flour, and a Dutch Physicist’s 150-year Old Theory
[/caption] No, it's not the Universe Puzzle No. 3; rather, it's an intriguing result from recent work into the strange…
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…
WISE Bags its First Near-Earth Asteroid
[/caption] Well, that didn't take long: The WISE spacecraft (Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer) spotted its first near-Earth asteroid on January…
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…