Asteroids
Asteroid Explosion over Indonesia
This has taken awhile to filter into the Western press, but an asteroid exploded over the town of Bone,Indonesia on…
Giant Impact Near India — Not Mexico — May Have Killed Dinosaurs
[/caption] A huge, mysterious basin off the coast of India could be the largest, multi-ringed impact crater ever found on…
Asteroid Pallas is Also a Protoplanet
[/caption] Some objects in the solar system are in a "gray area," and can be classified under more than one…
More Water ‘Out There:’ Ice Found on Asteroid
[/caption] For the first time, astronomers have confirmed that an asteroid contains frozen water on its surface. Analysis of asteroid…
Apophis’ Odds of Earth Impact Downgraded
[/caption] NASA scientists have recalculated the path of the large asteroid Apophis, significantly downgrading the odds of it hitting Earth.…
Understanding 2008 TC3 a Year After Impact
[/caption] The first asteroid to have been spotted before hitting Earth, 2008 TC3, crashed in northern Sudan one year ago…
NASA Tests New Robotic Lander for Future Moon, Asteroid Missions
[/caption] The best way to study the new-found water on the Moon would be with in-situ instruments. Since humans won't…
Craters on Vesta and Ceres Could Show Jupiter’s Age
[/caption] Scientists use crater distributions to tell the ages of planetary surfaces on rocky bodies. But how can the ages…
NASA Doesn’t Receive Enough Money for Mandated Asteroid Search
In 2005, the US Congress mandated that NASA discover 90 percent of all near-Earth objects 140 meters in diameter or…
Near-Earth Object Has Two Moons
[/caption] Radar images have shown that a near-Earth object is actually a triple system; an asteroid with two small moons.…