Asteroids
Announcing Asteroid 158092 Frasercain
[/caption] Well, I've just been accepted into an elite club of people with astronomical objects named after them. And no,…
Rosetta Flies By ‘Diamond in the Sky’ Steins
[/caption] ESA's Rosetta spacecraft successfully flew by the asteroid 2867 Steins, coming within 800 km (500 miles) and gathering images…
Asteroid Imposters
[/caption] A frequent plot device in the old "Mission: Impossible" television show was the special masks the IMF team used…
Countdown to Asteroid Flyby
[/caption] Time critical is approaching for the Rosetta spacecraft and it's flyby of the asteroid 2867 Steins. Closest approach is…
How To Save the World From Asteroid Impact: Plastic Wrap
[/caption] Remember a competition we reported on back in April called "Move An Asteroid"? It was an international technical paper…
Rosetta Prepares for Meet-Up With Asteroid Next Week
[/caption] ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft will make an historic encounter with asteroid (2867) Steins on September 5, 2008 at 20:58 CEST…
Solving the Asteroid – Meteorite Puzzle
[/caption] Astronomers studying ways to deal with incoming near-Earth asteroids (NEA) that might be on a collision course with our…
Rosetta Begins Tracking Asteroid Steins for Flyby
[/caption] Since waking up in early July from a brief hibernation, the Rosetta space probe has passed yet another milestone…
Bad Idea: Blowing Up Asteroids with Nuclear Missiles
[/caption] The first thing that comes to mind when someone asks: "How do we deflect a near Earth asteroid?" is…
Where Do Meteorites Come From?
If you've ever held a real meteorite in your hand, you probably wanted to know, "Where has this rock been…