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NASA Opens Doors For Asteroid Capture Ideas, Offering $6M For Possible Future Missions
Got some ideas about how to snag an asteroid? NASA has just announced $6 million in opportunities for its asteroid…
NASA Offers $35,000 In Prizes For Citizen Scientists To Help Find Asteroids
Fancy yourself an asteroid hunter? There's $35,000 available in prizes for NASA's new Asteroid Data Hunter contest series, which will…
Chelyabinsk ‘Was A Pretty Nasty Event’ And Is Spurring Asteroid Action
Looking at the power of the Chelyabinsk meteor (which struck a year ago and is visible starting around 1:15 in…
Happy 1st Anniversary Chelyabinsk! The Fireball that Woke Up the World
Wonder and terror. Every time I watch the dashcam videos of the Chelyabinsk fireball it sends chills down my spine.…
Weekly Space Hangout – February 14, 2014: Space Valentines!
Host: Nicole Gugliucci Astrojournalists: Morgan Rehnberg, Brian Koberlein (more…)
How Can We Find Killer Asteroids?
On the morning of February 15, 2013, people in western Russia were dazzled by an incredibly bright meteor blazing a…
Weekly Space Hangout – December 27, 2013: Year in Review & Looking Forward
Host: Fraser Cain Guests: +Brian Koberlein (@briankoberlein), David Dickinson (@Astroguyz), Pamela Gay (@starstryder) Big thanks to Nicole Gugliucci (@noisyastronomer) for…
Possible Huge Meteorite Fragment Recovered From Russian Fireball
A half-ton meteorite -- presumably from the Russian fireball that broke up over Chelyabinsk in February -- was dragged up…
Russian Meteor Experienced Melting Before Slamming Into Earth: Study
A collision or "near miss" caused melting in the Chelyabinsk meteor before it slammed into Earth's atmosphere this February, causing…
Satellite Watches Dust from Chelyabinsk Meteor Spread Around the Northern Hemisphere
When a meteor weighing 10,000 metric tons exploded 22.5 km (14 miles) above Chelyabinsk, Russia on Feb. 15, 2013, the…