Japan Launches Hayabusa2 Asteroid Mission
On Dec. 3, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) successfully launched its Hayabusa2 mission to rendezvous with an asteroid, land a small probe plus three mini…
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European Astronomers Spot One of the Faintest Asteroids Ever
European experts have spotted one of the faintest asteroids ever found – a chunk of space rock thought to be about 100 m in diameter beyond…
Read the articleHidden Crater Identified on Asteroid Lutetia’s Far Side
Grooves found on Lutetia, an asteroid encountered by ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft, point to the existence of a large impact crater on the unseen side of the…
Read the articleSomething for the Weekend: Asteroid 2014 RC Flyby of Earth
Asteroid Flyby of Earth On Sunday, Sept. 7th, a house-sized asteroid named “2014 RC” will fly through the Earth-Moon system approximately 25,000 miles (40,000 km) from…
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NASA Invites Public to Submit Messages for Asteroid Mission Time Capsule
NASA is inviting the worldwide public to submit short messages and images on social media that could be placed in a time capsule aboard a spacecraft…
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Spitzer Spots Possible Asteroid Collision in Another Solar System
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has spotted an eruption of dust around a young star, possibly the result of a smashup between large asteroids. This type of…
Read the articleRevisiting Lutetia With Rosetta
This ethereal image shows a stunning sliver of large main-belt asteroid Lutetia from the viewpoint of ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft, taken as Rosetta passed by on its…
Read the articleAsteroid 2011 MD – a Candidate for NASA’s Asteroid Redirect Mission
Astronomers using NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope have measured the size of an asteroid candidate for NASA’s Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM), a proposed spacecraft concept to capture…
Read the articleNASA Hunting for Asteroid to Use on Its Path to Mars
NASA is on the hunt for an asteroid to capture with a robotic spacecraft, redirect to a stable orbit around the moon, and send astronauts to…
Read the articleDetailed Radar Images of a Near-Earth Asteroid Captured
NASA scientists using Earth-based radar have produced sharp views of a recently discovered asteroid as it slid silently past our planet. Captured on June 8, 2014,…
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