Asteroid Toutatis Tumbles Harmlessly Past Earth
This week, NASA’s Goldstone radar is tracking a large asteroid as it passes by Earth, and obtaining unusually clear images of the tumbling space rock. “There…
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Asteroid Belts Friendly to Life Need to Be in Just the Right Place
Solar systems with life-bearing planets may be rare if they are dependent on the presence of asteroid belts of just the right mass, according to a…
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NASA’s WISE Observes Colors of Trojan Asteroids
Scientists using data from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, have uncovered new clues in the ongoing mystery of the Jovian Trojans — asteroids that…
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Amateur Astronomer Working With ESA’s Space Hazards Programme Finds Lost Asteroid
A potentially hazardous asteroid once found but then lost has been rediscovered and its orbit confirmed by a determined amateur astronomer working with ESA’s space hazards…
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Do You Want to Be an Asteroid Miner?
Planetary Resources are looking for passionate college students for paid co-op positions to help them mine asteroids this coming spring and summer… If you love space…
Read the articleCatch a Glimpse of Asteroid Pallas
Surprisingly, most amateur astronomers have never seen as asteroid. But this week Asteroid 2 Pallas, the second one discovered, and the second biggest, will make a…
Read the articleDawn Spacecraft Sees Colored Ring Around Vesta’s Equator
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has revealed the giant asteroid Vesta has its own version of ring around the collar. Two new papers, based on observations from the…
Read the articleNASA Dawn Mission Departs Vesta
NASA’s Dawn mission is releasing two parting views of the giant asteroid Vesta, using images that were among the last taken by the spacecraft as it…
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Name That Asteroid Competition for Kids Under the Age of 18
Students worldwide have an opportunity to name an asteroid from which an upcoming NASA mission will return the first samples to Earth. Scheduled to launch in…
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NASA Runs Manned Asteroid Mission Simulation
A simulated mission to an asteroid is under way at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The Research and Technology Studies (RATS) test, a 10-day asteroid…
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