<p></p> <p>NASA is hunting for Near-Earth Objects, while also working on ways to defend Earth against them.… <a href="https://www.nightskyobserver.com/asteroids-and-neos/hunting-for-asteroids/" class="read-more"><b>Read the rest of this article</b> </a></p>
<p></p> <p>June 30 has been declared by the United Nations to be International Asteroid Day.</p> <p>To celebrate the day, there will be a 24-hour global telethon with scientists, astronauts space agencies and
<p></p> <p>The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Maryland, in conjunction with the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy in Honolulu, Hawaii, publicly released data yesterday from Pan-STARRS — the
<p style="text-align: center;"></p> <p>NASA’s Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) spacecraft has spotted a never-before-seen comet — its first such discovery since coming out of hibernation late last year.</p> <p>“We are
<p style="text-align: center;"></p> <p>With a mandate from the UN, ESA and other space agencies from around the world are about to establish a high-level group to help coordinate global response should
<p style="text-align:center"><br /> <em>This artist’s conception shows how families of asteroids are created. Over the history of our solar system, catastrophic collisions between asteroids located in the belt between Mars and
<p style="text-align:center"></p> <p>ESA today inaugurated a new hub that will strengthen Europe’s contribution to the global hunt for asteroids and other hazardous natural objects that may strike Earth.</p> <p>Near-Earth Objects, or NEOs,
<p style="text-align:center" class="small"><br /> ESA’s Herschel Space Observatory captured asteroid Apophis in its field of view during the approach to Earth on 5/6 January 2013. This image shows the asteroid in
<p>A partnership with the UK’s Faulkes Telescope Project promises to boost the Agency’s space hazards research while helping students to discover potentially dangerous space rocks.</p> <p style="text-align:center" class=small><br /> 2m Faulkes North