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25-foot asteroid comes within 186,000 miles of Earth
May 05, 2013 (UPI)
A 25-foot asteroid passed between Earth and the moon over the weekend, coming within 186,000 miles of Earth's surface. On average, the moon's orbit is 238,855 m...
Halley's Comet-linked meteor shower to peak Tuesday morning
May 04, 2013 (UPI)
A meteor shower made up of debris from Halley's Comet should peak just before dawn Tuesday morning. Though the comet only shows its face around Earth every 75 t...
Nine-Year-Old Names Target of UA-led NASA Mission
May 03, 2013 (SPX)
The target of NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is an asteroid that has had the provisional name (101955) 1999 RQ36. Believing the asteroid deserved a more memorable...
Asteroid Could Fly 8,600 Km From Earth in 2026
Apr 30, 2013 (RIA Novosti)
A celestial body 20 meters in diameter will pass dangerously close to Earth's surface in 13 years, according to new data published on Thursday. The flyby of 201...
Newly Discovered Comet Imaged on Way to Inner Solar System Arrival
Apr 26, 2013 (SPX)
Scientists eagerly await the arrival of a recently discovered, highly active comet that will skim 730,000 miles above the Sun's surface on Nov. 28 and has the p...
UCLA space scientists find way to monitor elusive collisions in space
Apr 26, 2013 (SPX)
Many collisions occur between asteroids and other objects in our solar system, but scientists are not always able to detect or track these impacts from Earth. T...
Herschel links water in Jupiter's stratosphere to 1994 comet impact
Apr 25, 2013 (ESA)
Astronomers have finally found direct proof that almost all water present in Jupiter's stratosphere was delivered by comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, which struck the pl...
Astronomer: Asteroid could make close flyby in 2026
Apr 25, 2013 (UPI)
An Italian astronomer says new data suggest an asteroid 65 feet in diameter could pass dangerously close to Earth's surface in 13 years. Francesco Manca of the ...
Curiosity spots asteroids from the surface of Mars
Apr 25, 2013 (UPI)
For the first time, NASA's Curiosity rover has captured images of an asteroid from the surface of Mars -- two of them, in fact. The imagery recorded by Curiosit...
Bechtel Partners with Planetary Resources for Space Initiative
Apr 18, 2013 (SPX)
Planetary Resources, Inc. has announced that Bechtel has joined their core group of investors and will be a collaborative partner in helping Planetary Resources...
NASA-Funded Asteroid Tracking Sensor Passes Key Test
Apr 18, 2013 (JPL)
An infrared sensor that could improve NASA's future detecting and tracking of asteroids and comets has passed a critical design test. The test assessed performa...
How to Target an Asteroid
Apr 17, 2013 (JPL)
Like many of his colleagues at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., Shyam Bhaskaran is working a lot with asteroids these days. And also like man...
Beer Cans For Deep Space
Apr 11, 2013 (SPX)
The recent announcement of a NASA plan to drag an asteroid into lunar orbit with a robot spacecraft, then stage a crewed astronaut expedition to explore it, has...
UA Helps Lead U.S. Exploration of Asteroids
Apr 11, 2013 (SPX)
Scientists at the University of Arizona welcome President Barack Obama's NASA budget proposal, rolled out this week, and specifically its focus on gaining a bet...
NASA's Asteroid Initiative Benefits From Rich History
Apr 11, 2013 (SPX)
NASA's FY2014 budget proposal includes a plan to robotically capture a small near-Earth asteroid and redirect it safely to a stable orbit in the Earth-moon syst...
The Space Cowboys are Back
Apr 09, 2013 (SPX)
You can't make this stuff up! The latest idea from NASA sounds like a "space western." In this case one cowboy, played by a robotic spacecraft, is sent to lasso...
More Treasures from Asteroids
Apr 06, 2013 (SPX)
The recent announcement of a potential NASA plan to robotically capture an asteroid, transport it to lunar orbit and use it as a target for a human expedition i...
NASA wants to tow an asteroid to the moon: senator
Apr 06, 2013 (AFP)
NASA wants to grab a small asteroid and tow it into orbit around the moon, as part of a long-range plan towards establishing permanent manned outposts in space,...
Collision Course? A Comet Heads for Mars
Apr 04, 2013 (SPX)
Over the years, the spacefaring nations of Earth have sent dozens of probes and rovers to explore Mars. Today there are three active satellites circling the red...
Dawn remains in silent pursuit of dwarf planet Ceres
Apr 01, 2013 (JPL)
In the depths of the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, far from Earth, far even from any human-made object, Dawn remains in silent pursuit of dwarf p...
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