Asteroid 1998 KN3 Zips Past the Orion Nebula
This NEOWISE image shows asteroid 1998 KN3 as it zips by the Orion nebula. This image shows the potentially hazardous near-Earth object 1998 KN3 as…
This NEOWISE image shows asteroid 1998 KN3 as it zips by the Orion nebula. This image shows the potentially hazardous near-Earth object 1998 KN3 as…
NASA has released new images and a three minute video showing the crew operations on NASA’s proposed Asteroid Redirect Mission. Concept animation showing the crew…
NASA plans to reactivate the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer to help identify the population of potentially hazardous near-Earth objects, as well as asteroids suitable for…
Scientists at MIT have discovered a “hidden flux” of material deep in the Earth’s mantle that would make the planet’s overall composition more similar to…
Researchers have now discovered 10,000 near-Earth asteroids and comets, with the 10,000th being a 1,000-foot (300-meter) asteroid called 2013 MZ5. More than 10,000 asteroids and…
In two new studies, researchers confirm that the 70km asteroid Crantor and two smaller asteroids (2010 EU65 and 2011 QF99) are co-orbiting with Uranus. Astrophysicists from the…
A new three minute video from Science@NASA takes a closer look at asteroid 1998 QE2 and its moon as it passed by Earth in early…
Using the Deep Space Network antenna, astronomers have captured the first radar images of asteroid QE2. The asteroid is approximately 1.7 miles (2.7 kilometers) in…
Using NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, scientists have identified 28 new asteroid families and have placed thousands of previously hidden and uncategorized asteroids into families…
NASA’s mission to bring a sample of an asteroid back to Earth is underway. OSIRIS-REx is scheduled to launch in 2016 and will rendezvous with…
Asteroid 1998 QE2, which is believed to be about 1.7 miles (2.7 kilometers) in size, is set to sail past Earth at a distance of…
While some NASA scientists work to capture and explore an asteroid, other NASA scientists are calculating how to target and collide with an asteroid, running…
NASA’s new budget proposal includes a plan to capture a small near-Earth asteroid so they can safely study and explore it. The below video shows…
By building an asteroid-hunting space telescope called Sentinel, the B612 Foundation aims to track down the thousands of unknown asteroids that could pose a threat…
A new set of animated images show asteroid 2012 DA14 as it nears its record-close approach to Earth on February 15, 2013. Like trailers for…
As a follow-up to yesterday’s information on Asteroid 2012 DA14 and its record close approach to Earth that will occur on February 15, NASA has…
According to NASA data, a 45-meter asteroid named 2012 DA14 will make a record close approach for a known object of this size to Earth…
Using the Herschel Space Observatory, scientists gathered new data on the asteroid Apophis, an asteroid that will make a recording-setting close approach to Earth and…