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A Fleeting Flyby Of A Battered World Called Asteroid 21 Lutetia
Jun 28, 2012 (ESA)
The long and tumultuous history of asteroid Lutetia was revealed by ESA's Rosetta spacecraft as it raced past this large, ancient asteroid. This spectacular mov...
Arecibo Observatory Finds Asteroid 2012 LZ1 To Be Twice As Big As First Believed
Jun 25, 2012 (SPX)
Using the planetary radar system at Arecibo Observatory, astronomers have determined that asteroid 2012 LZ1 is twice as large as originally estimated based on i...
Dawn Easing into its Final Science Orbit
Jun 18, 2012 (JPL)
After successfully completing nearly five months scrutinizing the giant asteroid Vesta at its lowest orbit altitude, NASA's Dawn spacecraft will begin its final...
NASA Releases Workshop Data and Findings on Asteroid 2011 AG5
Jun 18, 2012 (SPX)
Researchers anticipate that asteroid 2011 AG5, discovered in January 2011, will fly safely past and not impact Earth in 2040. Current findings and analysis data...
'Unusually large' asteroid to race by Earth
Jun 14, 2012 (AFP)
A newly discovered asteroid the size of a city block will zoom past Earth but poses no risk of a collision, astronomers said on Thursday. The "unusually large" ...
Dawn Mission Video Shows Vesta's Coat of Many Colors
Jun 07, 2012 (JPL)
A new video from NASA's Dawn mission reveals the dappled, variegated surface of the giant asteroid Vesta. The animation drapes high-resolution false color image...
Dawn deep in the asteroid belt orbiting Vesta
Jun 04, 2012 (JPL)
Far from Earth, on the opposite side of the sun, deep in the asteroid belt, Dawn is gradually spiraling around the giant protoplanet Vesta. Under the gentle pre...
UT's Josh Emery Uncovers Clues About Asteroid That Will Pass Near Earth
Jun 01, 2012 (SPX)
The work of a University of Tennessee, Knoxville, professor has helped reveal a rare orbital shift and the density of an asteroid that will pass close to Earth....
Rosetta flyby uncovers the complex history of asteroid Lutetia
May 31, 2012 (ESA)
The long and tumultuous history of asteroid (21) Lutetia is revealed by a comprehensive analysis of the data gathered by ESA's Rosetta spacecraft when it flew p...
NASA Scientist Figures Way to Weigh Space Rock
May 29, 2012 (JPL)
A scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., has accurately determined the mass of a nearby asteroid from millions of miles away. The ce...
OSIRIS-REx Scientists Measure Yarkovsky Effect
May 29, 2012 (SPX)
Scientists with the University of Arizona-led asteroid sample return mission OSIRIS-REx have measured the orbit of their destination asteroid, 1999 RQ36, with s...
Asteroid Nudged by Sunlight: Most Precise Measurement of Yarkovsky Effect
May 25, 2012 (SPX)
Scientists on NASA's asteroid sample return mission, Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx), have m...
NASA Dawn Spacecraft Reveals Secrets of Large Asteroid
May 17, 2012 (SPX)
NASA's Dawn spacecraft has provided researchers with the first orbital analysis of the giant asteroid Vesta, yielding new insights into its creation and relatio...
NASA Survey Counts Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
May 17, 2012 (JPL)
Observations from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have led to the best assessment yet of our solar system's population of potentially hazardou...
NASA trains astronauts to land on asteroid
May 16, 2012 (IANS)
NASA wants humans to make contact with an asteroid up to three million miles away by the end of the next decade, something far beyond the scope of Earth-Moon sp...
Amateur astronomers boost ESA's asteroid hunt
May 16, 2012 (ESA)
A partnership with the UK's Faulkes Telescope Project promises to boost the Agency's space hazards research while helping students to discover potentially dange...
Asteroid collision that spawned Vesta's asteroid family occurred more recently than thought
May 11, 2012 (SPX)
A team of researchers led by a NASA Lunar Science Institute (NLSI) member based at Southwest Research Institute has discovered evidence that the giant impact cr...
NASA Dawn Mission Reveals Secrets of Large Asteroid
May 11, 2012 (JPL)
NASA's Dawn spacecraft has provided researchers with the first orbital analysis of the giant asteroid Vesta, yielding new insights into its creation and kinship...
You're beautiful, Vesta
May 11, 2012 (SPX)
When UCLA's Christopher T. Russell looks at the images of the protoplanet Vesta produced by NASA's Dawn mission, he talks about beauty as much as he talks about...
Vesta - a planet-like asteroid
May 11, 2012 (SPX)
Even though it doesn't quite qualify as a 'proper' planet, the second most massive asteroid in the Solar System, Vesta - which has a diameter of approximately 5...
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