IRON AND ICE - INDO DAILY

Mar 07, 2012 (JPL)

Dawn is continuing its exploits at Vesta, performing detailed studies of the colossal asteroid from its low altitude mapping orbit (LAMO). The robotic ambassado...

Asteroid 2011 AG5 - A Reality Check

Mar 01, 2012 (JPL)

Asteroid 2011 AG5 has been receiving a lot of attention lately because of a very unlikely scenario which would place it on an Earth-interception course 28 years...

Scientists say big asteroid bears watching

Feb 27, 2012 (UPI)

Scientists at a United Nations meeting in Vienna say they're keeping a close eye on a large asteroid that may pose an impact threat to Earth in a few decades. T...

Asteroids: The New 'It Mission' for Space Exploration

Feb 07, 2012 (SPX)

The Japanese are heading back into space on a second attempt to collect samples from a nearby asteroid. The asteroid selected, 1999 JU3 is a perfect specimen, s...

Mission to Land on a Comet

Feb 07, 2012 (SPX)

Europe's Rosetta spacecraft is en route to intercept a comet- and to make history. In 2014, Rosetta will enter orbit around comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenkoand l...

Project NEOShield: Asteroid defence systems

Feb 07, 2012 (SPX)

It is not entirely clear when exactly the last major asteroid impact on Earth occurred. But there are plenty of examples of impact craters, such as the Nordling...