Dawn Enters Asteroid Belt -- For Good

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Nov 16, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (7) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Dawn spacecraft re-entered our solar system's asteroid belt today, Nov. 13, and this time it will stay there.

Two college students find asteroid

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Mar 18, 2008 | 3.3 / 5 (8) | 0

Two Texas college students discovered an asteroid while examining images of space on a computer, a report said.

Alaska researcher changes asteroid orbit

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Jan 09, 2008 | 4.5 / 5 (11) | 0

An astrophysicist at the University of Alaska uncovered the information that narrowed the odds of an asteroid hitting Mars.

Asteroid heads for Earth, Russian astronomer claims

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Oct 02, 2007 | 3.6 / 5 (71) | 6

An asteroid discovered three years ago could be a threat in 2029 when it crosses Earth's orbit, a Russian astronomer said Monday.

Rosetta spacecraft meets asteroid Steins

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Aug 25, 2008 | 4.7 / 5 (6) | 0

ESA's Rosetta spacecraft will make a historic encounter with asteroid (2867) Steins on 5 September 2008.

Spacecraft Could Save Earth from Asteroids

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Sep 04, 2009 | 3.8 / 5 (17) | 38

(PhysOrg.com) -- British space engineers working for a space company in Stevenage in England, have designed a "gravity tractor" spacecraft to deflect any asteroids threatening to collide with Earth. The announcement ...

Steins: A diamond in the sky

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Sep 08, 2008 | 4.4 / 5 (12) | 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- The first images from Rosetta's OSIRIS imaging system and VIRTIS infrared spectrometer were derived from raw data this morning and have delivered spectacular results.

Asteroid Juno Grabs the Spotlight

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Sep 17, 2009 | 3 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Toward the end of September, the sun will turn a spotlight on the asteroid Juno, giving that bulky lump of rock a rare featured cameo in the night sky. Those who get out to a dark, unpolluted ...

Asteroid to Make Rare Close Flyby of Earth

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Jan 24, 2008 | 4.6 / 5 (14) | 0

Scientists are monitoring the orbit of asteroid 2007 TU24. The asteroid, believed to be between 150 meters (500 feet) and 610 meters (2,000 feet) in size, is expected to fly past Earth on Jan. 29, with its ...

Arecibo Observatory astronomers discover first near-Earth triple asteroid just 7 million miles away

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Feb 14, 2008 | 4.8 / 5 (12) | 0

Once considered just your average single asteroid, 2001 SN263 has now been revealed as the first near-Earth triple asteroid ever found. The asteroid -- with three bodies orbiting each other -- was discovered ...

Dawn moves closer to the asteroid belt

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Sep 12, 2007 | 4.8 / 5 (4) | 0

NASA's Dawn spacecraft has been positioned at Kennedy Space Center's launch pad 17B atop a Delta II rocket for its launch from Florida later this month.

Scientists Find Asteroids Are Missing, and Possibly Why

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Feb 25, 2009 | 4.2 / 5 (20) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- The patterns of missing asteroids are like the footprints of wandering giant planets preserved in the asteroid belt.

Space rock gives Earth a close shave

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Mar 03, 2009 | 4.4 / 5 (16) | 6

An asteroid of a similar size to a rock that exploded above Siberia in 1908 with the force of a thousand atomic bombs whizzed close past Earth on Monday, astronomers said on Tuesday.

Triple Asteroid System Triples Observers' Interest

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Aug 06, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (8) | 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Radar imaging at NASA's Goldstone Solar System Radar on June 12 and 14, 2009, revealed that near-Earth asteroid 1994 CC is a triple system. Asteroid 1994 CC encountered Earth within 2.52 million ...

NASA to Provide Web Updates on Objects Approaching Earth

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Jul 30, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (4) | 2

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is introducing a new Web site that will provide a centralized resource for information on near-Earth objects - those asteroids and comets that can approach Earth. The "Asteroid ...