Asteroids
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Hungry Black Hole Snacking on Asteroids?
Posted by Irene Klotz Wed Feb 8, 2012 06:06 PM ET | 0
A massive swarm of asteroids may be getting swallowed by the black hole. Read more
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Bus-Size Asteroid Buzzes Earth in Close Flyby
Posted Fri Jan 27, 2012 11:27 AM ET | 0
The newly discovered asteroid came within 36,750 miles of Earth when it made its closest approach at 10:30 a.m. EST. Read more
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Not All Meteors the Same
Posted Mon Jan 9, 2012 07:14 AM ET | 0
Different meteor types hit the Earth in different ways, creating flashes across the night sky or raining gently to the ground. Read more
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Look Up! The Quadrantids Are Coming!
Posted by Ian O'Neill Tue Jan 3, 2012 01:11 PM ET | 0
In the early hours of Wednesday morning, the upper atmosphere will be peppered by the grainy remnants of an ancient icy body, heralding the first meteor shower of 2012. Read more
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Earth Must Have Another Moon, Say Astronomers
Posted Thu Dec 22, 2011 09:15 AM ET | 0
The way our planet temporarily captures asteroids suggests Earth should have an extra moon at any one time. Read more
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Hundreds of NASA Moon Rocks Missing
Posted Fri Dec 9, 2011 12:54 PM ET | 0
Moon rocks, soil, meteorites and dust from comets are among the things missing. Read more
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Asteroid Vesta Not An Asteroid After All
Posted by Irene Klotz Tue Dec 6, 2011 08:44 PM ET | 0
Seems like the second-largest object in the asteroid belt is really not an asteroid at all. Read more
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Farmer Finds Rare Meteorite
Posted by Irene Klotz Fri Nov 11, 2011 08:14 AM ET | 0
The extremely rare meteorite was found by a farmer in a tiny Missouri town called Conception Junction (population 202). Read more
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See 'Puzzling' Asteroid 2005 YU55 Tumble
Posted by Jennifer Ouellette Wed Nov 9, 2011 05:46 PM ET | 0
NASA has painstakingly constructed a movie of radar observations of Asteroid 2005 YU55 as it passed Earth on Tuesday revealing some "puzzling structures" on its surface. Read more
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Earth May Have Swirled Moon's Core
Posted by Irene Klotz Wed Nov 9, 2011 01:00 PM ET | 0
A 50-year-old mystery about etchings of a magnetic field on lunar rocks gets a couple new theories. Read more
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Keck Snaps First Infrared Pic of Asteroid 2005 YU55
Posted by Ian O'Neill Wed Nov 9, 2011 03:30 AM ET | 0
First there was fog, then the target was unreachable... but finally, Keck astronomers snapped the image everyone had been waiting for: the first infrared observation of Asteroid 2005 YU55. Read more
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Asteroid Hunters Stalk 2005 YU55 -- LIVE from Keck Observatory, Hawaii
Posted Tue Nov 8, 2011 04:38 PM ET | 0
As asteroid 2005 YU55 glides past Earth, have a LIVE fly-on-the-wall experience inside Keck Observatory as astronomers track the space rock. Read more
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'Can I Teach My Mum String Theory?'
Posted by Mark Thompson Tue Nov 8, 2011 02:04 PM ET | 0
BBC astronomy presenter Mark Thompson shares his opinion about how best to communicate space science. Read more
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NASA Snaps New Photo of Incoming Asteroid: Big Pic
Posted Mon Nov 7, 2011 06:54 PM ET | 0
A new radar image from NASA's Deep Space Network on Nov. 7 shows asteroid 2005 YU55 as it zooms toward Earth. Read more
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Huge Asteroid 2005 YU55 Approaches Earth
Posted Mon Nov 7, 2011 06:13 PM ET | 0
The quarter-mile wide space rock will miss us tomorrow -- but astronomically, it's a near-miss. Read more
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