Asteroid In the News ...


Meteorite hunters 'strike gold' in Nubian Desert Sudan   New Scientist - March 26, 2009
Meteorites in Africa Traced to Asteroid "Parent"   National Geographic - March 25, 2009 Almahata Sitta 15 NASA - March 28, 2009
... the first material recovered from a known asteroid.

  Tunguska-sized space rock buzzes Earth   New Scientist - March 2, 2009
Surprise Asteroid Buzzed Earth   National Geographic - March 2, 2009

Strange Asteroid Shapes Explained Live Science - July 3, 2008

Record spin for newfound asteroid BBC - May 30, 2008

Sumerian Cuneiform Clay tablet translated - holds clue to asteroid impacts PhysOrg - March 31, 2008

The Enduring Mysteries of Comets Live Science - December 26, 2007

Asteroid Itokawa Jiggles Like a Jar of Mixed Nuts Space.com - April 20, 2007

Astronomers have caught their first glimpse of the innards of an icy asteroid ... New Scientist - March 15, 2007

Asteroids Spin Faster Due to Solar Power, Studies Show National Geographic - March 7, 2007

Corkscrew Asteroid NASA - June 13, 2006

Asteroid Probe Offers New Views of Near-Earth Object National Geographic - June 2, 2006
Unique asteroid's a ball of rubble News in Science - June 2, 2006

The Itokawa asteroid is made up of loosely packed bits of sand and boulders
25143 Itokawa Wikipedia

Relic of ancient asteroid found BBC - May 10, 2006

A large fragment of an asteroid that punched 160km-wide (100 miles) hole in the Earth's surface has been found.

Japanese Craft Takes Close-up Photos of Asteroid Space.com - September 16, 2005

Solar system's first triple asteroid system found New Scientist - August 10, 2005

Magma oceans sloshed across early asteroids New Scientist - June 15, 2005

Asteroid Belt Discovered Around Our Sun's "Twin" National Geographic - April 2005

How Collisions Shaped an Asteroid Space.com - December 2004

Pushing asteroids away from the Earth Astrobiology Magazine - November 2004

View video of Asteroid Toutatis closest approach to Earth Space.com - September 29, 2004

Ancient Impact Turned Part of Earth Inside-Out Space.com - June 2004

A space rock the size of a large mountain hit 1.8 billion years ago and dredged up part of Earth's lower crust, essentially turning a bit of the planet inside out.

New Object is 2nd Rock from the Sun Space.com - May 2004

Discovered - the second known asteroid whose orbit is completely inside that of Earth. It supplants Venus as the second rock from the Sun.

Space rock caused 'great dying' BBC - November 2003
Scientists have found new evidence that the greatest extinction in the Earth's history was triggered by an asteroid. About 250 million years ago, something unknown wiped out most of the life on the planet. It was far more devastating than the impact that ended the rule of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago.

Hermes: Asteroid found after 66 years lost in space BBC - October 2003

Astronomers have seen a large asteroid that they first found 66 years ago and then lost in the depths of space. It is called Hermes and it entered the record books by making a close approach to the Earth, just beyond the Moon.

Asteroid in near miss BBC - October 2003
Last week a small asteroid became the closest natural celestial object to pass by the Earth.

Two Asteroids Collided, Showered Earth with Debris Space.com - May 2003

'Shocking' Experiment Reveals How Asteroids Explode Space.com - May 2003

Voyage to the asteroid belt BBC - April 2003

Crystalinks: Asteroid Belt

Earth's little brother found BBC - October 2002

Astronomers have discovered the first object ever that is in a companion orbit to the Earth.

Space rock's close approach BBC - June 2002

Recent Crash Created Youngest Known Asteroid Family Space.com - June 2002

U.S. Summons Experts to Draft Asteroid Defense Plan National Geographic - June 2002

Asteroid's mystery 'blue ponds' BBC - May 2002



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