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Mission Press Releases

  • New International Study Shows Some Asteroids Live in Own 'Little Worlds'
    University of Colorado at Boulder - Thursday, August 26, 2010
    Posted on: 8/27/2010 2:12:42 AM PDT

  • How Asteroids Split Up -- Mystery of asteroid pairs solved
    - Thursday, August 26, 2010
    Posted on: 8/27/2010 12:08:01 AM PDT

  • Perseid Meteors Return
    Sky and Telescope - Saturday, August 14, 2010
    Posted on: 8/14/2010 4:21:57 PM PDT

  • Discovery of First Trojan Asteroid in a Stable Zone Near Neptune
    Carnegie Institution - Thursday, August 12, 2010
    Posted on: 8/12/2010 11:05:59 AM PDT

  • NASA Hosts Workshop to Discuss Exploring Near Earth Objects
    NASA HQ - Monday, August 2, 2010
    Posted on: 8/2/2010 12:24:42 PM PDT

  • Research Yields Greater Precision in Age of Meteorites
    Planetary Science Institute - Wednesday, July 21, 2010
    Posted on: 7/21/2010 4:56:21 PM PDT

  • MIT astronomer leads the first team to study a Kuiper Belt object during a stellar occultation
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Friday, June 18, 2010
    Posted on: 6/18/2010 8:50:25 AM PDT

  • Pan-STARRS Asteroid Hunter and Sky Surveyor Now Fully Operational
    Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics - Thursday, June 17, 2010
    Posted on: 6/17/2010 10:36:16 AM PDT

  • Fossil Evidence Casts Doubt on Younger Dryas Impact Theory
    American Geophysical Union - Thursday, June 17, 2010
    Posted on: 6/17/2010 10:24:55 AM PDT

  • Many Famous Comets Originally Formed in Other Solar Systems
    Southwest Research Institute - Friday, June 11, 2010
    Posted on: 6/11/2010 11:23:05 AM PDT

  • Texas State Astronomers Solve Walt Whitman Meteor Mystery
    Texas State University-San Marcos - Tuesday, June 8, 2010
    Posted on: 6/8/2010 11:08:39 AM PDT

  • Small Near-Earth Object Probably a Rocket Part
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Sunday, May 30, 2010
    Posted on: 5/30/2010 11:58:49 AM PDT

  • Asteroid ice may be 'living fossil' with clues to oceans' origins
    University of Central Florida - Wednesday, April 28, 2010
    Posted on: 4/28/2010 7:05:19 PM PDT

  • Scientists finds evidence of water ice on asteroid's surface
    University of Tennessee Knoxville - Wednesday, April 28, 2010
    Posted on: 4/28/2010 7:03:07 PM PDT

  • Scientists Say Ice Lurks in Asteroid's Cold Heart
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Wednesday, April 28, 2010
    Posted on: 4/28/2010 7:01:52 PM PDT

  • Was A Giant Comet Responsible for North American Catastrophe in 11,000 BC?
    Royal Astronomical Society - Thursday, April 1, 2010
    Posted on: 4/1/2010 12:40:45 PM PDT

  • Revisiting chicxulub: A broad look at the evidence for a dinosaur-killing impact
    National Science Foundation - Monday, March 8, 2010
    Posted on: 3/8/2010 7:18:37 PM PDT

  • Suspected Asteroid Collision Leaves Trailing Debris
    NASA HQ - Tuesday, February 2, 2010
    Posted on: 2/2/2010 2:18:39 PM PDT

  • New research suggests that near-Earth encounters can 'shake' asteroids
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Wednesday, January 20, 2010
    Posted on: 1/20/2010 4:16:00 PM PDT

  • ASU researchers recalculate age of Solar System
    Arizona State University - Thursday, December 31, 2009
    Posted on: 12/31/2009 4:24:20 PM PDT

  • Hubble Finds Smallest Kuiper Belt Object Ever Seen
    Space Telescope Science Institute - Wednesday, December 16, 2009
    Posted on: 12/16/2009 12:26:09 PM PDT

  • Kansas scientists probe mysterious possible comet strikes on Earth
    University of Iowa - Monday, December 14, 2009
    Posted on: 12/14/2009 8:49:16 PM PDT

  • SGAC releases a film about the true facts around asteroids that threaten Earth
    Space Generation Advisory Council - Wednesday, December 2, 2009
    Posted on: 12/2/2009 5:23:16 PM PDT

  • Leonid Meteor Shower to Perform Late Tonight
    Sky and Telescope - Monday, November 16, 2009
    Posted on: 11/16/2009 7:08:24 PM PDT

  • 'Ultra-primitive' particles found in comet dust
    Carnegie Institution - Tuesday, November 3, 2009
    Posted on: 11/3/2009 3:21:44 AM PDT

  • Giant Impact Near India -- Not Mexico -- May Have Doomed Dinosaurs
    Texas Tech University - Thursday, October 15, 2009
    Posted on: 10/15/2009 1:30:19 PM PDT

  • No Doomsday in 2012, But Lots of Profits for Purveyors of Doom
    Foothill College - Wednesday, October 14, 2009
    Posted on: 10/14/2009 10:46:34 AM PDT

  • NASA Refines Asteroid Apophis' Path Toward Earth
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Wednesday, October 7, 2009
    Posted on: 10/7/2009 7:42:34 PM PDT

  • Nullarbor fireball cameras find rare meteorite
    - Tuesday, October 6, 2009
    Posted on: 10/6/2009 7:25:16 PM PDT

  • Report Calls Arecibo 'Uniquely Powerful' for Detecting NEOs
    Cornell University - Tuesday, September 29, 2009
    Posted on: 9/29/2009 6:14:05 PM PDT

  • Spot Discovered on Dwarf Planet Haumea Shows Up Red and Rich With Organics and Minerals
    European Planetary Science Congress - Wednesday, September 16, 2009
    Posted on: 9/16/2009 6:40:30 PM PDT

  • Tweeting Shooting Stars
    Royal Astronomical Society - Monday, August 10, 2009
    Posted on: 8/10/2009 7:05:49 PM PDT

  • Crashing Comets Not Likely The Cause of Earth's Mass Extinctions
    University of Washington - Friday, July 31, 2009
    Posted on: 7/31/2009 9:05:04 AM PDT

  • NASA to Provide Web Updates on Objects Approaching Earth
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Wednesday, July 29, 2009
    Posted on: 7/29/2009 12:51:38 PM PDT

  • Primitive asteroids in the main asteroid belt may have formed far from the Sun
    Southwest Research Institute - Wednesday, July 15, 2009
    Posted on: 7/15/2009 11:46:02 AM PDT

  • Space Shuttle Links 1908 Tunguska Explosion to Comet
    Cornell University - Thursday, June 25, 2009
    Posted on: 6/25/2009 9:34:19 PM PDT

  • Meteorite grains divulge Earth's cosmic roots
    University of Chicago - Monday, June 15, 2009
    Posted on: 6/15/2009 6:14:40 PM PDT

  • Surprise Discovery of Meteorites Following Asteroid Impact
    SETI Institute - Wednesday, March 25, 2009
    Posted on: 3/25/2009 4:00:42 PM PDT

  • UK Astronomers Observe Asteroid Before it Crashes into Earth
    Science and Technology Facilities Council - Wednesday, March 25, 2009
    Posted on: 3/25/2009 3:55:20 PM PDT

  • Asteroid impact helps trace meteorite origins
    Carnegie Institution - Wednesday, March 25, 2009
    Posted on: 3/25/2009 3:53:04 PM PDT

  • We saw it coming: Asteroid monitored from outer space to ground impact
    Los Alamos National Laboratory - Wednesday, March 25, 2009
    Posted on: 3/25/2009 3:52:11 PM PDT

  • NASA Sets Teleconference To Discuss Recovered Meteorites
    NASA HQ - Tuesday, March 24, 2009
    Posted on: 3/24/2009 10:21:28 AM PDT

  • Watching Space Rocks: Live Chat With NASA's Asteroid Trackers
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Tuesday, March 24, 2009
    Posted on: 3/24/2009 10:18:06 AM PDT

  • University of Leicester Scientists Probe Green Comet
    University of Leicester - Friday, February 20, 2009
    Posted on: 2/20/2009 10:40:27 AM PDT

  • NASA's Swift Spies Comet Lulin
    Goddard Space Flight Center - Friday, February 20, 2009
    Posted on: 2/20/2009 10:36:36 AM PDT

  • Catalina Sky Survey Sets New Record for NEO Discoveries, Receives Funding Through 2012
    University of Arizona - Friday, January 9, 2009
    Posted on: 1/9/2009 4:47:22 PM PDT

  • Half-baked asteroids have Earth-like crust
    Carnegie Institution - Wednesday, January 7, 2009
    Posted on: 1/7/2009 6:57:55 PM PDT

  • Scientists Publish 1st Ever Evidence of Asteroids with Earth-like Crust
    University of Maryland - Wednesday, January 7, 2009
    Posted on: 1/7/2009 6:54:06 PM PDT

  • A New Compositional Class of Comets: from Fire, Ice, or Beyond?
    Lowell Observatory - Tuesday, December 2, 2008
    Posted on: 12/2/2008 12:56:42 PM PDT

  • Meteorite hits on Earth: There may be a recount
    University of Alberta - Tuesday, November 25, 2008
    Posted on: 11/25/2008 7:59:02 PM PDT

  • Meteorite search update - 10-ton rock responsible for fireball in Western Canada last week
    University of Calgary - Tuesday, November 25, 2008
    Posted on: 11/25/2008 5:01:06 PM PDT

  • Comet particles provide glimpse of solar system's birth spasms
    University of Chicago - Thursday, November 20, 2008
    Posted on: 11/20/2008 11:21:11 AM PDT

  • Early Warning of Dangerous Asteroids and Comets: Detectors Developed at MIT Lincoln Laboratory Deployed in Powerfull Telescope
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Tuesday, November 18, 2008
    Posted on: 11/18/2008 10:18:15 AM PDT

  • Comet named after University of Calgary asteroid hunter Rob Cardinal
    University of Calgary - Tuesday, October 14, 2008
    Posted on: 10/14/2008 1:57:16 PM PDT

  • Small Asteroid to Light Up The Sky Over Africa
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Monday, October 6, 2008
    Posted on: 10/6/2008 4:08:53 PM PDT

  • UA Scientists Discover Tiny Asteroid That Will Hit Earth Tonight
    University of Arizona - Monday, October 6, 2008
    Posted on: 10/6/2008 4:07:52 PM PDT

  • Boulder-sized Asteroid Will Burn Up In Eath's Atmosphere Tonight
    Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics - Monday, October 6, 2008
    Posted on: 10/6/2008 2:29:33 PM PDT

  • Astronauts, Cosmonauts, Experts complete report: Asteroid Threats: A Call for Global Response
    Association of Space Explorers (ASE) - Tuesday, September 23, 2008
    Posted on: 9/23/2008 10:01:01 PM PDT

  • Meteorites From Inner Solar System Match Up To Earth's Platinum Standard
    University of Mainz - Tuesday, September 23, 2008
    Posted on: 9/23/2008 8:31:39 PM PDT

  • Association of Space Explorers Briefing: Asteroid Threats: A Call for Global Response - Results
    Association of Space Explorers (ASE) - Friday, September 5, 2008
    Posted on: 9/5/2008 2:17:29 PM PDT

  • Research Aims to Unmask Comets Posing as Asteroids
    Planetary Science Institute - Wednesday, September 3, 2008
    Posted on: 9/3/2008 7:32:57 PM PDT

  • Cosmic connections: Imperial scientist locates the origin of cosmic dust
    Imperial College London - Wednesday, September 3, 2008
    Posted on: 9/3/2008 8:08:37 AM PDT

  • Astronomers find an unusual new denizen of the Solar System
    Kingston University - Thursday, August 21, 2008
    Posted on: 8/20/2008 2:21:27 PM PDT

  • MIT solves puzzle of meteorite-asteroid link
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Friday, August 15, 2008
    Posted on: 8/15/2008 8:29:04 AM PDT

  • Tunguska catastrophe: Evidence of acid rain supports meteorite theory
    Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres - Wednesday, July 16, 2008
    Posted on: 7/16/2008 7:12:47 PM PDT

  • Association of Space Explorers Committee Lecture at COSPAR on Near Earth Objects
    Association of Space Explorers (ASE) - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
    Posted on: 7/15/2008 10:43:52 AM PDT

  • Discovery of the source of the most common meteorites
    Astronomy & Astrophysics - Thursday, July 10, 2008
    Posted on: 7/10/2008 9:09:15 AM PDT

  • Study puts solar spin on asteroid moon formation
    University of Maryland - Thursday, July 10, 2008
    Posted on: 7/9/2008 10:32:55 AM PDT

  • SGAC Announces Winners of "Move An Asteroid 2008" International Competition
    Space Generation Advisory Council - Friday, July 4, 2008
    Posted on: 7/4/2008 12:41:41 PM PDT

  • Exploding Asteroid Theory Strengthened by New Evidence Located in Ohio, Indiana
    University of Cincinnati - Wednesday, July 2, 2008
    Posted on: 7/2/2008 5:30:55 PM PDT

  • Rep. Rohrabacher Discusses 100th Anniversary of Tunguska Explosion Are We Prepared For Another?
    Rep. Rohrabacher - Saturday, June 28, 2008
    Posted on: 6/28/2008 10:25:03 AM PDT

  • Tunguska Explosion 100th Anniversary Press Conference
    Planetary Society - Saturday, June 28, 2008
    Posted on: 6/28/2008 10:23:00 AM PDT

  • 100 Years of Space Rock: The Tunguska Impact
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Saturday, June 28, 2008
    Posted on: 6/28/2008 10:21:21 AM PDT

  • NASA ER-2 Jet Finds New Type of Comet Dust Mineral
    Johnson Space Center - Friday, June 13, 2008
    Posted on: 6/13/2008 11:03:26 AM PDT

  • All in a spin – record breaking asteroid discovered
    Science and Technology Facilities Council - Wednesday, May 28, 2008
    Posted on: 5/28/2008 7:41:53 AM PDT

  • Engineering researcher seeks answers to asteroid deflection
    University of Iowa - Tuesday, May 27, 2008
    Posted on: 5/27/2008 8:56:09 PM PDT

  • NASA Statement on Student Asteroid Calculations
    NASA HQ - Wednesday, April 16, 2008
    Posted on: 4/16/2008 1:06:33 PM PDT

  • Geologists Discover New Way of Estimating Size and Frequency of Meteorite Impacts
    National Science Foundation - Friday, April 11, 2008
    Posted on: 4/11/2008 5:44:39 PM PDT

  • IU Asteroid Program "records" final chapter
    Indiana University - Monday, April 7, 2008
    Posted on: 4/7/2008 8:45:08 AM PDT

  • UM-Led Team Finds Oldest Known Asteroids
    University of Maryland - Monday, March 24, 2008
    Posted on: 3/24/2008 3:22:48 PM PDT

  • Brown Scientist Answers How Peruvian Meteorite Made It to Earth
    Brown University - Thursday, March 13, 2008
    Posted on: 3/13/2008 1:10:00 PM PDT

  • Canadian astronomers on hunt for meteor
    University of Western Ontario - Friday, March 7, 2008
    Posted on: 3/7/2008 11:18:02 AM PDT

  • Planetary Society Names Winners of $50,000 Asteroid Tagging Competition
    Planetary Society - Tuesday, February 26, 2008
    Posted on: 2/26/2008 6:07:04 PM PDT

  • First near-Earth triple asteroid discovered by Arecibo Observatory astronomers – a mere 7 million miles from Earth
    Cornell University - Friday, February 15, 2008
    Posted on: 2/15/2008 10:01:13 AM PDT

  • Planetary Society Takes Aim at Target Earth
    Planetary Society - Tuesday, January 29, 2008
    Posted on: 1/29/2008 8:58:23 PM PDT

  • NASA Scientists Get First Images of Earth Flyby Asteroid
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Saturday, January 26, 2008
    Posted on: 1/26/2008 4:10:06 PM PDT

  • Asteroid to Make Rare Close Flyby of Earth January 29
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Thursday, January 24, 2008
    Posted on: 1/24/2008 5:14:45 PM PDT

  • Seismic Images Show Dinosaur-Killing Meteor Made Bigger Splash
    University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas - Wednesday, January 23, 2008
    Posted on: 1/23/2008 9:12:07 PM PDT

  • Recovering from a mass extinction
    University of Bristol - Friday, January 18, 2008
    Posted on: 1/18/2008 8:33:22 PM PDT

  • Apollo Astronaut Rusty Schweickart To Speak on Asteroid Impact Threat
    Fullerton College - Saturday, January 12, 2008
    Posted on: 1/12/2008 8:44:05 AM PDT

  • Space Viz Productions releases the documentary "Planetary Defense" on DVD
    Space Viz Productions - Wednesday, January 9, 2008
    Posted on: 1/9/2008 9:40:23 AM PDT

  • NASA Scientists Fly Over Arctic to Study New Year Meteor Shower
    Ames Research Center - Sunday, December 30, 2007
    Posted on: 12/30/2007 2:33:04 PM PDT

  • Sandia supercomputers offer new explanation of Tunguska disaster
    Sandia National Laboratories - Tuesday, December 18, 2007
    Posted on: 12/18/2007 10:37:54 AM PDT

  • A Last Look At Comet Holmes
    Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics - Monday, November 26, 2007
    Posted on: 11/26/2007 1:40:18 PM PDT

  • Hubble zooms in on heart of mystery comet
    Space Frontier Foundation - Thursday, November 15, 2007
    Posted on: 11/15/2007 9:47:22 AM PDT

  • Arecibo Offers Unique Capability to Calculate Risk of Near Earth Objects, WItnesses Say
    House Science Committee Republicans - Thursday, November 8, 2007
    Posted on: 11/8/2007 2:47:18 PM PDT

  • Subcommittee Questions NASA's Plan for Detecting Hazardous Asteroids
    House Science and Technology Committee - Thursday, November 8, 2007
    Posted on: 11/8/2007 2:45:48 PM PDT

  • Mystery Comet Explodes Into Brightness
    Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics - Thursday, October 25, 2007
    Posted on: 10/25/2007 7:23:39 PM PDT

  • Asteroid is "practice case" for potential hazards
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Friday, October 12, 2007
    Posted on: 10/12/2007 10:05:07 AM PDT

  • Retraction: NASA Workshop On Low-Cost Missions To Near Earth Objects Not Open to Public
    Ames Research Center - Friday, October 12, 2007
    Posted on: 10/12/2007 9:04:34 AM PDT

  • NASA to Host Low-Cost Missions to Near Earth Objects Workshop
    Ames Research Center - Wednesday, October 10, 2007
    Posted on: 10/10/2007 8:32:58 PM PDT

  • Minor Planet No. 100,000 Named for Space Age 50th Anniversary
    Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics - Tuesday, October 9, 2007
    Posted on: 10/9/2007 6:55:47 PM PDT

  • MIT tether could aid asteroid missions
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Tuesday, September 25, 2007
    Posted on: 9/25/2007 7:14:07 PM PDT

  • Research team says extraterrestrial impact to blame for Ice Age extinctions
    Northern Arizona University - Tuesday, September 25, 2007
    Posted on: 9/25/2007 5:46:35 PM PDT

  • Dealing with threatening space rocks
    European Space Agency - Thursday, September 20, 2007
    Posted on: 9/20/2007 8:59:55 AM PDT

  • Large asteroid breakup likely source of the impactor that caused mass extinction event on Earth 65 million years ago
    Southwest Research Institute - Thursday, September 6, 2007
    Posted on: 9/6/2007 7:58:41 PM PDT

  • Comet May Have Exploded Over North America 13,000 Years Ago
    National Science Foundation - Wednesday, August 15, 2007
    Posted on: 8/15/2007 6:21:23 PM PDT

  • Rep. Rohrabacher Requests Hearing To Assess Near Earth Objects Threat
    Rep. Rohrabacher - Monday, June 25, 2007
    Posted on: 6/25/2007 9:56:27 AM PDT

  • Planetary Society Asteroid Tagging Contest Generates Worldwide Interest
    Planetary Society - Thursday, May 24, 2007
    Posted on: 5/24/2007 5:43:18 AM PDT

  • Complete NASA Report "2006 Near Earth Object Survey and Deflection Study" Online at B612 Foundation Website
    B612 Foundation - Saturday, May 5, 2007
    Posted on: 5/5/2007 2:32:24 PM PDT

  • Celestial Fender-Bender Left Asteroid to Cool without Insulation, Find UMass Amherst Scientists
    University of Massachusetts - Tuesday, April 24, 2007
    Posted on: 4/24/2007 7:40:52 PM PDT

  • PSI Scientists Find Migrating Regolith on Tiny Asteroid Itokawa
    - Thursday, April 19, 2007
    Posted on: 4/19/2007 10:09:03 PM PDT

  • The Planetary Society Awards Asteroid Trackers
    Planetary Society - Wednesday, March 14, 2007
    Posted on: 3/14/2007 5:38:13 PM PDT

  • Light Gives Asteroids Spin
    Max Planck Society - Saturday, March 10, 2007
    Posted on: 3/10/2007 7:56:27 AM PDT

  • NASA Near-Earth Object Survey and Deflection Analysis of Alternatives Report to Congress
    NASA HQ - Friday, March 9, 2007
    Posted on: 3/9/2007 9:23:54 PM PDT

  • The Celestial Whirligig - Unique Observations of Comet McNaught Reveal Sprinkling Nucleus
    European Southern Observatory - Friday, February 23, 2007
    Posted on: 2/23/2007 7:49:27 PM PDT

  • UAH researchers working on laser system to deflect asteroid on collision
    University of Alabama-Huntsville - Thursday, February 22, 2007
    Posted on: 2/22/2007 7:43:03 PM PDT

  • Agenda Set for Planetary Defense Conference, March 5–8 in Washington, D.C.
    Aerospace Corporation - Wednesday, January 31, 2007
    Posted on: 1/31/2007 9:18:51 AM PDT

  • SOHO prepares for comet McNaught
    European Space Agency - Friday, January 12, 2007
    Posted on: 1/12/2007 11:28:28 AM PDT

  • Rough road results in B.C. meteorite find
    University of Calgary - Tuesday, January 9, 2007
    Posted on: 1/9/2007 7:03:46 PM PDT

  • Diamonds from Outer Space: Geologists Discover Origin of Earth's Mysterious Black Diamonds
    National Science Foundation - Tuesday, January 9, 2007
    Posted on: 1/9/2007 6:28:31 PM PDT

  • Asteroid Detection and Science
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Wednesday, December 27, 2006
    Posted on: 12/27/2006 7:40:31 PM PDT

  • Naval Research Laboratory scientists analyze Comet Wild 2 samples
    Naval Research Laboratory - Friday, December 22, 2006
    Posted on: 12/22/2006 10:22:09 AM PDT

  • Stardust Mission Findings Override Previous Beliefs
    University of Washington - Thursday, December 14, 2006
    Posted on: 12/14/2006 8:59:07 PM PDT

  • Unlocking the frozen secrets of comet Wild 2
    Carnegie Institution - Thursday, December 14, 2006
    Posted on: 12/14/2006 6:57:29 PM PDT

  • Invitation to a Planetary Society Press Conference: Planetary Society Offers $50,000 Prize for Asteroid Tagging Designs
    Planetary Society - Tuesday, December 12, 2006
    Posted on: 12/12/2006 4:49:48 PM PDT

  • Regional nuclear war could devastate global climate
    Rutgers University - Monday, December 11, 2006
    Posted on: 12/11/2006 3:20:34 PM PDT

  • Study Finds that a Single Impact Killed the Dinosaurs
    University of Missouri - Tuesday, November 28, 2006
    Posted on: 11/28/2006 3:34:15 PM PDT

  • Astronomers at Arecibo Observatory confirm asteroid 'KW4' is not a threat to Earth - at least for a thousand years
    Cornell University - Thursday, November 16, 2006
    Posted on: 11/16/2006 11:56:26 AM PDT

  • Images of Dwarf Planet Ceres
    W.M. Keck Observatory - Tuesday, October 17, 2006
    Posted on: 10/17/2006 8:48:54 PM PDT

  • First detailed pictures of asteroid reveal bizarre system
    University of Michigan - Thursday, October 12, 2006
    Posted on: 10/12/2006 7:13:08 PM PDT

  • Near infrared mapping of Ceres surface
    American Astronomical Society - Wednesday, October 11, 2006
    Posted on: 10/11/2006 10:38:18 AM PDT

  • Asteroids, Comets, Planets: Cut From Same Cloth?
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Tuesday, October 10, 2006
    Posted on: 10/10/2006 8:46:05 PM PDT

  • Students save Earth from asteroid in Space Foundation virtual lab
    Space Foundation - Thursday, October 5, 2006
    Posted on: 10/5/2006 10:14:42 AM PDT

  • Association of Space Explorers Committee on Near-Earth Objects (NEOs)
    Association of Space Explorers (ASE) - Wednesday, August 23, 2006
    Posted on: 8/23/2006 11:55:33 AM PDT

  • Association of Space Explorers Workshops on Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) Deflection Policy
    Association of Space Explorers (ASE) - Monday, August 14, 2006
    Posted on: 8/14/2006 4:54:54 PM PDT

  • Asteroid Aspirations - Arkansas Center for Space and Planetary Sciences receives NASA funding to continue operations
    University of Arkansas - Monday, July 31, 2006
    Posted on: 7/31/2006 7:11:24 PM PDT

  • Attention Astronomers: Here's Your Chance to Save the World!
    Planetary Society - Wednesday, July 26, 2006
    Posted on: 7/26/2006 5:45:54 PM PDT

  • Scientists Gaining Clearer Picture of Comet Makeup and Origin
    Johns Hopkins University - Friday, July 14, 2006
    Posted on: 7/14/2006 10:44:15 AM PDT

  • Three new 'Trojan' asteroids found sharing Neptune's orbit
    Carnegie Institution - Thursday, June 15, 2006
    Posted on: 6/15/2006 9:30:03 PM PDT

  • Big Bang in Antarctica: Killer Crater Found Under Ice
    Ohio State University - Friday, June 2, 2006
    Posted on: 6/2/2006 9:09:19 AM PDT

  • ESA's new camera follows disintegration of a comet
    European Space Agency - Friday, May 19, 2006
    Posted on: 5/19/2006 7:01:10 PM PDT

  • Palomar Observes Broken Comet
    California Institute of Technology - Monday, May 15, 2006
    Posted on: 5/15/2006 1:06:20 PM PDT

  • NASA Clarifies Information on Comet 3P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 Approach
    NASA HQ - Thursday, April 27, 2006
    Posted on: 4/27/2006 11:03:44 AM PDT

  • Daughters of Deep Impact
    University of Maryland - Saturday, April 22, 2006
    Posted on: 4/22/2006 4:07:24 PM PDT

  • Mercury's Formation Impact Splattered Earth with Material
    Royal Astronomical Society - Thursday, April 6, 2006
    Posted on: 4/6/2006 10:53:49 AM PDT

  • Asteroids: treasures of the past and a threat to the future
    European Space Agency - Tuesday, April 4, 2006
    Posted on: 4/4/2006 8:52:59 PM PDT

  • Giotto's brief encounter With Comet Halley
    European Space Agency - Saturday, March 11, 2006
    Posted on: 3/11/2006 6:28:29 PM PDT

  • Largest Crater in the Great Sahara Discovered by Boston University Scientists
    Boston University - Sunday, March 5, 2006
    Posted on: 3/5/2006 7:48:32 PM PDT

  • Association of Space Explorers at UN/COPUOS
    Association of Space Explorers - Friday, February 17, 2006
    Posted on: 2/17/2006 3:56:19 PM PDT

  • Ancient Impacts Scarred Moon to its Core, May Have Created "Man in the Moon"
    Ohio State University - Thursday, February 9, 2006
    Posted on: 2/9/2006 12:01:22 PM PDT

  • UH Hilo Joins Hunt for Killer Asteroids
    University of Hawaii - Thursday, February 9, 2006
    Posted on: 2/9/2006 4:32:24 AM PDT

  • UA Scientist and Private Collector Form Center to Save Meteorites
    University of Arizona - Wednesday, February 1, 2006
    Posted on: 2/1/2006 8:33:16 PM PDT

  • Dust Found in Earth Sediment Traced to Breakup of the Asteroid Veritas 8.2 Million Years Ago
    California Institute of Technology - Wednesday, February 1, 2006
    Posted on: 2/1/2006 8:13:04 PM PDT

  • Binary asteroid in Jupiter's orbit may be icy comet from solar system's earliest days
    University of California Berkeley - Wednesday, February 1, 2006
    Posted on: 2/1/2006 8:02:23 PM PDT

  • Trojan Asteroid Patroclus: Comet in Disguise?
    W.M. Keck Observatory - Wednesday, February 1, 2006
    Posted on: 2/1/2006 5:28:25 PM PDT

  • Asteroid breakup event covered the Earth in extraterrestrial dust
    Southwest Research Institute - Wednesday, January 18, 2006
    Posted on: 1/18/2006 6:30:05 PM PDT

  • Catalina Sky Survey Tops 2005 NEO Discoveries
    University of Arizona - Wednesday, January 18, 2006
    Posted on: 1/18/2006 6:27:23 PM PDT

  • New study highlights role of hit-and-run collisions in the formation of planets, asteroids, and meteorites
    University of California Santa Cruz - Thursday, January 12, 2006
    Posted on: 1/12/2006 11:14:31 AM PDT

  • Discovery of "Buffy", a large Kuiper Belt object with an unusual orbit
    Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope - Tuesday, December 13, 2005
    Posted on: 12/13/2005 7:42:02 AM PDT

  • Near Earth Objects - what lies ahead?
    Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council - Friday, December 2, 2005
    Posted on: 12/2/2005 8:28:02 AM PDT

  • Asteroid Named for LSU Chancellor Sean O'Keefe
    Louisiana State University - Thursday, November 17, 2005
    Posted on: 11/17/2005 5:25:43 PM PDT

  • Antarctica is a Hot Spot for UA Researchers Hunting Meteorites for Science
    University of Arizona - Thursday, November 10, 2005
    Posted on: 11/10/2005 6:01:54 PM PDT

  • B612 Foundation Statement Regarding NASA's Analysis of Asteroid 99942 Apophis Impact Potential
    B612 Foundation - Friday, October 28, 2005
    Posted on: 10/28/2005 7:44:18 PM PDT

  • Evidence for more dust than ice in comets
    European Space Agency - Thursday, October 13, 2005
    Posted on: 10/13/2005 9:52:46 AM PDT

  • Tenth Planet Has a Moon
    California Institute of Technology - Saturday, October 1, 2005
    Posted on: 10/1/2005 8:46:43 PM PDT

  • ESA selects targets for asteroid-deflecting mission Don Quijote
    European Space Agency - Monday, September 26, 2005
    Posted on: 9/26/2005 7:36:17 AM PDT

  • Earliest meteorites provide new piece in planetary formation puzzle
    Imperial College London - Wednesday, September 21, 2005
    Posted on: 9/21/2005 11:42:01 AM PDT

  • Comet Tempel-1 May Have Formed in Giant Planets Region
    Goddard Space Flight Center - Monday, September 19, 2005
    Posted on: 9/19/2005 5:56:13 PM PDT

  • Asteroids Caused the Early Inner Solar System Cataclysm
    University of Arizona - Thursday, September 15, 2005
    Posted on: 9/15/2005 8:03:26 PM PDT

  • Comet collision 'Armageddon' unlikely
    Australian National University - Sunday, September 11, 2005
    Posted on: 9/11/2005 9:24:04 PM PDT

  • NASA Hubble: Largest Asteroid May Be Mini Planet With Water Ice
    Space Telescope Science Institute - Wednesday, September 7, 2005
    Posted on: 9/7/2005 9:57:24 PM PDT

  • Hayabusa Successfully Captures The Shape of Asteroid Itokawa
    Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) - Tuesday, September 6, 2005
    Posted on: 9/6/2005 2:31:36 PM PDT

  • NASA Finds Evidence Some Comets May Have Become Asteroids
    Ames Research Center - Monday, September 5, 2005
    Posted on: 9/5/2005 9:08:23 AM PDT

  • Burning asteroids may play 'more important climate role than previously recognized' - Asteroid dust may influence weather, study finds
    Sandia National Laboratories - Friday, August 26, 2005
    Posted on: 8/26/2005 8:29:14 AM PDT

  • Planetary Society Funds Search for Potentially Dangerous Near Earth Objects
    Planetary Society - Wednesday, August 17, 2005
    Posted on: 8/17/2005 10:11:30 PM PDT

  • Hayabusa Performes Star Tracker imaging of Asteroid Itokawa
    Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) - Monday, August 15, 2005
    Posted on: 8/15/2005 9:04:01 PM PDT

  • First triple asteroid system found
    University of California Berkeley - Wednesday, August 10, 2005
    Posted on: 8/10/2005 3:19:24 PM PDT

  • Rubble-pile minor planet Sylvia and her twins - VLT NACO instrument discovers first triple asteroid
    European Southern Observatory - Wednesday, August 10, 2005
    Posted on: 8/10/2005 3:18:03 PM PDT

  • Sedna Reveals Pristine Surface in Gemini Near-infrared Spectra
    Gemini Observatory - Thursday, April 14, 2005
    Posted on: 4/14/2005 9:25:22 PM PDT

  • Revised asteroid scale aids understanding of impact risk
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Tuesday, April 12, 2005
    Posted on: 4/12/2005 4:16:06 PM PDT

  • Scientists solve mystery of Meteor Crater's missing melted rocks
    University of Arizona - Wednesday, March 9, 2005
    Posted on: 3/9/2005 7:44:33 PM PDT

  • SwRI Researchers Show Giant Kuiper Belt Planetoid Sedna May Have Formed Far Beyond Pluto
    Southwest Research Institute - Monday, January 10, 2005
    Posted on: 1/10/2005 8:19:17 PM PDT

  • HAYABUSA's ion engines achieve 20,000 hours of Space Operation
    Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) - Thursday, December 30, 2004
    Posted on: 12/30/2004 5:39:34 PM PDT

  • Seismic Shaking Erased Small Impact Craters on Asteroid Eros
    University of Arizona - Friday, November 26, 2004
    Posted on: 11/26/2004 10:24:20 AM PDT

  • Good News for Pluto: Astronomers Say KBOs May Be Smaller Than Thought
    University of Arizona - Wednesday, November 10, 2004
    Posted on: 11/10/2004 7:05:51 PM PDT

  • Ecosystem remodelling among vertebrates during the Permian-Triassic extinction
    University of Bristol - Wednesday, November 3, 2004
    Posted on: 11/3/2004 9:11:32 PM PDT

  • Antarctic meteorites: Chip off the red planet
    The Antarctic Sun - Saturday, October 30, 2004
    Posted on: 10/31/2004 5:01:38 PM PDT

  • Meteorite Crater Drilling Provides Extensive Samples -- and a Mystery
    Austrian Science Fund - Wednesday, October 20, 2004
    Posted on: 10/20/2004 8:47:52 PM PDT

  • UK astronomers Scan the Skies for Threat from Space
    Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council - Wednesday, October 13, 2004
    Posted on: 10/13/2004 8:36:22 AM PDT

  • Ignition threshold for impact-generated fires
    Southwest Research Institute - Sunday, August 29, 2004
    Posted on: 8/29/2004 7:09:37 PM PDT

  • NEO News: Closest Asteroid 2004 FU162
    Ames Research Center - Wednesday, August 25, 2004
    Posted on: 8/25/2004 2:00:38 PM PDT

  • Well-preserved layer of material ejected from Chesapeake Bay meteor-strike discovered
    University of Georgia - Monday, August 23, 2004
    Posted on: 8/23/2004 2:40:41 PM PDT

  • What Is a Comet Made Of?
    University of California-Davis - Tuesday, August 10, 2004
    Posted on: 8/10/2004 7:51:26 AM PDT

  • Asteroid fragments on a fast collision course with Earth
    Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule Zurich - Wednesday, July 14, 2004
    Posted on: 7/14/2004 5:07:28 PM PDT

  • Meteorite crash turned Earth inside out: study
    University of Toronto - Friday, June 4, 2004
    Posted on: 6/4/2004 7:38:43 AM PDT

  • Help Us Find and Track Dangerous Asteroids and Comets!
    Planetary Society - Thursday, May 27, 2004
    Posted on: 5/27/2004 6:22:07 AM PDT

  • Close-up Image of Comet C/2001 Q4 (NEAT) From Kitt Peak Observatory
    National Optical Astronomy Observatory - Wednesday, May 26, 2004
    Posted on: 5/26/2004 8:32:06 AM PDT

  • Study: Dinosaurs Died Within Hours After Asteroid Hit Earth 65 Million Years Ago
    University of Colorado at Boulder - Wednesday, May 26, 2004
    Posted on: 5/26/2004 7:32:38 AM PDT

  • University of Hawaii Astronomer and Colleagues Find Evidence That Asteroids Change Color as They Age
    University of Hawaii - Friday, May 21, 2004
    Posted on: 5/21/2004 12:06:15 PM PDT

  • LONEOS Discovers Asteroid with the Smallest Orbit
    Lowell Observatory - Thursday, May 20, 2004
    Posted on: 5/20/2004 2:24:21 PM PDT

  • Japan's Hayabusa acquires images of Earth and the moon
    Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) - Thursday, May 20, 2004
    Posted on: 5/20/2004 6:40:31 AM PDT

  • Evidence for meteor impact near Australia linked to largest extinction in Earth's history
    University of California Santa Barbara - Friday, May 14, 2004
    Posted on: 5/14/2004 7:38:03 AM PDT

  • Impact at Bedout: 'Smoking Gun' of Giant Collision That Nearly Ended Life on Earth is Identified Near Australia
    University of Rochester - Friday, May 14, 2004
    Posted on: 5/14/2004 7:36:53 AM PDT

  • Astronomer prepares for appearance of two comets
    University of Chicago - Tuesday, April 27, 2004
    Posted on: 4/27/2004 7:16:56 AM PDT

  • Web-based program calculates effects of an Earth impact
    University of Arizona - Monday, April 12, 2004
    Posted on: 4/12/2004 10:38:01 AM PDT

  • Recently Discovered Near-Earth Asteroid Makes Record-breaking Approach to Earth
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Thursday, March 18, 2004
    Posted on: 3/18/2004 11:47:03 AM PDT

  • House Passes Asteroid Legislation and Bill to Help Non-Profit Organizations
    House Science and Technology Committee - Thursday, March 4, 2004
    Posted on: 3/4/2004 11:15:05 AM PDT

  • Planetary scientists find planetoid in Kuiper Belt; could be biggest yet discovered
    California Institute of Technology - Friday, February 20, 2004
    Posted on: 2/20/2004 9:18:02 AM PDT

  • On-line Spacewatch Volunteer Discovers Close-approaching Asteroid
    University of Arizona - Thursday, January 22, 2004
    Posted on: 1/22/2004 9:59:38 AM PDT

  • NASA Scientists Use Radar to Detect Asteroid Force
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Saturday, December 6, 2003
    Posted on: 12/6/2003 1:19:01 PM PDT

  • New evidence says Earth's greatest extinction caused by ancient meteorite
    University of Rochester - Thursday, November 20, 2003
    Posted on: 11/20/2003 6:12:52 PM PDT

  • ISAS/JAXA Researchers discover evidence of hydrated and/or hydroxylated minerals on the surface of asteroid 4 Vesta
    Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) - Friday, November 7, 2003
    Posted on: 11/7/2003 6:15:41 PM PDT

  • Asteroid Hermes, lost for 66 years, is found to be two objects orbiting each other, astronomers using Arecibo telescope report
    Cornell University - Thursday, October 23, 2003
    Posted on: 10/23/2003 6:25:08 PM PDT

  • Large asteroid is two orbiting objects
    University of California Los Angeles - Thursday, October 23, 2003
    Posted on: 10/23/2003 6:24:01 PM PDT

  • Near-Earth Asteroid Hermes Re-spotted: Its a Bright Binary
    Lowell Observatory - Tuesday, October 21, 2003
    Posted on: 10/21/2003 9:22:12 PM PDT

  • Asteroid Hermes is Found
    Sky and Telescope - Friday, October 17, 2003
    Posted on: 10/17/2003 8:59:31 AM PDT

  • Asteroid Hermes is Found
    Sky and Telescope - Friday, October 17, 2003
    Posted on: 10/17/2003 8:59:11 AM PDT

  • New Satellites of Uranus Discovered in 2003
    University of Hawaii - Monday, October 13, 2003
    Posted on: 10/13/2003 5:06:22 PM PDT

  • MUSES-C Target Asteroid 1998 SF36 has been renamed "ITOKAWA"
    Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) - Tuesday, October 7, 2003
    Posted on: 10/7/2003 5:32:15 PM PDT

  • Asteroid Whizzes Very Close By Earth
    Lowell Observatory - Friday, October 3, 2003
    Posted on: 10/3/2003 9:18:36 PM PDT

  • Availability of particles from collection surfaces exposed in the Stratosphere during
    Johnson Space Center - Tuesday, September 16, 2003
    Posted on: 9/16/2003 3:56:46 PM PDT

  • Optical Detection of Anomalous Nitrogen in Comets
    European Southern Observatory - Friday, September 12, 2003
    Posted on: 9/12/2003 9:00:44 AM PDT

  • MIT researchers reassess asteroid hazards
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Friday, September 12, 2003
    Posted on: 9/12/2003 8:46:49 AM PDT

  • Sunlight makes asteroids spin in strange ways
    Southwest Research Institute - Wednesday, September 10, 2003
    Posted on: 9/10/2003 8:52:02 PM PDT

  • Keck AO Images of Asteroid (511) Davida
    W.M. Keck Observatory - Thursday, September 4, 2003
    Posted on: 9/4/2003 2:52:36 PM PDT

  • A Rock By Any Other Name
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Friday, August 8, 2003
    Posted on: 8/8/2003 7:32:33 AM PDT

  • View of comets as pristine relics of solar system formation evolves
    Southwest Research Institute - Wednesday, August 6, 2003
    Posted on: 8/6/2003 10:09:13 AM PDT

  • Catching a Comet's Tail in the Earth's Upper Atmosphere
    Johnson Space Center - Thursday, July 10, 2003
    Posted on: 7/10/2003 9:02:49 AM PDT

  • ISAS "MUSES-C" Asteroid Mission Launched
    Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) - Friday, May 9, 2003
    Posted on: 5/9/2003 7:32:54 AM PDT

  • Reaching for the Asteroids
    Royal Astronomical Society - Thursday, April 10, 2003
    Posted on: 4/10/2003 5:40:25 AM PDT

  • A UK Flotilla To Study Earth-Grazing Asteroids
    Open University - Thursday, April 10, 2003
    Posted on: 4/10/2003 5:35:44 AM PDT

  • Earth is approaching a cometary debris stream that might trigger an unusual Antarctic meteor shower this weekend
    Marshall Space Flight Center - Friday, February 28, 2003
    Posted on: 2/28/2003 6:45:53 PM PDT

  • Kuiper Prize Going to JPL Pioneer in Radar Study of Asteroids
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Wednesday, December 4, 2002
    Posted on: 12/4/2002 11:08:18 AM PDT

  • NASA's Stardust Views Asteroid Annefrank During Dress Rehearsal Encounter
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Monday, November 4, 2002
    Posted on: 11/4/2002 9:38:33 PM PDT

  • Comets: Complex Worlds
    American Astronomical Society - Wednesday, October 9, 2002
    Posted on: 10/9/2002 5:01:09 PM PDT

  • Science Workshop Reveals Evolving Perspective on Asteroid Threat
    National Optical Astronomy Observatory - Friday, September 6, 2002
    Posted on: 9/6/2002 11:59:21 AM PDT

  • Comets Break Up Far and Near
    NASA HQ - Thursday, September 5, 2002
    Posted on: 9/5/2002 10:30:32 AM PDT

  • A sharper look at near Earth asteroid 2002 NY40
    Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes - Tuesday, September 3, 2002
    Posted on: 9/3/2002 5:02:41 PM PDT

  • Digital Movie Shows Awesome Speed of Asteroid Close Approach
    National Optical Astronomy Observatory - Wednesday, August 21, 2002
    Posted on: 8/21/2002 10:25:26 AM PDT

  • SOHO Raises the Ante with Discovery of 500th Comet
    Goddard Space Flight Center - Wednesday, August 14, 2002
    Posted on: 8/14/2002 2:54:03 PM PDT

  • The Planetary Society Funds Sky Watchers
    Planetary Society - Thursday, August 1, 2002
    Posted on: 8/1/2002 6:46:57 AM PDT

  • Asteroid 2002 NT7: Potential Earth Impact In 2019 Ruled Out
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Monday, July 29, 2002
    Posted on: 7/29/2002 7:14:27 PM PDT

  • Asteroid Named after NRC Astronomer
    National Research Council (Canada) - Monday, July 29, 2002
    Posted on: 7/29/2002 7:13:46 PM PDT

  • Spectalcular Split Comet (57P/DU TOIT-NEUJMIN-DELPORTE)
    University of Hawaii - Thursday, July 25, 2002
    Posted on: 7/25/2002 2:23:28 PM PDT

  • Senate Space Roundtable on Asteroid Close Calls
    Prospace - Tuesday, July 2, 2002
    Posted on: 7/2/2002 6:40:22 PM PDT

  • SwRI researchers ask: Where have all the comets gone?
    Southwest Research Institute - Thursday, June 20, 2002
    Posted on: 6/20/2002 3:48:59 PM PDT

  • SwRI researchers identify asteroid breakup event in the main asteroid belt
    Southwest Research Institute - Wednesday, June 12, 2002
    Posted on: 6/12/2002 12:17:12 PM PDT

  • Hubble Hunts Down Odd Couples at the Fringes of Our Solar System
    Space Telescope Science Institute - Wednesday, April 17, 2002
    Posted on: 4/17/2002 6:19:31 PM PDT

  • European Space Agency to probe asteroid blind spot
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Friday, April 12, 2002
    Posted on: 4/12/2002 11:24:24 PM PDT

  • Comet hunter Carolyn Shoemaker to speak at Cornell April 21
    Cornell University - Friday, April 12, 2002
    Posted on: 4/12/2002 11:22:05 PM PDT

  • Some Asteroids Have Astronomers Seeing Double
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Thursday, April 11, 2002
    Posted on: 4/11/2002 11:38:57 PM PDT

  • Radar reveals five double asteroid systems orbiting each other near Earth, likely formed in close encounters with planet
    Cornell University - Thursday, April 11, 2002
    Posted on: 4/11/2002 10:06:04 PM PDT

  • Researchers find evidence for mechanism that creates near-Earth binary asteroids
    California Institute of Technology - Thursday, April 11, 2002
    Posted on: 4/11/2002 10:04:02 PM PDT

  • New study reveals twice as many asteroids as previously believed
    European Space Agency - Thursday, April 4, 2002
    Posted on: 4/5/2002 7:31:09 AM PDT

  • NASA Dryden, SWRO Search for Vulcanoids
    Dryden Flight Research Center - Wednesday, April 3, 2002
    Posted on: 4/3/2002 9:44:18 PM PDT

  • Bright Comet Meets Bright Galaxy
    Sky and Telescope - Monday, April 1, 2002
    Posted on: 4/1/2002 9:12:52 PM PDT

  • See A Comet Tonight
    Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics - Sunday, March 24, 2002
    Posted on: 3/23/2002 10:49:12 PM PDT

  • Deadline Approaches for Next Round of Shoemaker NEO Grants
    Planetary Society - Tuesday, March 12, 2002
    Posted on: 3/12/2002 3:09:00 PM PDT

  • A Bright Comet Returns - 341 Years Later
    Sky and Telescope - Thursday, March 7, 2002
    Posted on: 3/7/2002 7:42:08 PM PDT

  • Astronomers anticipate meteor "storm" on November 18th
    Sky and Telescope - Friday, November 9, 2001
    Posted on: 11/9/2001 6:48:12 PM PDT

  • First Estimate of the Formation Temperature of Ammonia Ice in a Comet
    National Astronomical Observatory of Japan - Sunday, November 4, 2001
    Posted on: 11/4/2001 8:16:33 PM PDT

  • Leonid meteors likely to storm this November
    Sky and Telescope - Monday, September 24, 2001
    Posted on: 9/24/2001 9:06:41 PM PDT

  • Anticipating the Perseids - NASA Science News
    Marshall Space Flight Center - Tuesday, July 31, 2001
    Posted on: 7/31/2001 8:42:32 PM PDT

  • Ball Aerospace Has Key Role in Unique Comet Study Mission
    Ball Corporation - Thursday, May 31, 2001
    Posted on: 6/2/2001 7:48:04 PM PDT

  • Near-Earth Asteroid is Two Chunks in One
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Wednesday, May 30, 2001
    Posted on: 5/30/2001 6:44:53 PM PDT

  • NASA Gives Green Light for Deep Impact Mission Development
    NASA HQ - Thursday, May 24, 2001
    Posted on: 5/24/2001 3:09:53 PM PDT

  • New Mars, Lunar Meteorites Found
    Meteoritical Bulletin - Wednesday, May 23, 2001
    Posted on: 5/23/2001 9:42:49 PM PDT

  • Los Alamos researchers detect huge meteors while keeping an ear out for clandestine nuclear tests
    Los Alamos National Laboratory - Wednesday, May 23, 2001
    Posted on: 5/23/2001 9:40:52 PM PDT

  • Missing carbon-2 molecule holds clues to comet's origin
    University of Texas-Austin - Friday, May 18, 2001
    Posted on: 5/19/2001 6:49:05 AM PDT

  • Comet LINEAR (C/2001 A2) Splits Further - Third Nucleus Observed with the VLT
    European Southern Observatory - Friday, May 18, 2001
    Posted on: 5/19/2001 6:47:33 AM PDT


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    NASA Advisory Council - July 25, 2010
    Posted on: 7/26/2010 1:30:48 PM PDT

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    Jet Propulsion Laboratory - May 2, 2010
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    NASA HQ - March 30, 2010
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    Lunar and Planetary Institute - March 15, 2010
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    Jet Propulsion Laboratory - November 11, 2009
    Posted on: 11/11/2009 4:33:39 AM PDT

  • NSF: Notice of Plan for Collection of Meteorites Issued Under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978, as Amended
    National Science Foundation - October 20, 2009
    Posted on: 10/20/2009 11:04:55 AM PDT

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    The Antarctic Sun - September 25, 2009
    Posted on: 9/25/2009 7:09:25 PM PDT

  • Near-Earth Object Surveys and Hazard Mitigation Strategies: Interim Report
    National Research Council - August 12, 2009
    Posted on: 8/12/2009 10:37:06 AM PDT

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    Jet Propulsion Laboratory - August 6, 2009
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  • EURONEAR - Data Mining of Asteroids and Near Earth Asteroids
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - July 2, 2009
    Posted on: 7/2/2009 9:46:53 AM PDT

  • NEO News (06/04/09) Planetary Defense at Granada pt 2
    - June 5, 2009
    Posted on: 6/5/2009 12:12:05 PM PDT

  • NEO News (05/29/09) Planetary Defense at Granada pt 1
    Ames Research Center - May 31, 2009
    Posted on: 5/31/2009 3:27:51 PM PDT

  • Long term impact risk for asteroid (101955) 1999 RQ36
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - January 26, 2009
    Posted on: 1/26/2009 9:33:26 AM PDT

  • NEO News (10/06/08) Bolide impact predicted tonight!
    Ames Research Center - October 6, 2008
    Posted on: 10/6/2008 4:10:12 PM PDT

  • Transneptunian Dwarf Planet (136472) 2005 FY9 Named Makemake
    USGS Astrogeology - July 15, 2008
    Posted on: 7/15/2008 9:35:13 AM PDT

  • NASA @ the Brickhouse: Will an Asteroid Hit The Earth?
    NASA CoLab - July 9, 2008
    Posted on: 7/9/2008 2:37:27 PM PDT

  • H.R.4917 To formulate situation and decision analyses for deflecting and mitigating potentially hazardous near-Earth objects
    U.S. House of Representatives - January 3, 2008
    Posted on: 1/3/2008 8:24:07 AM PDT

  • NASA-Funded Astronomers Monitor Asteroid to Pass Near Mars
    NASA HQ - December 21, 2007
    Posted on: 12/21/2007 3:36:44 PM PDT

  • Testimony of J. Anthony Tyson, Hearing on Near-Earth Objects: Status of the Survey Program and Review of NASA's 2007 Report to Congress
    NASA HQ - November 8, 2007
    Posted on: 11/8/2007 9:48:52 AM PDT

  • Testimony of Donald Campbell, Hearing on Near-Earth Objects: Status of the Survey Program and Review of NASA's 2007 Report to Congress
    Cornell University - November 8, 2007
    Posted on: 11/8/2007 9:46:52 AM PDT

  • Testimony of Donald Yeomans, Hearing on Near-Earth Objects: Status of the Survey Program and Review of NASA's 2007 Report to Congress
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory - November 8, 2007
    Posted on: 11/8/2007 9:45:09 AM PDT

  • Testimony of Scott Pace, Hearing on Near-Earth Objects: Status of the Survey Program and Review of NASA's 2007 Report to Congress
    NASA HQ - November 8, 2007
    Posted on: 11/8/2007 9:43:49 AM PDT

  • Testimony of James Green, Hearing on Near-Earth Objects: Status of the Survey Program and Review of NASA's 2007 Report to Congress
    NASA HQ - November 8, 2007
    Posted on: 11/8/2007 9:38:46 AM PDT

  • Testimony of Rep. Luis G. Fortuño, Hearing on Near-Earth Objects: Status of the Survey Program and Review of NASA's 2007 Report to Congress
    House Science and Technology Committee - November 8, 2007
    Posted on: 11/8/2007 9:36:44 AM PDT

  • Testimony of Chairman Mark Udall, Hearing on Near-Earth Objects: Status of the Survey Program and Review of NASA's 2007 Report to Congress
    House Science and Technology Committee - November 8, 2007
    Posted on: 11/8/2007 9:33:57 AM PDT

  • Testimony of Russell Schweickart, Hearing on Near-Earth Objects: Status of the Survey Program and Review of NASA's 2007 Report to Congress
    B612 Foundation - November 8, 2007
    Posted on: 11/8/2007 7:57:57 AM PDT

  • Hearing Charter: Near-Earth Objects: Status of the Survey Program and Review of NASA's 2007 Report to Congress
    House Science and Technology Committee - November 7, 2007
    Posted on: 11/7/2007 6:06:18 PM PDT

  • NEO News (10/23/07) Marco Polo, Dawn, Workshop, Congress, DPS
    Ames Research Center - October 24, 2007
    Posted on: 10/24/2007 6:46:31 PM PDT

  • House Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee Hearing: Near-Earth Objects - Status of the Survey Program and Review of NASA's Report to Congress
    House Science and Technology Committee - October 2, 2007
    Posted on: 10/2/2007 7:44:42 AM PDT

  • NEO News (05/02/07) White Paper from AIAA Planetary Defense Conference
    Ames Research Center - May 2, 2007
    Posted on: 5/2/2007 3:24:02 PM PDT

  • Independent Analysis of Alternatives To Divert a NEO on a Likely Collision Course With Earth
    B612 Foundation - March 19, 2007
    Posted on: 3/20/2007 3:12:58 PM PDT

  • NASA ARC NEO News (03/09/07) Planetary Defense Conference Part 2
    Ames Research Center - March 9, 2007
    Posted on: 3/9/2007 8:52:59 PM PDT

  • NASA ARC NEO News (03/07/07) Planetary Defense Conference
    Ames Research Center - March 9, 2007
    Posted on: 3/9/2007 8:50:34 PM PDT

  • NASA Strategic Management Council Meeting: 2006 Near-Earth Object Survey and Deflection Study
    NASA HQ - February 10, 2007
    Posted on: 2/10/2007 10:08:28 AM PDT

  • NEO News (12/29/06)
    Ames Research Center - December 28, 2006
    Posted on: 12/29/2006 11:15:34 AM PDT

  • Apophis Mission Design Challenge
    Planetary Society - September 1, 2006
    Posted on: 9/1/2006 11:36:10 AM PDT

  • NEO News (06/30/06) XP14 and NASA NEO Workshop
    Ames Research Center - June 30, 2006
    Posted on: 6/30/2006 12:08:04 PM PDT

  • NASA GSFC Solicitation: Near Earth Object (NEO) Survey
    Goddard Space Flight Center - June 7, 2006
    Posted on: 6/7/2006 1:55:06 PM PDT

  • NASA Workshop: Near-Earth Object Detection, Characterization, and Threat Mitigation - Call For Papers
    NASA HQ - May 15, 2006
    Posted on: 5/15/2006 6:46:11 PM PDT

  • Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 Shows That Breaking Up Is Not So Hard To Do
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory - April 24, 2006
    Posted on: 4/24/2006 6:49:41 PM PDT

  • Asteroid 2004 VD17 Classed as Torino Scale 2
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory - March 1, 2006
    Posted on: 3/1/2006 3:18:39 PM PDT

  • The Origin and Evolution of the Asteroid Main Belt
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - February 19, 2006
    Posted on: 2/19/2006 2:42:33 PM PDT

  • Expand the Hunt for Dangerous Asteroids
    Planetary Society - January 26, 2006
    Posted on: 1/26/2006 11:26:06 AM PDT

  • NEO News (10/18/05): Astronauts and the Impact Hazard
    Ames Research Center - October 18, 2005
    Posted on: 10/18/2005 11:22:19 AM PDT

  • Hayabusa completes journey to asteroid Itokawa by ion engine propulsion
    Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) - September 6, 2005
    Posted on: 9/6/2005 6:58:31 AM PDT

  • The composition and size distribution of the dust in the coma of comet Hale-Bopp
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - August 22, 2005
    Posted on: 8/22/2005 8:53:33 PM PDT

  • NEO News (08/17/05) Asteroid experts meet at ACM-2005
    Ames Research Center - August 16, 2005
    Posted on: 8/16/2005 9:52:18 PM PDT

  • NEO News (08/12/05) Spaceguard progress and some NEO issues
    Ames Research Center - August 15, 2005
    Posted on: 8/15/2005 3:31:49 PM PDT

  • NASA NEO News: Deflection Scenarios for Apophis
    Ames Research Center - August 9, 2005
    Posted on: 8/9/2005 9:39:25 PM PDT

  • Identifying Near Earth Object Families
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - June 14, 2005
    Posted on: 6/14/2005 10:00:59 PM PDT

  • Mass Flows in Cometary UCHII Regions
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - June 8, 2005
    Posted on: 6/8/2005 9:03:11 PM PDT

  • Stellar encounters as the origin of distant solar system objects in highly eccentric orbits
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - May 2, 2005
    Posted on: 5/2/2005 1:23:54 PM PDT

  • On the Dayside Thermal Emission of Hot Jupiters
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - April 23, 2005
    Posted on: 4/23/2005 9:38:38 PM PDT

  • CCD photometry of 23 minor planets
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - April 23, 2005
    Posted on: 4/23/2005 9:36:46 PM PDT

  • Observing Near Earth Asteroids with a Small Telescope
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - April 23, 2005
    Posted on: 4/23/2005 9:29:08 PM PDT

  • Utilizing Minor Planets to Assess the Gravitational Field in the Outer Solar System
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - April 21, 2005
    Posted on: 4/21/2005 8:45:29 AM PDT

  • Near Infrared Surface Properties of the Two Intrinsically Brightest Minor Planets (90377) Sedna and (90482) Orcus
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - April 21, 2005
    Posted on: 4/21/2005 8:42:10 AM PDT

  • NEO News (03/10/05) Impact Hazard Summary for UN
    Ames Research Center - March 10, 2005
    Posted on: 3/10/2005 11:11:00 AM PDT

  • NEO News (02/23/05) Impacts at the AAAS
    Ames Research Center - February 24, 2005
    Posted on: 2/24/2005 7:53:42 AM PDT

  • Radar Observations Refine the Future Motion of Asteroid 2004 MN4
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory - February 4, 2005
    Posted on: 2/4/2005 9:35:45 AM PDT

  • UK Government Response to the NEO Task Force Recommendations Update January 2005
    British National Space Centre - January 23, 2005
    Posted on: 1/23/2005 9:26:02 AM PDT

  • Possibility of an Earth Impact in 2029 Ruled Out for Asteroid 2004 MN4
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory - December 27, 2004
    Posted on: 12/27/2004 8:48:59 PM PDT

  • Near-Earth Asteroid 2004 MN4 Reaches Highest Score To Date On Hazard Scale
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory - December 24, 2004
    Posted on: 12/24/2004 5:55:17 AM PDT

  • NEO News: AIAA Position Paper
    Ames Research Center - November 3, 2004
    Posted on: 11/3/2004 6:52:05 PM PDT

  • NASA NEO News: Impact Hyperbole
    Ames Research Center - October 28, 2004
    Posted on: 10/28/2004 6:13:21 PM PDT

  • NEO News - Rusty Schweickart on Asteroid Deflection Technology
    Ames Research Center - September 2, 2004
    Posted on: 9/2/2004 2:22:04 PM PDT

  • NEO News: Spaceguard Progress
    Ames Research Center - May 27, 2004
    Posted on: 5/27/2004 3:51:39 PM PDT

  • Testimony of Wayne Van Citters, Senate Science, Technology, and Space Hearing: Near Earth Objects
    Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation - April 7, 2004
    Posted on: 4/7/2004 5:18:34 PM PDT

  • Testimony of Lindley Johnson, Senate Science, Technology, and Space Hearing: Near Earth Objects
    Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation - April 7, 2004
    Posted on: 4/7/2004 5:18:05 PM PDT

  • Testimony of Grant Stokes, Senate Science, Technology, and Space Hearing: Near Earth Objects
    Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation - April 7, 2004
    Posted on: 4/7/2004 5:17:24 PM PDT

  • Testimony of Michael Griffin, Senate Science, Technology, and Space Hearing: Near Earth Objects
    Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation - April 7, 2004
    Posted on: 4/7/2004 5:14:57 PM PDT

  • Testimony of Rusty Schweickart, Senate Science, Technology, and Space Hearing: Near Earth Objects
    Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation - April 7, 2004
    Posted on: 4/7/2004 5:11:04 PM PDT

  • Testimony of Dr. Ed Lu, Senate Science, Technology, and Space Hearing: Near Earth Objects
    Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation - April 7, 2004
    Posted on: 4/7/2004 5:10:47 PM PDT

  • NASA NEO News: Astronauts Schweickart and Lu testify before Congress
    Ames Research Center - April 7, 2004
    Posted on: 4/7/2004 9:00:31 AM PDT

  • NASA NEO News: Damage from small impacts
    Ames Research Center - March 26, 2004
    Posted on: 3/26/2004 5:32:15 PM PDT

  • NEO News (02/27/04) Planetary Defense Part 3: Societal Issues
    Ames Research Center - February 27, 2004
    Posted on: 2/27/2004 4:47:36 PM PDT

  • NEO News (02/26/04) Planetary Defense Conference Part 2: Mitigation Proposals
    Ames Research Center - February 27, 2004
    Posted on: 2/27/2004 2:22:40 PM PDT

  • NEO News (02/19/04) Short warning times (and how to deal with them)
    Ames Research Center - February 25, 2004
    Posted on: 2/25/2004 7:35:22 AM PDT

  • NEO News: Near Earth Objects Less than 1 Km in Diameter
    Ames Research Center - December 21, 2003
    Posted on: 12/21/2003 9:45:27 PM PDT

  • NASA JPL: Orbit for Hermes Dynamically Linked from 1937 to 2003
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory - October 16, 2003
    Posted on: 10/17/2003 8:54:23 AM PDT

  • NASA Releases Near-Earth Object Search Report
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory - September 12, 2003
    Posted on: 9/12/2003 8:52:39 AM PDT

  • Dust Grain Orbital Behavior Around Ceres
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - August 21, 2003
    Posted on: 8/21/2003 3:00:43 PM PDT

  • The Secular Evolution of the Primordial Kuiper Belt
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - August 21, 2003
    Posted on: 8/21/2003 3:00:20 PM PDT

  • Interrelation Between the Physical Properties and the Orbital Evolution of the Near-Earth Asteroids: A New Numerical Approach
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - August 21, 2003
    Posted on: 8/21/2003 2:54:53 PM PDT

  • NASA NEO News: Open Letter to Congress on Near Earth Objects
    Ames Research Center - July 28, 2003
    Posted on: 7/28/2003 9:54:29 AM PDT

  • NEO News (07/25/03) Tsunami & sub-km NEAs
    Ames Research Center - July 25, 2003
    Posted on: 7/25/2003 1:41:39 PM PDT

  • Mitigation letter to NASA Space Architect Gary Martin from Michael Belton and the Mitigation Workshop team
    NEO News - April 7, 2003
    Posted on: 4/7/2003 6:53:33 PM PDT

  • The origin of crystalline silicates in the Herbig Be star HD100546 and in comet Hale-Bopp
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - January 15, 2003
    Posted on: 1/15/2003 12:19:26 PM PDT

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