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Dawn deep in the asteroid belt orbiting Vesta
Jun 04, 2012 (JPL)
Far from Earth, on the opposite side of the sun, deep in the asteroid belt, Dawn is gradually spiraling around the giant protoplanet Vesta. Under the gentle pre...
UT's Josh Emery Uncovers Clues About Asteroid That Will Pass Near Earth
Jun 01, 2012 (SPX)
The work of a University of Tennessee, Knoxville, professor has helped reveal a rare orbital shift and the density of an asteroid that will pass close to Earth....
Rosetta flyby uncovers the complex history of asteroid Lutetia
May 31, 2012 (ESA)
The long and tumultuous history of asteroid (21) Lutetia is revealed by a comprehensive analysis of the data gathered by ESA's Rosetta spacecraft when it flew p...
NASA Scientist Figures Way to Weigh Space Rock
May 29, 2012 (JPL)
A scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., has accurately determined the mass of a nearby asteroid from millions of miles away. The ce...
OSIRIS-REx Scientists Measure Yarkovsky Effect
May 29, 2012 (SPX)
Scientists with the University of Arizona-led asteroid sample return mission OSIRIS-REx have measured the orbit of their destination asteroid, 1999 RQ36, with s...
Asteroid Nudged by Sunlight: Most Precise Measurement of Yarkovsky Effect
May 25, 2012 (SPX)
Scientists on NASA's asteroid sample return mission, Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx), have m...
NASA Survey Counts Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
May 17, 2012 (JPL)
Observations from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have led to the best assessment yet of our solar system's population of potentially hazardou...
NASA Dawn Spacecraft Reveals Secrets of Large Asteroid
May 17, 2012 (SPX)
NASA's Dawn spacecraft has provided researchers with the first orbital analysis of the giant asteroid Vesta, yielding new insights into its creation and relatio...
NASA trains astronauts to land on asteroid
May 16, 2012 (IANS)
NASA wants humans to make contact with an asteroid up to three million miles away by the end of the next decade, something far beyond the scope of Earth-Moon sp...
Amateur astronomers boost ESA's asteroid hunt
May 16, 2012 (ESA)
A partnership with the UK's Faulkes Telescope Project promises to boost the Agency's space hazards research while helping students to discover potentially dange...
Vesta - a planet-like asteroid
May 11, 2012 (SPX)
Even though it doesn't quite qualify as a 'proper' planet, the second most massive asteroid in the Solar System, Vesta - which has a diameter of approximately 5...
Dawn reveals complexities of ancient asteroidal world
May 11, 2012 (SPX)
New findings from NASA's Dawn spacecraft lay the groundwork for the first geological overview of asteroid (4)Vesta and confirm the existence of not one but two ...
You're beautiful, Vesta
May 11, 2012 (SPX)
When UCLA's Christopher T. Russell looks at the images of the protoplanet Vesta produced by NASA's Dawn mission, he talks about beauty as much as he talks about...
Asteroid collision that spawned Vesta's asteroid family occurred more recently than thought
May 11, 2012 (SPX)
A team of researchers led by a NASA Lunar Science Institute (NLSI) member based at Southwest Research Institute has discovered evidence that the giant impact cr...
NASA Dawn Mission Reveals Secrets of Large Asteroid
May 11, 2012 (JPL)
NASA's Dawn spacecraft has provided researchers with the first orbital analysis of the giant asteroid Vesta, yielding new insights into its creation and kinship...
Dawn Completes 800 Orbits Of Vesta
May 07, 2012 (JPL)
Dawn is wrapping up a spectacularly rewarding phase of its mission of exploration. Since descending to its low-altitude mapping orbit (LAMO) in December, the st...
Throwing pebbles to divert asteroid?
May 07, 2012 (UPI)
A swarm of pebble-sized spacecraft could deflect an asteroid on a collision course with Earth, if launched early enough, British researchers say. Aerospace engi...
Mining Asteroids - A New Industry
May 02, 2012 (SPX)
This past Wednesday a new company, Planetary Resources (PRI), announced it is serious about searching the cosmos for the first mineable asteroid. Within two yea...
Dawn Reveals Secrets of Giant Asteroid Vesta
Apr 26, 2012 (JPL)
Findings from NASA's Dawn spacecraft reveal new details about the giant asteroid Vesta, including its varied surface composition, sharp temperature changes and ...
US firm plans to mine asteroids
Apr 24, 2012 (AFP)
A startup backed by top Google executives and film director James Cameron on Tuesday unveiled a plan to mine asteroids for precious minerals and water. Planetar...
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