Asteroids and Comets News


Mission Press Releases

  • Be an Asteroid Hunter in NASA's First Asteroid Grand Challenge Contest Series
    NASA HQ - Monday, March 10, 2014
    Posted on: 3/10/2014 7:34:27 PM PDT

  • Be an Asteroid Hunter in NASA's First Asteroid Grand Challenge Contest Series
    Planetary Resources - Monday, March 10, 2014
    Posted on: 3/10/2014 3:05:02 PM PDT

  • Help Slooh and The Minor Planet Center Track Near-Earth Asteroid "2014 CU13"
    SLOOH - Wednesday, March 5, 2014
    Posted on: 3/5/2014 3:00:57 PM PDT

  • B612 Foundation & Broken Bells Partner to Protect Earth
    B612 Foundation - Wednesday, March 5, 2014
    Posted on: 3/5/2014 2:50:44 PM PDT

  • NASA Marshall Meteor Experts to Answer Reddit Questions Online
    Marshall Space Flight Center - Monday, March 3, 2014
    Posted on: 3/3/2014 4:41:20 PM PDT

  • Subaru Telescope Detects Rare Form of Nitrogen in Comet ISON
    National Astronomical Observatory of Japan - Thursday, February 27, 2014
    Posted on: 2/27/2014 8:25:35 PM PDT

  • NASA to Hold Asteroid Initiative Opportunities Forum
    NASA HQ - Monday, February 24, 2014
    Posted on: 2/24/2014 2:47:46 PM PDT

  • Telescope Detects Rare Form of Nitrogen in Comet ISON
    National Astronomical Observatory of Japan - Thursday, February 20, 2014
    Posted on: 2/20/2014 11:15:17 PM PDT

  • National Space Society Position on Protecting Earth From Cosmic Impacts
    National Space Society - Monday, February 17, 2014
    Posted on: 2/17/2014 3:44:37 PM PDT

  • NASA Experts Continue to Engage United Nations on NASA's Asteroid Initiative
    NASA HQ - Tuesday, February 11, 2014
    Posted on: 2/12/2014 12:29:02 AM PDT

  • Getting Ready For Asteroids
    European Space Agency - Wednesday, February 5, 2014
    Posted on: 2/5/2014 11:41:46 PM PDT

  • IAU Names Asteroids for Prominent Variable-Star Observers
    International Astronomical Union - Monday, February 3, 2014
    Posted on: 2/3/2014 8:01:08 PM PDT

  • NASA Hosts Nov. 26 Teleconference and Nov. 28 Hangout to Discuss Comet Nearing Sun
    NASA HQ - Monday, November 25, 2013
    Posted on: 11/26/2013 1:03:22 AM PDT

  • Planetary Resources Partners with NASA to Crowdsource Asteroid Detection
    Planetary Resources - Thursday, November 21, 2013
    Posted on: 11/21/2013 11:52:39 PM PDT

  • NASA, Planetary Resources Sign Agreement to Crowdsource Asteroid Detection
    - Thursday, November 21, 2013
    Posted on: 11/21/2013 11:51:19 PM PDT

  • B612 Foundation receives support from ICES
    B612 Foundation - Wednesday, November 13, 2013
    Posted on: 11/14/2013 2:21:23 AM PDT

  • NASA Continues Workshop to Discuss Asteroid Initiative Ideas
    NASA HQ - Tuesday, November 12, 2013
    Posted on: 11/13/2013 2:29:12 AM PDT

  • New research shows events like Russian asteroid may happen more frequently
    Western University - Wednesday, November 6, 2013
    Posted on: 11/6/2013 11:13:02 PM PDT

  • SGAC / NEO PG Asteroid Naming Contest
    Space Generation Advisory Council - Monday, October 28, 2013
    Posted on: 10/28/2013 1:24:22 PM PDT

  • Defending Earth From Asteroids
    B612 Foundation - Wednesday, October 23, 2013
    Posted on: 10/25/2013 3:24:19 PM PDT

    		• Mission Status Releases

  • Registration Open for NASA Asteroid Initiative Opportunities Forum
    NASA HQ - February 24, 2014
    Posted on: 2/24/2014 5:10:18 PM PDT

  • NASA Seminars on Properties of Near Earth Asteroids
    Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI) - February 7, 2014
    Posted on: 2/7/2014 9:14:28 PM PDT

  • NEOWISE Celebrates First Month of Operations After Reactivation
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory - January 24, 2014
    Posted on: 1/24/2014 10:21:27 PM PDT

  • Asteroid families classification: exploiting very large data sets
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - January 2, 2014
    Posted on: 1/2/2014 3:31:24 PM PDT

  • High Precision Astrometry in Asteroid Mitigation - the NEOShield Perspective
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - November 24, 2013
    Posted on: 11/24/2013 7:05:40 PM PDT

  • Free Smarthone App for Tracking Fireballs
    Planetary Exploration Newsletter - November 10, 2013
    Posted on: 11/10/2013 7:12:37 PM PDT

  • New Dates to Resume NASA Asteroid Workshop
    NASA HQ - October 25, 2013
    Posted on: 10/25/2013 7:33:52 PM PDT

  • The Population of Tiny Near-Earth Objects Observed by NEOWISE
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - October 14, 2013
    Posted on: 10/14/2013 1:28:20 PM PDT

  • Meteor Showers on Earth from Sungrazing Comets
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - October 14, 2013
    Posted on: 10/14/2013 1:27:08 PM PDT

  • Characteristics and Large Bulk Density of the C-type Main-Belt Triple Asteroid (93) Minerva
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - October 14, 2013
    Posted on: 10/14/2013 1:25:58 PM PDT

  • Growing dust grains in protoplanetary discs - I. Radial drift with toy growth models
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - October 11, 2013
    Posted on: 10/11/2013 5:56:51 PM PDT

  • Physical Characterization of Warm Spitzer-observed Near-Earth Objects
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - October 9, 2013
    Posted on: 10/9/2013 8:26:53 PM PDT

  • UV to far-IR reflectance spectra of carbonaceous chondrites
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - October 8, 2012
    Posted on: 10/8/2013 2:22:09 PM PDT

  • Olivine-dominated Asteroids: Mineralogy and Origin
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - October 7, 2013
    Posted on: 10/7/2013 11:47:53 AM PDT

  • B612 Foundation CEO and Co-Founder Ed Lu on 60 Minutes This Sunday
    B612 Foundation - October 5, 2013
    Posted on: 10/5/2013 3:57:49 PM PDT

  • Assessment of the 2880 impact threat from asteroid (29075) 1950 DA
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - October 4, 2013
    Posted on: 10/4/2013 10:44:15 PM PDT

  • Asteroid Un-conference Hosted by B612 Foundation Today
    B612 Foundation - October 1, 2013
    Posted on: 10/1/2013 3:49:41 PM PDT

  • The Geminid meteoroid stream as a potential meteorite dropper: a case study
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - September 26, 2013
    Posted on: 9/26/2013 2:17:06 PM PDT

  • Finding Very Small Near-Earth Asteroids using Synthetic Tracking
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - September 15, 2013
    Posted on: 9/15/2013 2:16:17 PM PDT

  • Will Comet ISON (C/2012 S1) Survive Perihelion?
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - September 12, 2013
    Posted on: 9/12/2013 1:01:43 PM PDT

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