Asteroids and Comets News


Mission Press Releases

  • Comet Chury's Ultraviolet Aurora
    University of Bern - Monday, September 14, 2020
    Posted on: 9/21/2020 3:25:39 PM PDT

  • Industry starts work on Europe’s Hera planetary defence mission
    European Space Agency - Tuesday, September 15, 2020
    Posted on: 9/15/2020 4:38:08 PM PDT

  • Amateur Astronomer Discovers Large Near-Earth Asteroid
    Planetary Society - Thursday, September 10, 2020
    Posted on: 9/10/2020 9:40:48 PM PDT

  • Rock stars – Curtin scientists find two meteorites in two weeks
    Curtin University - Friday, July 31, 2020
    Posted on: 7/31/2020 5:48:26 PM PDT

  • An Agency for asteroids
    European Space Agency - Tuesday, June 23, 2020
    Posted on: 6/23/2020 6:24:15 PM PDT

  • Name Approved for Target of Asteroid Deflection Missions
    International Astronomical Union - Tuesday, June 23, 2020
    Posted on: 6/23/2020 6:20:42 PM PDT

  • Citizen scientist discovers Sun-watcher SOHO’s 4000th comet
    European Space Agency - Wednesday, June 17, 2020
    Posted on: 6/17/2020 3:46:56 PM PDT

  • Asteroids Ryugu and Bennu Formed by Destruction of a Large Asteroid
    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) - Wednesday, May 27, 2020
    Posted on: 5/27/2020 2:25:05 PM PDT

  • Researchers find new minor planets beyond Neptune
    University of Pennsylvania - Wednesday, March 11, 2020
    Posted on: 3/11/2020 6:58:20 PM PDT

  • Asteroid Risks And Opportunities Global Theme Of Asteroid Day Leading Up To 30 June, 2020
    Asteroid Day - Friday, February 14, 2020
    Posted on: 2/15/2020 2:26:45 AM PDT

  • Planetary Society Awards Nearly $58,000 to Amateur Asteroid Hunters
    Planetary Society - Thursday, December 19, 2019
    Posted on: 12/20/2019 12:07:17 AM PDT

  • Fireballs: mail from space
    University of Helsinki - Thursday, December 19, 2019
    Posted on: 12/19/2019 4:17:05 PM PDT

  • Western-led team investigates interstellar bodies originating from beyond our solar system
    Western University - Thursday, November 7, 2019
    Posted on: 11/7/2019 3:43:12 PM PDT

  • Leading Planetary Defence Experts announce 21,443 reasons to test asteroid deflection
    Asteroid Day - Wednesday, November 6, 2019
    Posted on: 11/6/2019 9:09:55 PM PDT

  • Near-Earth Asteroids Spectroscopic Survey at Isaac Newton Telescope
    Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes - Thursday, October 17, 2019
    Posted on: 10/17/2019 4:58:30 PM PDT

  • Season Two of 'On a Mission' Podcast Targets Asteroids
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Tuesday, October 8, 2019
    Posted on: 10/8/2019 10:06:46 PM PDT

  • Scientist Helps Discover How Water Is Regenerated on Asteroids
    Curtin University - Tuesday, October 8, 2019
    Posted on: 10/8/2019 3:23:47 PM PDT

  • Characterizing Near-Earth Objects to Understand Impact Risks, Exploration Potential
    Southwest Research Institute - Tuesday, October 1, 2019
    Posted on: 10/1/2019 5:05:25 PM PDT

  • Get Ready for More Interstellar Objects, Astronomers Say
    Yale University - Saturday, September 28, 2019
    Posted on: 9/28/2019 3:44:25 PM PDT

  • Naming of New Interstellar Visitor, 2I/Borisov
    International Astronomical Union - Tuesday, September 24, 2019
    Posted on: 9/24/2019 2:07:18 PM PDT

    		• Mission Status Releases

  • Follow-up imaging observations of comet 2I/Borisov
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - March 4, 2020
    Posted on: 3/4/2020 11:46:14 PM PDT

  • Photometry of Kuiper Belt Object (486958) Arrokoth from New Horizons LORRI
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - March 4, 2020
    Posted on: 3/4/2020 11:44:35 PM PDT

  • Fragmentation modelling of the August 2019 impact on Jupiter
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - February 21, 2020
    Posted on: 2/21/2020 6:11:26 PM PDT

  • Color, Composition, and Thermal Environment of Kuiper Belt Object (486958) Arrokoth
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - February 17, 2020
    Posted on: 2/18/2020 3:24:37 AM PDT

  • On the orbital evolution of 2020 AV2, the first asteroid ever observed to go around the Sun inside the orbit of Venus
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - February 11, 2020
    Posted on: 2/11/2020 2:44:58 PM PDT

  • The Design of a Space-based Observation and Tracking System for Interstellar Objects
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - February 6, 2020
    Posted on: 2/6/2020 11:39:49 PM PDT

  • Potential Backup Targets for Comet Interceptor
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - February 6, 2020
    Posted on: 2/6/2020 5:57:01 PM PDT

  • Identification of a Minimoon Fireball
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - December 5, 2019
    Posted on: 12/5/2019 9:17:43 PM PDT

  • (704) Interamnia: A transitional object between a dwarf planet and a typical irregular-shaped minor body
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - December 3, 2019
    Posted on: 12/3/2019 3:48:55 PM PDT

  • Meteoroid Stream Formation Due to the Extraction of Space Resources from Asteroids
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - December 3, 2019
    Posted on: 12/3/2019 3:46:47 PM PDT

  • The Dynamics of Interstellar Asteroids and Comets within the Galaxy: an Assessment of Local Candidate Source Regions for 1I/`Oumuamua and 2I/Borisov
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - November 7, 2019
    Posted on: 11/7/2019 3:50:18 PM PDT

  • First stars that could significantly perturb comet motion are finally found
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - November 6, 2019
    Posted on: 11/6/2019 2:39:58 PM PDT

  • Characterization of the Nucleus, Morphology and Activity of Interstellar comet 2I/Borisov by Optical and Near-Infrared GROWTH, Apache Point, IRTF, ZTF
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - November 1, 2019
    Posted on: 11/1/2019 3:59:55 PM PDT

  • Are 2I/Borisov and Oort Cloud Comets Alike?
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - October 21, 2019
    Posted on: 10/21/2019 5:54:25 PM PDT

  • Investigating Asteroid Surface Geophysics with an Ultra-Low-Gravity Centrifuge in Low-Earth Orbit
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - October 11, 2019
    Posted on: 10/11/2019 5:04:35 PM PDT

  • Development and Testing of an Engineering Model for an Asteroid Hopping Robot
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - October 10, 2019
    Posted on: 10/10/2019 3:25:48 PM PDT

  • Report: Finding Hazardous Asteroids Using Infrared and Visible Wavelength Telescopes
    National Academy of Sciences - October 10, 2019
    Posted on: 10/10/2019 3:20:23 PM PDT

  • Scientists Confirm New Discovery of Moon Rocks on Earth
    Johnson Space Center - September 27, 2019
    Posted on: 9/27/2019 4:01:08 PM PDT

  • Sending a Spacecraft to Interstellar Comet C/2019 Q4 (Borisov)
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - September 16, 2019
    Posted on: 9/16/2019 11:30:03 PM PDT

  • Interstellar comet 2I/Borisov
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - September 13, 2019
    Posted on: 9/13/2019 11:03:13 PM PDT

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