Asteroid 2013 MZ5 joined the ranks of asteroids and comets whose orbits pass near Earth. On an astronomical scale, “near” means within 28 million miles…
Posts Tagged ‘asteroids’
10,000 Near-Earth Objects
Wednesday, July 3rd, 2013Asteroid Moon
Friday, June 7th, 2013
Asteroid 1998 QE2 has a moon!
Shot (Not) Heard
Monday, May 6th, 2013
What hit Commander Chris Hadfield’s home last week?
Pinpointing Date of Impact
Friday, February 8th, 2013
New dating techniques have brought the impact and mass extinction events within a “gnat’s eyebrow.”
Asteroid Mining
Monday, February 4th, 2013
No longer just the stuff of science fiction…
Life Near the Asteroid Belt
Friday, November 9th, 2012
Two researchers hypothesize that an asteroid belt, just the right size and distance from its star, might be necessary for a star system to support a life-bearing planet.
Universe Update, January 2012
Friday, January 20th, 2012
Coming at you from the desk of the Director of the Morrison Planetarium, hand-picked stories in space and astronomy news.
The Magnetized Moon
Thursday, November 10th, 2011
Two new studies attempt to solve the mystery of the moon’s magnetism.
Comet Oceans
Thursday, October 13th, 2011
Did Earth’s oceans arrive by comet?
Familiar Vesta
Wednesday, October 5th, 2011
NASA’s Dawn mission is revealing some familiar planet-like features on the large asteroid Vesta.
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