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First reported 2 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 reports

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Dark, massive asteroid to fly by Earth on May 31

12:41, Space & Earth/Space ExplorationIt's 1.7 miles long. Its surface is covered in a sticky black substance similar to the gunk at the bottom of a barbecue. If it impacted Earth it would probably result in global extinction. Good thing it is just making ... [Published PhysOrg.com - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Planetoid, Amy Mainzer, RMS Queen Elizabeth 2, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Dwarf Planets - a Tour

Pluto is the best-known dwarf planet, but it's not the only one. Here's a little tour of all five.CeresFirst stop: Ceres, the inner Solar System's only dwarf planet. Discovered in 1801, it was named it for a Roman agricultural goddess. In common with ... [Published BellaOnline - May 22 2013]

Entities: Ecliptic, Dwarf Planet, Solar System, Asteroid Belt

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Dormant Comets Lurking In the Asteroid Belt Are Waiting to Coma Back To Life

( via )Comets are living glimpses of the solar system’s rumspringa. The European Space Agency says comets are “probably the most primitive bodies in the Solar System, preserving the earliest record of material from the nebula out of which our Sun and ... [Published Motherboard Magazine - May 21 2013]

Entities: Asteroid Belt, Planetoid, Sublimation, Solar System

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Space.com

Asteroid to brush by Earth at the end of the month

The giant asteroid 1998 QE2 will be making its closest approach to Earth for at least the next 200 years on May 31.EnlargeAsteroid 1998 QE2 will get no closer than about 3.6 million miles at time of closest approach on May 31 at 1:59 p.m. Pacific (4:59 ... [Published GlobalPost - May 20 2013]

Entities: Planetoid, RMS Queen Elizabeth 2, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Asteroid Belt, Space.com

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 5 reports

The steady hail of meteors pummeling the Moon

A NASA telescope monitoring the Moon recently spotted a bright flash the space agency says was caused by a boulder-sized meteor slamming into the lunar surface. Meteors smash into the Moon fairly frequently, but this collision, which occurred on March ... [Published The Week Magazine - May 20 2013]

Entities: NASA, Bill Cooke, Vredefort (South Africa), Russia, Asteroid Belt

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

NASA records biggest explosion on moon visible from Earth

, an object about the size of a small boulder hit the lunar surface in Mare Imbrium,? said Bill Cooke of NASA?s Meteoroid Environment Office. ?It exploded in a flash nearly 10 times as bright as anything we?ve ever seen before,? said Cooke. PTIAnyone ... [Published Firstpost.com - May 19 2013]

Entities: Bill Cooke, NASA, Detonation, Mare Imbrium, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 2 reports

NASA

Biggest Moon Meteor Explosion Ever Was Visible From Earth, Watch Here (VIDEO)

A shadow is cast on the moon during a lunar eclipse as seen in 2011. (Photo : Reuters)NASA Scientists revealed this week that the biggest explosion from a meteorite was seen on the moon during eight years of monitoring.The meteorite crashed on March 17 ... [Published Auto World News - May 18 2013]

Entities: NASA, Space.com, Bill Cooke, Detonation

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 13 reports

NASA Detects Explosion On Moon From Meteorite Collision

A boulder slammed into the moon on March 17, causing the biggest explosion on the celestial body NASA scientists have seen so far. The meteorite collided with the lunar surface at an incredible 56,000 mph.In doing so, it created a new crater measuring ... [Published Inquisitr - May 18 2013]

Entities: NASA, Meteorite, Detonation, Bill Cooke

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Charting Massive Winds On Gas Giants Of The...

Predicting the weather is difficult. With varying pressures, planetary rotation and various other factors, weather systems on Earth border on chaos. But, believe it or not, predicting the weather on the third rock from the sun is rather straightforward ... [Published Red Orbit - May 17 2013]

Entities: Uranus, Jupiter, Solar System, Atmosphere

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 7 reports

Moon shares water source with Earth

The Moon and the Earth share a common water source -- primitive meteorites -- according to research findings from Brown University.The predominant theory on how the Moon was formed is that it was the result of a giant object hitting the Earth around 4.5 ... [Published Wired.co.uk - May 10 2013]

Entities: Meteorite, Brown University, Stocks, Asteroid Belt

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 3 reports

Experts Differ on Green Meteor’s Origin

As per recent reports, it has been revealed that people living in England and Wales have witnessed a spectacular show of bright green colored meteor.A number of them have revealed about the same on social networking sites. One of the watchers has posted ... [Published French Tribune - May 10 2013]

Entities: Comet Halley, Asteroid Belt, ETA, Social Networking Sites, Wales

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

The Top Five Asteroids

Vesta, the second largest asteroid, could also be a top five asteroid.NASA/ News/Most asteroids -- also called "minor planets" -- appear to have been formed at the same time as the planets, and they cluster in a ring around the sun between the orbits ... [Published Opposing Views - May 10 2013]

Entities: Planetoid, Asteroid Belt, one percent, Near-Earth Asteroid

Quotes

...Jupiter, as originally planned, the space agency came up with a quicker, cheaper idea: Haul the asteroid close to the moon and visit it there... "If you can't get to the asteroid, bring the asteroid to you" Bolden said

NASA: We've Made Progress on Obama's Asteroid-Lasso Initiative [Published Mojo Feed | Mother Jones - 1 hour ago]

"We don't need to panic, but we do need to pay attention" she said

Dark, massive asteroid to fly by Earth on May 31 [Published PhysOrg.com - 2 hours ago]

Ion thrusters are more fuel efficient and last longer than chemical engines, characteristics the U S " asteroid-hauling rocket will need, John Brophy, an electric propulsion engineer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, told the Pasadena Sun. NASA began researching the technology in the 1950s and first used it in a spacecraft in 2001."

NASA Inspects Ion Engine Prototype For Asteroid-Hauling Rocket [Published Popular Science - New Technology, Science News,... - 3 hours ago]

"My ultimate goal as a human being is to get us to Mars" he said

Asteroid capture: NASA plans to drag space rock into lunar orbit [Published Los Angeles Times - 4 hours ago]

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NASA: We've Made Progress on Obama's Asteroid-L... [Published Mojo Feed \| Mother Jones - 1 hour ago]
Dark, massive asteroid to fly by Earth on May 31 [Published PhysOrg.com - 2 hours ago]
NASA Inspects Ion Engine Prototype For Asteroid... [Published Popular Science - New Technology, Science News, ... - 3 hours ago]
Asteroid capture: NASA plans to drag space rock... [Published Los Angeles Times - 4 hours ago]
NASA is trying to lasso an asteroid for closer ... [Published GlobalPost - 18 hours ago]
NASA chief views progress on asteroid lasso mis... [Published Detroit Free Press - 21 hours ago]
The Nomadic Alfred Bester, Renaissance Man [Published Kirkus Reviews - May 23 2013]
Doomsday Postponed? [Published LewRockwell.com - May 23 2013]
A Dole Of Doves To Send U.S. Economy Into Outer... [Published Seeking Alpha - May 23 2013]
Dwarf Planets - a Tour [Published BellaOnline - May 22 2013]
Dormant Comets Lurking In the Asteroid Belt Are... [Published Motherboard Magazine - May 21 2013]
The steady hail of meteors pummeling the Moon [Published The Week Magazine - May 20 2013]
Moon Explosion: Massive Meteor Crashes Into The... [Published Huffington Post UK - May 20 2013]
Asteroid to brush by Earth at the end of the month [Published GlobalPost - May 20 2013]
Moon Gets Slammed by Cosmic Bullet [Published Discovery Health - May 20 2013]
Beware: Monster asteroid approaching Earth,to b... [Published Oneindia - May 20 2013]
WATCH: The Biggest Explosion On The Moon Ever F... [Published Huffington Post UK - May 20 2013]
Explosion on the moon visible to the naked eye [Published CNET.com.au - May 20 2013]
NASA records biggest explosion on moon visible ... [Published Firstpost.com - May 19 2013]
Biggest Moon Meteor Explosion Ever Was Visible ... [Published Auto World News - May 18 2013]
Watch: Space rock strikes moon with force of 5 ... [Published Los Angeles Times - May 18 2013]
Asteroid 9 times size of ocean liner approaches... [Published Russia Today - May 18 2013]
NASA Detects Explosion On Moon From Meteorite C... [Published Inquisitr - May 18 2013]
Moon Explosion Sparked By Meteorite Crash On Lu... [Published The Huffington Post \| Full News Feed - May 18 2013]
Watch video: Meteor causes biggest lunar explos... [Published zeenews.com - May 18 2013]
Massive Asteroid QE2 Flies By Earth This Month [Published Inquisitr - May 18 2013]
Meteor strike with moon causes massive explosion [Published Sydney Morning Herald - May 18 2013]
Asteroid Named QE2 Heading Near Earth On May 31 [Published Value Walk - May 18 2013]
Moon Hit By Large Meteoroid Impact [Published GlobalSecurity.org - May 18 2013]
Rock slams into moon, sparks giant explosion [Published NBCNews.com - May 17 2013]

Blogs

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NASA: We've Made Progress on Obama's Asteroid-L... [Published Mojo Feed \| Mother Jones - 1 hour ago] In April, the Obama administration unveiled its 2014 budget proposal, which included $145.8 billion for agriculture, $520 million for the International Trade Administration, and a bunch of other stuff . It also included a $105-million initiative to ...
Water on moon, Earth come from the same source [Published EarthSky - May 09 2013] moon over Cabo Frio, Brazil. Image Credit: MarcusVDT /Shutterstock The findings raise new questions about the process that formed the moon. The moon is thought to have formed from a disc of debris left when a giant object hit the Earth 4.5 billion ...
Hubble Telescope finds dead stars polluted with... [Published EarthSky - May 09 2013] This is an artist’s impression of a white dwarf (burned-out) star accreting rocky debris left behind by the star’s surviving planetary system. It was observed by Hubble in the Hyades star cluster. At lower right, an asteroid can be seen falling toward ...
The Death of Herschel [Published Wired: Beyond the Beyond - Apr 30 2013] Spacecraft are one of the few creations of our epoch that will outlast the Pyramids. Not Herschel, though; it’s in an unstable Lagrange orbit, and heaven and earth only know where that dead gizmo ends up in the long run. News release: 2013-150 April ...
Planetary Systems Around Subgiant Stars [Published Centauri Dreams - Apr 10 2013] Our exoplanet detection methods have their limits. Radial velocity studies work great in the inner regions of planetary systems, but become more challenging as we move away from the star. Direct imaging is the reverse — we’re most likely to see a distant ...

Audio/Video

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Suspected Asteroid-to-asteroid Collision [Published Uploads by wired - Dec 09 2012]

Press Releases

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NASA, ESA Telescopes Find Evidence For Asteroid... [Published Auto & Transportation - Jan 08 2013]