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First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 42 mins ago - 4 reports

Meteoroid impact triggers bright flash on Moon

A 40-kilogram space rock has slammed into the Moon at about 90,000 kilometres per hour, creating a bright flash of light as it exploded with a force of five tonnes of TNT, according to NASA.An automated telescope captured the images of the March 17 explosion, ... [Published ABC Online - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Bill Cooke, NASA, Fireball, Planetoid, Chelyabinsk

First reported 18 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 3 reports

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Asteroid nine times larger than the QE2 set to fly past Earth later this month

Luckily, after Earth's near-miss with Asteroid 2012 DA14, this space rock will get no closer than 3.6 million miles - 15 times the distance between our planet and the moonJust weeks after an asteroid narrowly missed the Earth, another space rock – nine ... [Published Mirror.co.uk - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Planetoid, RMS Queen Elizabeth 2, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Queen Elizabeth II

First reported 22 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 6 reports

Space.com

WATCH: Giant Space Rock Headed Our Way

A gigantic asteroid will fly by our planet at the end of this month, making its closest approach for at least the next two centuries on May 31. But, don't worry, it won't get closer than about 3.6 million miles, which is around 15 times the distance between ... [Published Huffington Post - 2 hours ago]

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

First reported 18 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 9 reports

NASA's sample return mission to an asteroid moves into development

Artist concept of OSIRIS-REx. Image credit: NASA Goddard/University of Arizona(Sen) - NASA's first mission to return sample from an asteroid is moving ahead into development and testing in preparation for its launch in 2016.NASA officials recently reviewed ... [Published SEN - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Planetoid, NASA, University of Arizona, Dante Lauretta, Mike Donnelly

First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 2 reports

Asteroid to zip past Earth on May 31

1998 qe2 will pass by at about 15 timeses the distance between the earth and moon. while scientists think it's a safe distance -- in other words, what could go wrong? probably best to stock up on can goods. the hurtling rock almost two miles long. they ... [Published Birmingham Star - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Planetoid, Safe Distance, Commodities

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated 20 hours ago - 2 reports

University of Arizona

Mars bombarded by more than 200 space rocks per year

Using images from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) scientists have estimated that the planet Mars is bombarded by more than 200 space rocks – small asteroids or bits of comets – per year that form craters at least 12.8 feet (3.9 meters) across. ... [Published EarthSky - 20 hours ago]

Entities: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, University of Arizona, NASA, Planetoid

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated 21 hours ago - 10 reports

NASA

NASA’s asteroid mission receives green signal for launch

NASA?s first has received the final approval for its ambitious launch in 2016 and is now entering the development and testing phase.The $1 billion OSIRIS-REx reached a major milestone yesterday after it passed a confirmation review called (KDP)-C, authorising ... [Published Hindu Business Line - 21 hours ago]

Entities: Planetoid, NASA, Dante Lauretta, Mike Donnelly

First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 21 hours ago - 2 reports

Gigantic Asteroid, 9 Times Bigger than Cruise Ship, to Pass by Earth

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has confirmed that a massive asteroid nine times larger than a cruise ship is set to zip pass the planet in May. ... [Published International Business Times Canada - 21 hours ago]

Entities: Planetoid, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated 23 hours ago - 2 reports

NASA Plans New Technology to Stop Asteroids from Hitting Earth

NASA experts have several works in hand for the future and one in the list is a technology to stop asteroids too.Yes, protecting our planet Earth from being hit by any asteroid is one of the many missions that NASA has in the works.The details over the ... [Published French Tribune - 23 hours ago]

Entities: NASA, Planetoid, Orbit Point

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 5 reports

Asteroid To Pass Earth May 31

TagsAsteroid, QE 2, 1998 QE2, Passby, earth, Lance Benner, Arecibo, GoldstoneAn asteroid named 1998 QE2 will fly by the Earth on Friday, May 31. Also known simply as QE2, this giant rock in space is nine times longer than the cruise ship of the same ... [Published ITechPost - May 16 2013]

Entities: Planetoid, RMS Queen Elizabeth 2, Arecibo (Puerto Rico)

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 8 reports

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Finds Evidence Of...

Scientists believe Mars may be rocked by more than 200 small asteroids or bits of comets per year.Researchers using images from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter identified 248 new impact sites on parts of the Martian surface in the past decade. Their ... [Published Red Orbit - May 16 2013]

Entities: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, NASA, Planetoid

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 2 reports

Asteroid To Swing By Earth Is '9 Cruise-Ships Big' | Orbit Animation

Asteroid 2005 QE2 is about 1.7 miles in size and makes an excellent target for radar imaging. It will pass no closer than ~3.6 million miles, but is close enough for the Goldstone and Arecibo telescopes to resolve features as small as 12 feet across. ... [Published Space.com - May 16 2013]

Entities: Planetoid, RMS Queen Elizabeth 2

Quotes

"The goal of our field test was to learn how to characterize the physical properties of small body surfaces, and to test ideas that might enable humans to more productively explore these low-gravity worlds" he said

Near-Earth asteroids and Mars' 2 moons considered for future space missions [Published News Track India - 4 mins ago]

"We'll be keeping an eye out for signs of a repeat performance next year when the Earth-moon system passes through the same region of space" Cooke said. $

'Brightest flash' as meteor strikes moon [Published ENCA - 19 mins ago]

Chief investigator Dr Lance Benner, from the American space agency Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, said: "It is tremendously exciting to see detailed images of this asteroid for the first time. "With radar we can transform an object from a point of light into a small world with its own unique set of characteristics." The asteroid will not make a return trip to the Earth for at least another two centuries."

Asteroid nine times larger than the QE2 set to fly past Earth later this month [Published Mirror.co.uk - 1 hour ago]

"Asteroid 1998 QE2 will be an outstanding radar imaging target at Goldstone and Arecibo [observatories] and we expect to obtain a series of high-resolution images that could reveal a wealth of surface features" radar astronomer Lance Benner, the principal investigator for the Goldstone radar observations from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, said in a written...

WATCH: Giant Space Rock Headed Our Way [Published Huffington Post - 2 hours ago]

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Near-Earth asteroids and Mars' 2 moons consider... [Published News Track India - 4 mins ago]
'Brightest flash' as meteor strikes moon [Published ENCA - 19 mins ago]
Nasa approves first asteroid mission [Published News24.com - 1 hour ago]
Asteroid nine times larger than the QE2 set to ... [Published Mirror.co.uk - 1 hour ago]
WATCH: Giant Space Rock Headed Our Way [Published Huffington Post - 2 hours ago]
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2012 DA 14: Tracked asteroid whizzes past Earth [Published NEWS.com.au - 3 hours ago]
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Massive Asteroid QE2 Flies By Earth This Month [Published Inquisitr - 3 hours ago]
Meteor strike with moon causes massive explosion [Published Sydney Morning Herald - 4 hours ago]
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Asteroid Named QE2 Heading Near Earth On May 31 [Published Value Walk - 6 hours ago]
NASA's sample return mission to an asteroid mov... [Published SEN - 6 hours ago]
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Meteoroid impact triggers bright flash on Moon [Published ABC Online - 6 hours ago]
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Asteroid to skirt the Earth [Published Herald Scotland - 7 hours ago]
Asteroid to zip past Earth on May 31 [Published Birmingham Star - 8 hours ago]
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Blogs

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Massive asteroid to fly by Earth on May 31... [Published Drudge Report Feed - 17 hours ago] Massive asteroid to fly by Earth on May 31... (First column, 1st story, link ) ...
NASA craft to visit asteroid approved, destinat... [Published CNET News.com - 18 hours ago] The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has been approved for development, and NASA plans to send it to meet up with asteroid Bennu within the next five years. [Read more] ...
Mars bombarded by more than 200 space rocks per... [Published EarthSky - 20 hours ago] Using images from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) scientists have estimated that the planet Mars is bombarded by more than 200 space rocks – small asteroids or bits of comets – per year that form craters at least 12.8 feet (3.9 meters) across. ...
Enormous asteroid to zip by Earth [Published CNET News.com - May 16 2013] A giant space rock plans on making an appearance in our stellar neighborhood, but it's not as bad as you might think. [Read more] ...
How NASA might revive the Kepler planet-hunter [Published EarthSky - May 16 2013] NASA officials announced Wednesday, May 15, that the Kepler space telescope – the agency’s primary instrument for detecting planets beyond our solar system – had suffered a critical failure and could soon be shut down permanently. Scott Hubbard, a ...

Audio/Video

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NASA's Next Mission: Lasso an Asteroid in Space [Published Bloomberg - YouTube - May 09 2013]
Why do we need to lasso an asteroid? [Published CNN.com - Video - Apr 08 2013]
NASA plans to lasso asteroid [Published Al Jazeera - YouTube - Apr 06 2013]
Asteroid buzzes by Earth hours after meteor roc... [Published Fox News Channel - YouTube - Mar 29 2013]
CNN Student News - 3/25/13 [Published CNN.com - Video - Mar 24 2013]

Press Releases

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NASA's Asteroid Sample Return Mission Moves Int... [Published Auto & Transportation - May 16 2013]
"Meteorite Man" Geoff Notkin Making an Impact A... [Published PR.com Press Releases - May 16 2013]
NASA Probe Counts Space Rock Impacts On Mars [Published Auto & Transportation - May 15 2013]
NASA Awards Contract To Modify Mobile Launcher [Published Financial Services - May 08 2013]
NASA Spacecraft Will Visit Asteroid With New Name [Published Auto & Transportation - May 01 2013]