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No need to get bent out of shape over asteroid 2011 AG5
Near-Earth asteroid 2011 AG5's orbit takes it out beyond Mars and as close as halfway between the Earth and Venus. It may have a close brush with Earth on February 5, 2040. Credit: NASA/JPL/my own...
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Curious about asteroids? Tune in to tonight’s live stream by expert Lance Benner
Nine radar images of near-Earth asteroid 2007 PA8 were obtained between Oct. 31 and Nov. 13, 2012, by NASA’s 230-foot-wide (70-meter) Deep Space Network antenna at Goldstone, Calif. Credit:...
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Discover the 644,633 asteroid – New citizen science program is addictive, fun
While most Earth-approaching and potentially hazardous asteroids 1 km and larger have been discovered, there are many thousands of smaller objects still waiting to be found and tracked. You can help...
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House-sized asteroid makes close Earth flyby Monday / See dawn’s ghostly finger
Gianluca Masi used a 17-inch telescope to track the motion of asteroid 2014 UF56 on October 25. The small space rock will pass just 102,000 miles from Earth Monday afternoon CDT. Credit: Gianluca Masi...
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Space Sure Is Busy — Near-Earth Asteroid Count Tops 15,000
The 15,000th near-Earth asteroid discovered is designated 2016 TB57. It was discovered on Oct. 13, 2016, by observers at the Mount Lemmon Survey in Tucson, Arizona. The survey uses a robotic telescope...
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Asteroid 2012 TC4 On Track For Close Earth Flyby
In this flyby simulation, Earth is the blue dot; the purple dot and orbit represent a geosynchronous satellite and its orbit, and the white dot and orbit is the moon. Watch how the orbit of 2012 TC4...
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Scary Asteroids And A New Way To Find Them
The animation depicts a mapping of the positions of known near-Earth objects (NEOs) at various points in their orbits over the past 20 years. Asteroid search teams supported by NASA’s NEO Observations...
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