Near-Earth Object Impact News

Posted June 24, 2010:

• New Clues Suggest Wet Era on Early Mars Was Global

Posted June 15, 2010:

• Rosetta's Blind Date With Asteroid Lutetia

Posted June 14, 2010:

• Moon's Interior Has Much Higher Water Content Than Previously Believed

Posted June 2, 2010:

• NASA Spacecraft Burns for Home, Then Comet
• Small Near-Earth Object Probably a Rocket Part

Posted May 25, 2010:

• Chott El Jerid, Tunisia: Closest Thing to Mars on Earth?

Posted May 24, 2010:

• Comet Dives Into Sun: STEREO, SOHO Spacecraft Catch Crash

Posted May 20, 2010:

• First Results Study on Impact of Large Celestial Body on Jupiter

Posted May 13, 2010:

• Water Was Present During Birth of Earth, Study of Silver Suggests

Posted May 12, 2010:

• Volcanic Ash in Meridiani Planum

Posted November 30, 2009:

• New Study Adds to Finding of Ancient Life Signs in Mars Meteorite

Posted May 3, 2010:

• Radar Images Near-Earth Asteroid: No Impact for Next 100 Years

Posted April 28, 2010:

• Asteroid Ice May Be 'Living Fossil' With Clues to Oceans' Origins
• Evidence of Water Ice and Organic Materials on Asteroid's Surface

Posted April 26, 2010:

• Where Comets Emit Dust: Scientists Identify the Active Regions on the Surface of Comets

Posted April 16, 2010:

• Lunar Polar Craters May Be Electrified, NASA Calculations Show

Posted April 15, 2010:

• Source of Zodiac Glow Identified

Posted April 14, 2010:

• Biggest Comet Measured to Date: Comet McNaught

Posted April 13, 2010:

• Mystery Object in Starburst Galaxy M82 Possible Micro-Quasar

Posted April 8, 2010:

• Asteroid to Fly by Within Moon's Orbit
• Shooting for Shooting Stars
• CHOMIK Will Sink Its Teeth Into Surface of Enigmatic Martian Moon Phobos

Posted April 6, 2010:

• Geologist Connects Regular Changes of Earth's Orbital Cycle to Changes in Climate

Posted April 1, 2010:

• Was a Giant Comet Responsible for a North American Catastrophe in 11,000 BC?

Posted March 29, 2010:

• 'Pac-Man' in Space: 1980s Video Game Icon Glows on Saturn's Moon Mimas
• Mars Rover Examines Odd Material at Small, Young Crater
• Opportunity Surpasses 20 Kilometers of Total Driving

Posted March 26, 2010:

• Prolonged Climatic Stress Main Reason for Mass Extinction 65 Million Years Ago, Paleontologist Says

Posted March 11, 2010:

• Proposed Mission Would Return Sample from Asteroid 'Time Capsule'

Posted March 4, 2010:

• Biggest, Deepest Crater Exposes Hidden, Ancient Moon
• Asteroid Killed Off the Dinosaurs, Says International Scientific Panel
• Mars Express Phobos Flyby a Success: Unlocking Mystery of 'Second Generation' Moons

Posted March 2, 2010:

• NASA Radar Finds Ice Deposits at Moon's North Pole; Additional Evidence of Water Activity on Moon
• Chilean Quake May Have Shortened Earth Days

Posted February 18, 2010:

• Enhanced 3D Model of Mars Crater Edge Shows Ups and Downs
• NASA's Stardust Burns for Comet, Less Than a Year Away

Posted February 17, 2010:

• Get Set for a Possible Glimpse of an Asteroid

Posted February 11, 2010:

• Layers in a Mars Crater Record a History of Changes

Posted February 3, 2010:

• Craters Young and Old in Southern Highlands of Mars

Posted February 2, 2010:

• Suspected Asteroid Collision Leaves Odd X-Pattern of Trailing Debris

Posted January 25, 2010:

• NASA's WISE Eye Spies Near-Earth Asteroid

Posted January 22, 2010:

• Detecting and Countering Near-Earth Objects That Could Threaten Earth Underfunded, According to Report

Posted January 21, 2010:

• Rover Gives NASA an 'Opportunity' to View Interior of Mars

Posted January 20, 2010:

• Near-Earth Encounters Can 'Shake' Asteroids

Posted January 14, 2010:

• NASA's Rosetta 'Alice' Spectrometer Reveals Earth's Ultraviolet Fingerprint in Earth Flyby

Posted January 4, 2010:

• Spectacular Mars Images Reveal Evidence of Ancient Lakes

Posted December 18, 2009:

• Hubble Finds Smallest Kuiper Belt Object Ever Seen

Posted December 14, 2009:

• Unveiling Mysterious Possible Comet Strikes on Earth

Posted December 10, 2009:

• Earth's Atmosphere Came from Outer Space, Scientists Find

Posted December 8, 2009:

• Life on Mars Theory Boosted by New Methane Study

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