Asteroids and Comets News


Mission Press Releases

  • Statement by Ed Lu - CEO, B612 Foundation
    B612 Foundation - Tuesday, June 18, 2013
    Posted on: 6/18/2013 11:44:26 PM PDT

  • The Next Steps in Space Exploration: NASA Asteroid Initiative
    United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs - Tuesday, June 18, 2013
    Posted on: 6/18/2013 4:11:58 PM PDT

  • NASA Invites Media to Asteroid Initiative Industry and Partner Day
    NASA HQ - Friday, June 14, 2013
    Posted on: 6/14/2013 9:17:02 PM PDT

  • Asteroid 1998 QE2 Flies Close to Earth on Friday
    Chabot Space & Science Center - Thursday, May 30, 2013
    Posted on: 5/30/2013 1:18:22 PM PDT

  • NASA Hosts News and Social Media Events Around This Week's Asteroid Pass
    NASA HQ - Wednesday, May 29, 2013
    Posted on: 5/29/2013 5:51:21 PM PDT

  • Watching for hazards: ESA opens asteroid centre
    European Space Agency - Thursday, May 23, 2013
    Posted on: 5/24/2013 12:59:32 AM PDT

  • Field Tests in Mojave Desert Pave Way for Human Exploration of Small Bodies
    SETI Institute - Monday, May 20, 2013
    Posted on: 5/20/2013 5:43:52 PM PDT

  • Planetary Society Conditionally Supports NASA's Asteroid Mission
    Planetary Society - Wednesday, May 15, 2013
    Posted on: 5/16/2013 12:26:24 AM PDT

  • After Chelyabinsk: European experts assess asteroid options
    European Space Agency - Wednesday, May 8, 2013
    Posted on: 5/8/2013 5:55:53 PM PDT

  • Nine-Year-Old Names Asteroid Target of NASA Mission in Competition Run By The Planetary Society
    Planetary Society - Wednesday, May 1, 2013
    Posted on: 5/1/2013 4:58:24 PM PDT

  • The Planetary Society Takes Central Role in Asteroid Detection, Tracking, and Characterization
    Planetary Society - Thursday, April 18, 2013
    Posted on: 4/18/2013 11:47:16 PM PDT

  • National Space Society Applauds NASA Asteroid Capture Plan
    National Space Society - Thursday, April 11, 2013
    Posted on: 4/11/2013 2:50:10 PM PDT

  • Opening Statement of Ranking Member Eddie Bernice Johnson: Threats from Space
    House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Democrats - Tuesday, March 19, 2013
    Posted on: 3/20/2013 3:28:14 AM PDT

  • House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology hearing: Threats from Space
    House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Democrats - Tuesday, March 19, 2013
    Posted on: 3/20/2013 3:27:32 AM PDT

  • Avoiding Asteroid Threats Requires Innovation, Commitment and Diligence
    House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology - Tuesday, March 19, 2013
    Posted on: 3/19/2013 7:53:28 PM PDT

  • Faint but visible, Comet PanSTARRS finally emerges into twilight view for North America, Europe
    Sky and Telescope - Wednesday, March 13, 2013
    Posted on: 3/13/2013 6:16:53 PM PDT

  • Iowa Meteorite Crater Confirmed
    U.S. Geological Survey - Wednesday, March 6, 2013
    Posted on: 3/6/2013 6:36:04 PM PDT

  • Incoming! Then Outgoing! Waves Generated by Russian Meteor Recorded Crossing the U.S.
    National Science Foundation - Monday, March 4, 2013
    Posted on: 3/5/2013 12:14:53 AM PDT

  • Agreement for enhanced international coordination to deal with potential asteroid threats reached at United Nations
    United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs - Monday, February 25, 2013
    Posted on: 2/25/2013 3:08:00 PM PDT

  • Scientists Propose System to Vaporize Threatening Asteroids
    University of California Santa Barbara - Thursday, February 21, 2013
    Posted on: 2/21/2013 9:34:39 PM PDT

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  • NASA Asteroid Inititiave Request for Information
    NASA HQ - June 18, 2013
    Posted on: 6/18/2013 3:55:35 PM PDT

  • Student Opportunity: Sudbury Field Camp
    Planetary Exploration Newsletter - June 17, 2013
    Posted on: 6/17/2013 3:05:16 PM PDT

  • Comet ISON Observer's Workshop
    Planetary Exploration Newsletter - June 17, 2013
    Posted on: 6/17/2013 3:01:39 PM PDT

  • NASA Asteroid Initiative Call for Ideas
    NASA HQ - May 26, 2013
    Posted on: 5/27/2013 12:50:23 AM PDT

  • Prepared Statement by Michael A'Hearn, Hearing on Private and International Efforts to Track and Mitigate Asteroids and Meteors
    House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology - April 10, 2013
    Posted on: 4/11/2013 2:42:48 AM PDT

  • Prepared Statement by Donald Yeomans, Hearing on Private and International Efforts to Track and Mitigate Asteroids and Meteors
    House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology - April 10, 2013
    Posted on: 4/11/2013 2:42:13 AM PDT

  • Prepared Statement by Ed Lu, Hearing on Private and International Efforts to Track and Mitigate Asteroids and Meteors
    House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology - April 10, 2013
    Posted on: 4/11/2013 2:41:31 AM PDT

  • Dynamics of Large Fragments in the Tail of Active Asteroid P/2010 A2
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - April 9, 2013
    Posted on: 4/9/2013 6:49:49 PM PDT

  • First Scientific Session on the Chelyabinsk Bolide
    Planetary Exploration Newsletter - April 7, 2013
    Posted on: 4/7/2013 3:18:57 PM PDT

  • Hearing: Threats from Space: A Review of Non-U.S. Government Efforts to Track and Mitigate Asteroids and Meteors, Part II
    House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology - April 5, 2013
    Posted on: 4/5/2013 7:15:25 PM PDT

  • Image: Earth and Comet PanSTARRS Together
    NASA HQ - April 3, 2013
    Posted on: 4/3/2013 4:41:31 PM PDT

  • Testimony by James Green: Assessing the Risks, Impacts, and Solutions for Space Threats
    Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation - March 20, 2013
    Posted on: 3/20/2013 6:04:04 PM PDT

  • Testimony by Ed Lu: Assessing the Risks, Impacts, and Solutions for Space Threats
    Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation - March 20, 2013
    Posted on: 3/20/2013 6:03:37 PM PDT

  • Prepared Statement By OSTP Director Holdren at a House Hearing on Asteroid Detection and Threats
    House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology - March 19, 2013
    Posted on: 3/19/2013 3:28:33 PM PDT

  • Prepared Statement By Air Force Space Command Commander Shelton at a House Hearing on Asteroid Detection and Threats
    House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology - March 19, 2013
    Posted on: 3/19/2013 3:28:05 PM PDT

  • Prepared Statement By NASA Administrator Bolden at a House Hearing on Asteroid Detection and Threats
    House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology - March 19, 2013
    Posted on: 3/19/2013 3:26:40 PM PDT

  • Visible and near-infrared observations of asteroid 2012 DA14 during its closest approach of February 15th, 2013
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - March 13, 2013
    Posted on: 3/13/2013 7:07:15 PM PDT

  • The orbit of the Chelyabinsk event impactor as reconstructed from amateur and public footage
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - March 13, 2013
    Posted on: 3/13/2013 7:06:48 PM PDT

  • The NASA Comet ISON Observing Campaign
    Naval Research Laboratory - March 6, 2013
    Posted on: 3/6/2013 8:24:10 PM PDT

  • Precovery of near-Earth asteroids by a citizen-science project of the Spanish Virtual Observatory
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - February 24, 2013
    Posted on: 2/25/2013 1:39:40 AM PDT

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