New warning system to help detect `dangerous` asteroids

Last Updated: Monday, October 21, 2013, 12:21

A 800-million-pound early warning system to find asteroids that are on a potential collision course with the Earth is set to be launched next month by European Space Agency.

How building a telescope could send early warning of incoming asteroids

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 8, 2013, 15:10

A physics professor has suggested that an early-warning telescope should be built to search for asteroids - about the size of a football field.

Seven interesting facts about meteors

Last Updated: Thursday, October 3, 2013, 14:24

A meteor shower is truly a celestial delight to watch. A meteor basically refers to a bright trail of light that appears in the dark sky when a tiny chunk of space debris heats up and burns due to friction caused by the earth’s atmosphere.

How building blocks of life formed inside asteroids

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 2, 2013, 14:30

Traces of bio-molecules found inside meteorites - which originated in the asteroid belt -could only have formed in the presence of warmth and moisture.

Lasers may be key to nudging small asteroids away from Earth

Last Updated: Sunday, September 29, 2013, 10:46

Researchers have proposed a space-based laser system to NASA that could turn out to be a cost-effective way to nudge small asteroids away from a collision course with Earth.

Moon may be 100 mn yrs younger than previously believed

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 24, 2013, 10:22

New analysis has revealed that moon, which is believed to have formed after a mysterious planet crashed into Earth about 4.56 billion years ago, is most likely between 4.4 billion and 4.45 billion years old.

School students from Delhi, Gurgaon discover two asteroids

Last Updated: Sunday, August 25, 2013, 12:17

Four school students of Delhi and Gurgaon have discovered two asteroids which will soon be listed in world`s official minor body catalogue maintained by International Astronomical Union (Paris).

12 easily retrievable asteroids identified

Last Updated: Sunday, August 18, 2013, 16:00

Scientists have identified 12 easily retrievable asteroids among the population of near earth objects (NEOs) that can be mined for valuable resources using existing spacecraft technology.

NASA unveils map of threatening asteroids poised to strike Earth

Last Updated: Saturday, August 17, 2013, 15:27

NASA has released a map of all the known asteroids that are passing Earth within a close range.

Centaurs may actually be comets, not asteroids

Last Updated: Friday, July 26, 2013, 10:49

A new study of observations from NASA`s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) has revealed that most centaurs - the small celestial bodies orbiting the sun between Jupiter and Neptune - are actually comets.

Landing on asteroids could cause long-distance ripples

Last Updated: Thursday, July 4, 2013, 11:37

A new study suggests that the rubble and dust covering asteroids and comets can feel changes in force-chains between particles over much larger distances than on Earth.