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NASA to revive asteroid-hunting probe

Last Updated: Thursday, August 22, 2013, 10:09

NASA is bringing a space probe, which helped discover tens of thousands of asteroids throughout the solar system, out of its hibernation.

NASA to embark upon Asteroid Redirect Mission

Last Updated: Monday, August 19, 2013, 12:20

NASA is on a lookout for a asteroid in space, which is circling the Sun and is passing close to Earth.

20 Chelyabinsk type meteorites on way to Earth?

Last Updated: Monday, August 12, 2013, 17:19

The Chelyabinsk meteor which exploded over Russia earlier this year, injuring more than 1000 people, was not a one-off - there are 20 more lurking on a similar path, Spanish astronomers have warned.

Graveyard of comets discovered in asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter

Last Updated: Sunday, August 4, 2013, 11:47

Astronomers from the University of Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia, have discovered a graveyard of comets in the asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

Mothballed NASA telescope may get new life as asteroid hunter

Last Updated: Thursday, August 1, 2013, 09:40

NASA is considering re-activating a mothballed space telescope to help find asteroids that could be on a collision course with Earth, according to a senior U.S. space agency official.

NASA receives 402 ideas on how to deal with asteroid collision

Last Updated: Monday, July 29, 2013, 15:24

NASA has been flooded with more than 400 suggestions on how to find asteroids that are on a collision course with Earth.

Near-earth Asteroid 2003 DZ15 to pass earth Monday night

Last Updated: Friday, July 26, 2013, 09:21

This coming Monday, the 152 metre asteroid 2003 DZ15 will make a pass by our planet Earth. This asteroid is huge but miniscule as that compared to that big one which flew by earth last month.

Month-long campaign to discover new asteroids

Last Updated: Thursday, July 4, 2013, 18:58

All India Asteroid Search Campaign (AIASC) - from July 9 to August 13 will provide an opportunity to students and amateurs to discover new asteroids, engaging with the forefront of research.

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.

NASA discovers 10,000th near-Earth object

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 26, 2013, 12:26

NASA has discovered the 10,000th near-Earth object (NEO) - a 1,000 feet (300 meters) wide asteroid named 2013 MZ5.

NASA to launch mission to capture asteroid

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 25, 2013, 23:12

US` National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA) will launch a space mission to capture and redirect an asteroid into an orbit closer to earth to enable its astronauts to visit it.

Delhi school students discover new asteroid

Last Updated: Saturday, June 22, 2013, 20:42

A new asteroid has been discovered by two students from a Delhi school and the find has been confirmed by the international space community, an NGO for popularizing space said Saturday.