Huge earth-passing asteroid identified as `entirely new beast`

Last Updated: Monday, June 17, 2013, 11:04

Scientists have discovered that a big asteroid that flew past Earth last month belongs to a new category of space rock, thanks to new radar images captured by the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico.

Truck-sized asteroid buzzed Earth Saturday

Last Updated: Sunday, June 9, 2013, 11:34

NASA said that the asteroid, named 2013 LR6, was discovered about a day before its closest approach to Earth, which occurred at 04:42 GMT on Saturday about 105 000 km over the Southern Ocean, south of Tasmania, Australia.

NASA`s Hubble discovers dying asteroid

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 5, 2013, 14:13

A mysterious object discovered by NASA`s Hubble Space Telescope in 2010 has been identified as a dying asteroid.

Huge asteroid about nine Queen Elizabeth 2 ship-lengths in size to flyby Earth today

Last Updated: Friday, May 31, 2013, 09:52

An asteroid named 1998 QE2 will whiz past Earth on Friday, May 31st, at 4:59 pm EDT (3.25 am IST).

Giant asteroid to flyby Earth on Friday

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 29, 2013, 12:24

On Friday, May 31st, at one minute to five in the afternoon (Eastern time), an impressive asteroid named 1998 QE2 will whiz past Earth at its closest approach for the next two centuries.

Asteroid piece from Mars up for auction

Last Updated: Thursday, May 23, 2013, 11:09

A piece of asteroid that fell on earth after its impact on Mars is up for grabs.

NASA`s asteroid mission passes confirmation review

Last Updated: Friday, May 17, 2013, 14:04

The Origins-Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx), the NASA`s first mission to sample an asteroid, passed a confirmation review Wednesday called Key Decision Point (KDP)-C.

Asteroid 9 times larger than Queen Elizabeth 2 ship to whisk past Earth on May 31

Last Updated: Thursday, May 16, 2013, 11:07

Asteroid 1998 QE2 will sail past Earth on May 31, getting no closer than about 3.6 million miles (5.8 million kilometers), or about 15 times the distance between Earth and the moon.

Experts assess how to save Earth from asteroid hits

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 8, 2013, 18:24

Experts have assessed what needs to be done when an asteroid approaches earth, like the one in February, when one slammed into our atmosphere and exploded high over Russia`s Ural region, injuring hundreds.

Asteroid could make a flyby at 8,600 km from Earth in 2026

Last Updated: Friday, April 26, 2013, 09:55

A celestial body 20 metres in diameter will pass dangerously close -- 8,620 km -- to the Earth`s surface in 13 years, an Italian astronomer has said.

Scientist thinks of ways to collide with asteroid

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 17, 2013, 19:33

Indian origin deep space navigator Shyam Bhaskaran thinks about how to collide with asteroids.

Asteroid tracking infrared sensor passes key test

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 16, 2013, 12:26

A NASA funded infrared sensor that could improve the agency`s future detecting and tracking of asteroids and comets has passed a critical design test.