Asteroids and Comets

Eyes on the Sky Find More Meteors

By Matteo Emanuelli on February 18, 2013

A meteor caught on camera over the San Francisco Bay Area in October 2012 (Credits: Bob Moreno). With so much attention focused on cosmic events... Read more →

Extreme Solar Weather

Not If But When: UK Scientists Release Report on Consequences of Solar Superstorm

By Tereza Pultarova on February 18, 2013

A solar flare recorded by NASA's TRACE satellite (Credits: NASA). At the beginning of February, the UK Royal Academy of Engineering released a... Read more →

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Russian Meteor Update: Russia Talks Asteroid Defense

By Phillip Keane on February 17, 2013

Meteosat-9 image, showing the thermal impact of the meteor (Credits: EUMETSAT). New facts and figures have emerged with regards to the meteor... Read more →

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A Day Full of Space Rocks

By Merryl Azriel on February 16, 2013

The Russian Meteor trails over Chelyabinsk on February 15 (Credits: Yekaterina Pustynnikova/Chelyabinsk.ru/Associated Press). February 15 was... Read more →

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Breaking News: Meteorite Hits Ural Region Causing Panic and Injuries

By Matteo Emanuelli on February 15, 2013

The trail of the fragment over Chelyabinsk (Credits: RT.com and YouTube user Gregor Grimm). A meteorite has hit the Ural area, in Russia at 09:22... Read more →

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What Will Earth Do to Asteroid 2012 DA14?

By Merryl Azriel on February 15, 2013

With the upcoming historically close passage of asteroid 2012 DA14 on February 15, there has been an uptick is discussion of the effects of asteroid... Read more →