Binary Asteroid to Pass by Earth

Yet another reminder of the dangers to which the Earth is subjected every day has been brought to our attention by the Arecibo Radio Observatory and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's LINEAR search program which discovered earlier this year an asteroid expected to make a fly-by ... [ read more >> ]

Radar image of 2008 BT18, clearly showing the presence of two objects

Image comment: Radar image of 2008 BT18, clearly showing the presence of two objects
Image credits: NASA/JPL/Arecibo Observatory

Radar image of 2008 BT18, clearly showing the presence of two objects