• Sci Pry
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • October 13th, 2009
Scientists Use Hovercraft to Hunt for Arctic Asteroid Impact Site

Scientists Use Hovercraft to Hunt for Arctic Asteroid Impact Site

The craft is apparently suitable for this kind of exploration

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • October 9th, 2009
Protoplanet-Like Asteroid Found in Solar System

Protoplanet-Like Asteroid Found in Solar System

It is located between Mars and Jupiter

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • October 8th, 2009
Asteroid 'Autopsy' Published

Asteroid 'Autopsy' Published

It was observed while burning in the atmosphere

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • October 8th, 2009
Less Chances of Apophis Hitting in 2036 Calculated

Less Chances of Apophis Hitting in 2036 Calculated

Previous studies may have been alarmist

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • September 22nd, 2009
WISE Will Soon Hunt the 'Ninjas' of the Skies

WISE Will Soon Hunt the 'Ninjas' of the Skies

The telescope will detect elusive, infrared signatures

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • August 31st, 2009
UK Experts Work on Asteroid-Defense Spacecraft

UK Experts Work on Asteroid-Defense Spacecraft

The English astronomers are thinking ahead

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • August 21st, 2009
How the First Planets Formed

How the First Planets Formed

Asteroids jumped in size significantly

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • August 10th, 2009
Astronomers Find Rare Triple-Asteroid NEO

Astronomers Find Rare Triple-Asteroid NEO

This class of objects is very uncommon

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • August 5th, 2009
Weird Comet/Asteroid Has a Class of Its Own

Weird Comet/Asteroid Has a Class of Its Own

It behaves like both types of celestial bodies

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • August 1st, 2009
Research Hints at Extraterrestrial Origin for Platinum

Research Hints at Extraterrestrial Origin for Platinum

Some of it came from meteors and asteroids

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • July 28th, 2009
Experts Question Earth's Safety in the Solar System

Experts Question Earth's Safety in the Solar System

Concerns have been raised by the recent Jupiter impact

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • July 22nd, 2009
Main Asteroid Belt Rocks Formed Outside the Solar System

Main Asteroid Belt Rocks Formed Outside the Solar System

The conclusion belongs to a new scientific study

New Evidence That Asteroids Didn't Kill the Dinosaurs

New Evidence That Asteroids Didn't Kill the Dinosaurs

Princeton experts are behind the find

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 30th, 2009
Earth Still Lacks Unified Asteroid-Threat Response

Earth Still Lacks Unified Asteroid-Threat Response

The conclusion belongs to a new study

Some Dinosaurs May Have Survived Asteroid Impact

Some Dinosaurs May Have Survived Asteroid Impact

New data seems to point at this conclusion

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 29th, 2009
'Chevrons' Are Not Proof of Megatsunamis

'Chevrons' Are Not Proof of Megatsunamis

A new study draws the final conclusion

Chicxulub Asteroid Not Responsible for Dinosaur Extinction

Chicxulub Asteroid Not Responsible for Dinosaur Extinction

It was held as such for many years

 
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