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Asteroids are rocky objects that move around a solar system. They are often too small to be considered planets, and are more often considered minor planets. Asteroids orbit the sun, but not in the characteristic "disc" orbit that regular planets do.
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NOV 19, 2015Space & Astronomy
After a very valuable asteroid passed by the Earth this July, carrying with it several tons of platinum worth an estimat ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 30, 2015Space & Astronomy
Outer space is one of the most fascinating things right above our heads, and yet, we know very little about it. Nonethel ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 27, 2015Space & Astronomy
In a rare event this week, sky gazers will be able to see three aligned planets in the Eastern skies at night amongst th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 23, 2015Space & Astronomy
Although NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is beyond Pluto now, the spacecraft continues to send back images and info ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 20, 2015Space & Astronomy
NASA has announced that a huge asteroid called 2015 TB145 will fly by the planet Earth within 1.3 lunar distances on Hal ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 09, 2015Space & Astronomy
Mankind has been considering the idea of putting astronauts on Mars for the longest time, but this week, NASA has offici ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 01, 2015Space & Astronomy
Over the last few months, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has been beaming information back to Earth from the histo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 10, 2015Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft is keeping its eye on Ceres, a dwarf planet in the middle of the Asteroid Belt in between t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 04, 2015Space & Astronomy
Last November the ESA’s Philae lander had a less than text-book touch down on the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov&n ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAUG 26, 2015Space & Astronomy
NASA is closely watching the dwarf planet of Ceres, which is the largest object in the asteroid belt between the planets ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 25, 2015Videos
The Earth is made up of about two-thirds water, and scientists have thrown around ideas for years about where all of thi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 19, 2015Space & Astronomy
We see the moon just about every night that we’re outside and look up into the sky; it’s hard to miss being ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 08, 2015Videos
The Kuiper Belt is a region in outer space that extends far beyond the planets in our solar system, but still orbits the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 28, 2015Videos
You heard about that $5.4 trillion asteroid that just went whizzing past Earth right? Scientists believe that it had a c ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 19, 2015Space & Astronomy
Asteroids are rocky bodies that orbit the Sun along with all of the planets. Many of them are relatively close to the Su ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 16, 2015Space & Astronomy
Many think outer space is pretty empty; that maybe it's just a bunch of black nothingness with some planets floating aro ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 30, 2015Videos
This is a very entertaining take on the type of childhood questioning sometimes required for serious science. I mean, ho ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 14, 2015Space & Astronomy
You know how every once in a while, in a presidential speech, or some statement from NASA, or a speech by someone in Con ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopMAY 07, 2015Space & Astronomy
Research by a team of astronomers from the University of Warwick in Coventry, England suggests that asteroids and comets ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 27, 2015Space & Astronomy
NASA's Messenger spacecraft will be ending its mission with a crash landing on April 30, 2015, but that's exactly as it ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 17, 2015Space & Astronomy
You've probably heard of the Orion space capsule. It's part of the Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle or (MPCV), NASA's next man ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 14, 2015Space & Astronomy
You may have heard recently that NASA has been planning a mission to land on an asteroid, capture a bolder, and put it i ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 09, 2015Earth & The Environment
Over 65 million years ago, when a 6-mile wide asteroid slammed into the earth with the force of a billion at ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 06, 2015Space & Astronomy
Neil Gehrels is constantly monitoring the skies for potentially deadly gamma ray bursts. What are gamma ray bursts? "The ...Written By: Andrew J. Dunlop
NOV 19, 2015
Space & Astronomy
After a very valuable asteroid passed by the Earth this July, carrying with it several tons of platinum worth an estimat
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 30, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Outer space is one of the most fascinating things right above our heads, and yet, we know very little about it. Nonethel
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 27, 2015
Space & Astronomy
In a rare event this week, sky gazers will be able to see three aligned planets in the Eastern skies at night amongst th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 23, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Although NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is beyond Pluto now, the spacecraft continues to send back images and info
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 20, 2015
Space & Astronomy
NASA has announced that a huge asteroid called 2015 TB145 will fly by the planet Earth within 1.3 lunar distances on Hal
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 09, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Mankind has been considering the idea of putting astronauts on Mars for the longest time, but this week, NASA has offici
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 01, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Over the last few months, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has been beaming information back to Earth from the histo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 10, 2015
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft is keeping its eye on Ceres, a dwarf planet in the middle of the Asteroid Belt in between t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 04, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Last November the ESA’s Philae lander had a less than text-book touch down on the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov&n
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
AUG 26, 2015
Space & Astronomy
NASA is closely watching the dwarf planet of Ceres, which is the largest object in the asteroid belt between the planets
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 25, 2015
Videos
The Earth is made up of about two-thirds water, and scientists have thrown around ideas for years about where all of thi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 19, 2015
Space & Astronomy
We see the moon just about every night that we’re outside and look up into the sky; it’s hard to miss being
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 08, 2015
Videos
The Kuiper Belt is a region in outer space that extends far beyond the planets in our solar system, but still orbits the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 28, 2015
Videos
You heard about that $5.4 trillion asteroid that just went whizzing past Earth right? Scientists believe that it had a c
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 19, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Asteroids are rocky bodies that orbit the Sun along with all of the planets. Many of them are relatively close to the Su
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 16, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Many think outer space is pretty empty; that maybe it's just a bunch of black nothingness with some planets floating aro
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 30, 2015
Videos
This is a very entertaining take on the type of childhood questioning sometimes required for serious science. I mean, ho
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 14, 2015
Space & Astronomy
You know how every once in a while, in a presidential speech, or some statement from NASA, or a speech by someone in Con
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
MAY 07, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Research by a team of astronomers from the University of Warwick in Coventry, England suggests that asteroids and comets
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 27, 2015
Space & Astronomy
NASA's Messenger spacecraft will be ending its mission with a crash landing on April 30, 2015, but that's exactly as it
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 17, 2015
Space & Astronomy
You've probably heard of the Orion space capsule. It's part of the Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle or (MPCV), NASA's next man
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
APR 14, 2015
Space & Astronomy
You may have heard recently that NASA has been planning a mission to land on an asteroid, capture a bolder, and put it i
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
APR 09, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Over 65 million years ago, when a 6-mile wide asteroid slammed into the earth with the force of a billion at ...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
APR 06, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Neil Gehrels is constantly monitoring the skies for potentially deadly gamma ray bursts. What are gamma ray bursts? "The
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop