Asteroid Collision

Huge Asteroid's Weird Feature Explained By NASA 'Fly-by'

AP | ALICIA CHANG | Posted 05.11.2012

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LOS ANGELES -- The giant asteroid Vesta got clobbered not once but twice, and it has the scars to prove it. Ever since the Hubble Space Telescope spi...

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NASA Says Fewer Big Asteroids Passing Near Earth Than Previously Thought

| Posted 12.05.2011

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By John Matson (Click here for original article.) In a time of budget woes and falling satellites, it's nice to get a little good news from NASA. ...

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PHOTOS: NASA Demystifies Bizarre X-Shaped Intruder

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

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In January, NASA scientists spotted a mysterious X-shaped object hurtling through the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. They believed the object...

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Asteroid Predicted To Hit Earth May Get Visit From NASA

National Geographic | Posted 05.25.2011

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The asteroid 1999 RQ36 made headlines last week with the announcement that the space rock could hit our planet in 2182. But a handful of scientists ha...

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Asteroid Collision: Mysterious Space Debris Suggests Asteroids

Huffington Post | Amanda Ng | Posted 05.25.2011

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NASA scientists have spotted a mysterious X-shaped debris pattern with trailing streamers of dust that is unlike any image astronomers have seen befo...

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