A Treasure Trove of Asteroids
Sometimes the real treasure is the asteroids we find along the way…
How Much Water Did The Asteroid Belt Send to Earth?
Special Delivery! Could the Earth’s water have arrived from the asteroid belt?
Where’s Lucy Going? Studying Asteroid Mission Targets
Come learn more about one of NASA’s upcoming missions — Lucy — which will be exploring asteroids!
Basaltic asteroids might not all be from Vesta
Most basaltic asteroids are thought to originate from the dwarf planet Vesta. However, some of these asteroids are far from Vesta and exhibit different spectra, implying a second point of origin.
Meet the Keynote Speakers: Bill Bottke
Just the mention of asteroid bombardment is frightening to most, but for Dr. Bottke it is all fun and games.
A Universal Clock Skewed by … Asteroids?
We’ve detected planets around pulsars before, but this pulsar has an even stranger signal. Could it be due to an asteroid belt similar to the one in our solar system orbiting it?