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New Near-Earth Object Report from National Research CouncilIn the 2005 NASA Authorization Act, Congress mandated that by 2020 NASA should be capable of detecting at least 90 percent of objects over 140 meters wide in the vicinity of Earth’s orbit.
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Meteorite Found on Mars Yields Clues About Planet's PastNASA's Mars Rover Opportunity is investigating a metallic meteorite the size of a large watermelon that is providing researchers more details about the Red Planet's environmental history.
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Triple Asteroid System Triples Observers' InterestRadar imaging at NASA's Goldstone Solar System Radar on June 12 and 14, 2009, revealed that near-Earth asteroid 1994 CC is a triple system.
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On the JPL Blog: The Lowdown on Jupiter's Black EyeJPL scientist Glenn Orton recounts how he and his team used a NASA telescope to verify an impact at Jupiter, which was first observed by an amateur astronomer in Australia.
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NASA to Provide Web Updates on Objects Approaching EarthNASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is introducing a new Web site that will provide a centralized resource for information on near-Earth objects - those asteroids and comets that can approach Earth.
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Hubble Space Telescope Captures Rare Jupiter CollisionNASA's Hubble Space Telescope has taken the sharpest visible-light picture yet of atmospheric debris from an object that collided with Jupiter on July 19.
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JPL Blog: All Eyes on JupiterJPL scientist Leigh Fletcher describes a rare chance to observe the resulting debris from a space rock that slammed into Jupiter earlier this week.
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New NASA Images Indicate Object Hits JupiterScientists have found evidence that another object has bombarded Jupiter, exactly 15 years after the first impacts by the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9.
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NASA Study Shows Asteroids May Have Accelerated Life On EarthA NASA-funded study indicates that an intense asteroid bombardment nearly 4 billion years ago may not have sterilized the early Earth as completely as previously thought.
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Live Chat With NASA's Asteroid TrackersA live videocast and chat from JPL offers a unique opportunity for viewers to ask questions of scientists with NASA's Near-Earth Object Program Office about how NASA discovers and tracks asteroids.
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Asteroid to Fly By Earth WednesdayA small asteroid will fly past Earth early tomorrow morning (Wed., March 18).
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Small Asteroid to Light Up Sky Over AfricaAn asteroid measuring several feet in diameter is expected to enter the atmosphere over northern Sudan before dawn Tuesday, setting off a potentially brilliant natural fireworks display.
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NASA Statement on Student Asteroid CalculationsThe Near-Earth Object Program Office at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., has not changed its current estimates for the very low probability (1 in 45,000) of an Earth impact by the asteroid Apophis in 2036.
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Asteroid Zooms by EarthAs expected, Asteroid 2007 TU24 made its closest approach to Earth at 12:33 a.m. today, Jan. 29 (3:33 a.m. Eastern time), and is now headed away from our planet.
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NASA Scientists Get First Images of Earth Flyby AsteroidScientists at JPL have obtained the first images of asteroid 2007 TU24 using high-resolution radar data.
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Asteroid to Make Rare Close Flyby of Earth January 29Scientists are monitoring the orbit of asteroid 2007 TU24.
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Searching for the Grandest Asteroid TourOrbit mechanics experts from around the world recently met to discuss methods for finding the best possible spacecraft trajectory, or flight path, for visiting a sequence of asteroids.
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Radar Love: Asteroid Detection and ScienceThey are the celestial equivalent of sonograms. But their hazy outlines and ghostly features do not document the in-vivo development of a future taxpayer.
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