NASA to Host Feb. 7 Media Telecon on Asteroid Flyby February 4, 2013 NASA will hold a media teleconference at 11 a.m. PST (2 p.m. EST), on Thursday, Feb. 7, to discuss an asteroid, 150 feet (45 meters) in diameter, that will pass close, but safely, by Earth on Feb. 15. The flyby creates a unique opportunity for researchers to observe and learn more about asteroids. Full Story

Asteroid 2012 DA14 To Pass Very Close to the Earth on February 15, 2013 February 1, 2013 The small near-Earth asteroid 2012 DA14 will pass very close to the Earth on February 15, 2013, so close that the asteroid will pass inside the ring of geosynchronous weather and communication s satellites. NASA's NEO Program Office can accurately predict the asteroid's path with the observations obtained, and it is therefore known, there is no chance that the asteroid might be on a collision course with the Earth. Full Story

IAA Planetary Defense Conference January 23, 2013 The IAA Planetary Defense Conference will be held April 15-19, 2013 in Flagstaff, Arizona. The theme for this conference is "Gathering for Impact!", and may aspects of the near-Earth object threat will be discussed by the international community. Conference Page Link

NASA Rules Out Earth Impact in 2036 for Asteroid Apophis January 10, 2013 NASA scientists at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., effectively have ruled out the possibility the asteroid Aphophis will impact Earth during a close flyby in 2036. Full Story

"All Clear" Given on Potential 2040 Impact of Asteroid 2011 AG5 December 21, 2012 NASA scientists have announced that new observations of 2011 AG5 show that this asteroid, once thought to have a worrisome potential to threaten Earth, no longer poses a significant risk of impact. Full Story

Asteroid Toutatis Slowly Tumbles by Earth December 14, 2012 Scientists working with NASA's 230-foot-wide (70-meter) Deep Space Network antenna at Goldstone, Calif., have generated a series of radar data images of a three-mile-long (4.8-kilometer) asteroid that made its closest approach to Earth on Dec. 12, 2012. Full Story

Nine Radar Images of Asteroid 2007 PA8 November 26, 2012 A collage shows nine radar images of near-Earth asteroid 2007 PA8 that were obtained between Oct. 31 and Nov. 13, 2012, with data collected by NASA's 230-foot-wide (70-meter) Deep Space Network antenna at Goldstone, Calif. Full Story

NASA Releases Workshop Data and Findings on Asteroid 2011 AG5 June 15, 2012 Researchers anticipate that asteroid 2011 AG5, discovered in January 2011, will fly safely past and not impact Earth in 2040. Current findings and analysis data were reported at a May 29 workshop at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., attended by scientists and engineers from around the world. Discussions focused on observations of potentially hazardous asteroids (PHAs). Full Story

NASA Survey Counts Potentially Hazardous Asteroids May 16, 2012 Observations from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have led to the best assessment yet of our solar system's population of potentially hazardous asteroids. The results reveal new information about their total numbers, origins and the possible dangers they may pose. Full Story

New Website Tool Now Available For Identifying Mission-Accessible Near-Earth Asteroids and Their Next Observing Opportunities March 20, 2012 Observers, mission planners, and other interested users are invited to use a new website tool to view a list of near-Earth asteroids that are among the most accessible for future robotic or human space flight round-trip rendezvous missions Full Story

Near-Earth Asteroid 2012 DA14 to Miss Earth on February 15, 2013 March 6, 2012 Asteroid 2012 DA14 will pass within about 3.5 Earth radii of the Earth's surface on February 15, 2013. Although its size is not well determined, this near-Earth asteroid is thought to be about 45 meters in diameter. Asteroid 2012 DA14 will pass inside the Earth's geosynchronous orbital ring, located about 35,800 kilometers above the equator. Full Story

Asteroid 2011 AG5 - A Reality Check February 28, 2012 Asteroid 2011 AG5 has been receiving a lot of attention lately because of a very unlikely scenario which would place it on an Earth-interception course 28 years from now. Full Story