Travelers In The Night

An observatory near Marrakech, operated remotely from France and Switzerland, is discovering new members of our solar system.

Astronomers are able to view the rare occurrence of planets in formation with the ALMA radio telescope in Chile.

An asteroid impacting into the ocean would create a big splash but not a tsunami.

Tiny messengers from outer space enter our atmosphere every day. Collect your own beautiful micro-meteorite sample.

Humanity should be ready in the unlikely but potentially catastrophic situation in which a comet comes out of nowhere and is heading for planet Earth.

A potentially hazardous asteroid crosses the orbits of Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. It must be made of durable rocky material to survive its close approaches to the Sun.

A 426 foot diameter asteroid is found after being lost for 15 years.

It is intriguing to consider that deep inside Mars all of the necessary ingredients for life may be present together.

The asteroid Psyche may be one of the most expensive pieces of real estate in the solar system.

Centaurs are named after the mythical beasts which were half human and half horse perhaps because they have characteristics of both asteroids and comets.

2017 will be a good year to view comets with your unaided eye or a pair of binoculars.

The extremely unlikely scenario of an impactor with our number on it.

Using ground the penetrating RADAR on the NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, scientists have discovered an ice deposit on Mars the size of New Mexico.

An asteroid which can come to within about an Earth circumference of the surface of our home planet needs watching.

Humans are developing the ability to study an Earth approaching object to prepare for one that is on an impact trajectory with our home planet.

Should martian microbes be sacrificed to human space exploration.

Atira, named for the Pawnee goddess of Earth and the Morning and Evening Star orbits the Sun inside of our path.

Planning for the unlikely event that an asteroid is on a collision course with planet Earth will minimize injury and the loss of life.

Competition gives humans the best chance to find dangerous objects and tax payers get more bang for their buck.

The NASA/JPL Mars Curiosity Rover discovers a meteorite on Mars.