Mar 07, 2007 |
Laser Guided Asteroids
(University of Alabama in Huntsville) - A team of researchers is developing unique methods for characterizing and deflecting asteroids that could pose a threat to Earth.

Mar 14, 2006 | MISSIONS
Stardust Findings May Alter View of Comet Formation
(NASA) - Samples from Wild 2 indicate that the formation of some comets may have included materials ejected by the early sun.

Mar 08, 2006 | MISSIONS
First Stardust Comet Sample Results
(NASA) - NASA will hold a news conference on March 13 to present the first studies of cometary samples returned to Earth by Stardust.

Jan 30, 2006 | MISSIONS
Scientists Making Progress with Comet Samples
(NASA) - The processing of samples from Stardust is proceeding smoothly.

Jan 19, 2006 | MISSIONS
Scientists Confirm Comet Samples, Briefing Set Thursday
(NASA) - Scientists confirm that samples from a comet and interstellar dust have been returned to Earth by Stardust.

Dec 16, 2005 | MISSIONS
First Comet Sample Return to Earth
(NASA) - NASA will brief news media at 1 p.m. EST, Wednesday, Dec. 21, about the return of the Stardust capsule.

Sep 10, 2005 | MISSIONS
NASA's Spitzer and Deep Impact Build Recipe for Comet Soup
(NASA - JPL) - Using data from Deep Impact and Spitzer, scientists are beginning to understand the recipe for making planets and comets.

Sep 06, 2005 | MISSIONS
Deep Impact Adds Color to Unfolding Comet Picture
(NASA) - Information from the Deep Impact mission continues to expand our knowledge about comets.

Aug 22, 2005 | SCIENCE
SOHO Discovers 1000th Comet
(ESA) - On August 5th, SOHO discovered its 1000th comet.

Jul 06, 2005 | MISSIONS
Greatest Comet Hunter Approaches Major Milestone
(NASA) - The SOHO spacecraft has accounted for approximately one-half of all comet discoveries with computed orbits.

Jul 05, 2005 | MISSIONS
NASA's Deep Impact Generates Its Own Spectacular Photo Flash
(NASA) - The hyper-speed demise of NASA's Deep Impact probe generated an immense flash of light.

Jul 04, 2005 | MISSIONS
Deep Impact Kicks Off Fourth of July With Deep Space Fireworks
(NASA - JPL) - Deep Impact successfully impacted with comet Tempel 1.

Jun 27, 2005 | MISSIONS
NASA Announces Deep Impact Mission Coverage
(NASA) - On July 4, Deep Impact will provide scientists with the first-ever opportunity to view the pristine material beneath the surface of a comet.

Jun 21, 2005 | MISSIONS
Rosetta Monitors Deep Impact
(ESA) - ESA's Rosetta spacecraft will help monitor NASA's Deep Impact craft as it arrives at its target, comet Temple 1.

May 18, 2005 | MISSIONS
Deep Impact Mission Status Report
(NASA) - NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft successfully executed the second trajectory correction maneuver of the mission.

May 07, 2005 | MISSIONS
Earth and Moon through Rosetta's Eyes
(ESA) - ESA's Rosetta spacecraft has returned infrared and visible images of Earth and the Moon.

Apr 27, 2005 | MISSIONS
Deep Impact Spacecraft Spots Its Quarry
(NASA) - NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft successfully photographed its quarry, comet Tempel 1, at a distance of 39.7 million miles.

Mar 29, 2005 | MISSIONS
Deep Impact Mission Status Report
(NASA) - A special team is investigating why the spacecraft's High Resolution Instrument (HRI) has not yet come into perfect focus.

Mar 12, 2005 | MISSIONS
Rosetta Performs ESA's Closest-ever Earth Fly-By
(ESA) - Rosetta performed a fly-by of Earth, gaining a gravity assist on its way to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.

Feb 14, 2005 | MISSIONS
Deep Impact Deep Space Burn
(NASA - JPL) - Deep Impact successfully completed its first trajectory correction maneuver last Friday.

Jan 12, 2005 | MISSIONS
NASA Launches Deep Impact on a Mission to a Comet
(NASA) - NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft launched successfully at at 1:47:08 p.m. EST.

Jan 07, 2005 | MISSIONS
NASA Sets Deep Impact Launch Date
(NASA) - NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft will launch on January 12, 2005.

Dec 14, 2004 | MISSIONS
NASA Set to Launch First Comet Impact Probe
(NASA) - Deep Impact will deploy a probe that will be "run over" by the nucleus of comet Tempel 1.

Dec 02, 2004 | MISSIONS
Deep Impact Delay
(NASA - KSC) - The launch of the Deep Impact spacecraft will take place no earlier than January 8, 2005.

Oct 19, 2004 | MISSIONS
Deep Impact Arrives in Florida to Prepare for Launch
(NASA - KSC) - NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft has arrived in Florida to begin final preparations for a launch on Dec. 30, 2004.

Aug 23, 2004 | MISSIONS
Cooking on a Comet
(ESA) - An instrument on Rosetta will analyze samples from Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko that have been 'cooked' in miniature ovens.

Aug 04, 2004 | MISSIONS
Rosetta's View of Home
(ESA) - Rosetta's NAVCAM was activated for the first time and returned pictures of Earth at 70 million kilometers.

Jun 29, 2004 | SCIENCE
The 2004 Perseid Meteor Shower
(NASA) - This summer's Perseid meteor shower promises to be a good one.

Jun 21, 2004 | MISSIONS
NASA Spacecraft Reveals Surprising Anatomy of a Comet
(NASA) - NASA's Stardust spacecraft has revealed the surprisingly strange world of Comet Wild 2.

Jun 09, 2004 | TECHNOLOGIES
Agreement on James Webb Space Telescope Signed
(ESA) - ESA and seven Member States have signed an agreement to build part of the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI).

Oct 22, 2002 | MISSIONS
NASA Researchers Seek Astrobiology Insights on the Leonid Multi-Instrument Aircraft Campaign
(NASA Astrobiology Institute) - A pair of aircraft will take to the sky to observe the Leonid meteor shower.

Sep 03, 2002 | MISSIONS
Stardust Spacecraft Reaches for Cosmic Dust
(NASA) - NASA’s Stardust spacecraft recently began collecting samples of interstellar dust grains, to be returned to Earth in 2006.

Aug 29, 2002 | MISSIONS
No Bugs Please, This Is a Clean Planet!
(ESA) - ESA is making sure its robotic missions to bodies within our solar system are biologically ‘clean’.

Aug 28, 2002 | SCIENCE, MISSIONS
SOHO Discovers 500th New Comet
(ESA) - The SOHO spacecraft's observations reveal just how massive comets can be.

Aug 05, 2002 | SCIENCE
First Evidence for Early Bombardment of Earth
(Spaceflight Now) - Researchers have discovered the first earth-bound evidence of an asteroid and comet bombardment that may have shaped life on our planet.

Jul 08, 2002 | SCIENCE
Protecting the Planet: Q&A with Asteroid Hunter David Morrison
(Space.com) - Morrison describes the hunt for objects that could pose a potential threat to Earth.

Jul 03, 2002 | MISSIONS
The Comet Chase is On
(NASA/JHUAPL) - NASA's CONTOUR space probe lifted off this morning, heading for encounters with comets.

Jul 02, 2002 | MISSIONS
CONTOUR Prepares to Launch
(NASA/JHUAPL) - The mission, which will fly past as many as three comets, is scheduled to launch before dawn Wednesday.

Apr 30, 2002 | MISSIONS
CONTOUR Spacecraft Arrives at Kennedy Space Center for Launch Preparations
(NASA) - The mission will examine the nuclei of comets up close.

Mar 28, 2002 | SCIENCE
See a Comet Tonight
(Harvard-Smithsonian CFA) - Comet Ikeya-Zhang is easily visible to the unaided eye for the next few weeks.

Mar 27, 2002 | SCIENCE
NASA Scientists Create Amino Acids in Deep-Space-Like Environment
(NASA) - The discovery suggests that the building blocks of life may have come from space, and may be commonplace in the universe.

Feb 19, 2002 | SCIENCE
Bugs from Hell
(NASA Astrobiology Institute) - Miles below Earth's surface, a community of microbes thrives.

Feb 11, 2002 | MISSIONS, TECHNOLOGIES
Ideas that Gel
(NASA) - Aerogel, the world's lightest solid, will catch pieces of a comet.

Jan 25, 2002 | MISSIONS
Stardust on Course for Comet Encounter
(NASA) - NASA's Stardust spacecraft has adjusted its path in preparation for encountering Comet Wild 2 in 2004.

Jan 03, 2002 | SCIENCE, MISSIONS, TECHNOLOGIES
Kevlar vs. Comets: Bullet-Proof Craft to Get Closest Comet Views Ever
(Space.com) - NASA's CONTOUR spacecraft will be pelted by high-velocity particles as it swoops in for close-up views of comets.

Dec 18, 2001 | MISSIONS, TECHNOLOGIES
NASA Bids Farewell to the Successful Deep Space 1 Mission
(NASA) - The mission, which tested advanced technologies and flew past a comet, comes to an end today.

Sep 26, 2001 | SCIENCE, MISSIONS
Cometary Closeup
(NASA Astrobiology Institute) - In a risky flyby, NASA's ailing Deep Space 1 spacecraft successfully navigated past a comet, giving researchers the best look ever inside the glowing core of icy dust and gas.

Jul 12, 2001 | SCIENCE, MISSIONS
Water Clouds Found outside Our Solar System
(NASA) - A stellar apocaplypse is the first evidence of water-bearing worlds beyond our own planetary system.

Jul 06, 2001 | SCIENCE, MISSIONS, TECHNOLOGIES
Rosetta's CONSERT Heads for a Really Cool Venue
(ESA) - ESA is preparing a new experiment, the Comet Nucleus Sounding Experiment by Radiowave Transmission (CONSERT), to examine the composition of comets.

Jun 25, 2001 | MISSIONS, TECHNOLOGIES
Rosetta: a Spacecraft in Search of Pristine Matter
(Spaceflight Now) - The mission will get a close-up view of a comet's nucleus.

Jun 04, 2001 | SCIENCE
Cold Clouds and Water in Space
(NASA Astrobiology Institute) - Astronomers have measured the total amount of water in interstellar cold clouds.

May 29, 2001 | MISSIONS
NASA Approves Deep Impact Mission
(NASA) - The spacecraft will blow a hole in the nucleus of a comet, revealing the interior.

May 25, 2001 | SCIENCE
A Taste for Comet Water
(NASA Astrobiology Institute) - New evidence suggests that comets provided the water that fills the Earth's oceans.

Apr 20, 2001 | SCIENCE
Was Johnny Appleseed a Comet?
(NASA Astrobiology Institute) - A new experiment suggests that comet impacts could have sowed the seeds of life on Earth billions of years ago.

Mar 20, 2001 | MISSIONS, TECHNOLOGIES
Deep Space 1 loads up for trek to comet
(NASA) - NASA has uploaded new software to the Deep Space 1 spacecraft, in preparation for its September rendezvous with Comet Borrelly.

Jan 30, 2001 | SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGIES
Scientists Find Clues That Life Began in Deep Space
(NASA Astrobiology Institute) - Duplicating the harsh conditions of space in their laboratory, NASA scientists have created primitive cells with membrane-like structures.

Aug 19, 2000 | SCIENCE, MISSIONS
Cosmic clouds yield puzzling concentrations of water
(Spaceflight Now/NASA) - Data from the SWAS satellite reveals that water vapor may be highly concentrated in regions where stars and planets form. SWAS has also measured water vapor in the atmospheres of Mars and Jupiter.

Apr 29, 2000 | SCIENCE, MISSIONS, TECHNOLOGIES
Organic molecules detected in interstellar dust
(Spaceflight Now/Max Planck Institute) - The Stardust space probe has collected particles of interstellar dust containing tar-like organic molecules. The particles were captured using a unique material called aerogel.

Feb 29, 2000 | MISSIONS
Construction of comet spacecraft to begin
(CNN) - The Contour space probe will examine two to three comets up close.

Jan 03, 2000 | SCIENCE
First meteor shower of 2000
(Science@NASA) - Stay up late (or get up early) and see the Quadrantids meteor shower.