New Scientist - Comets and Asteroids

• Trojan asteroids make planetary scientist lose sleep

  The sizes of asteroids near Jupiter spell trouble for the leading theory of how our solar system evolved

  
  
  

• Jupiter attacked for third time in 13 months

  Amateur astronomers bear witness to yet another impact on the giant planet, suggesting such run-ins are fairly common

  
  
  

• Neptune 'dead zones' hold more rocks than asteroid belt

  The icy world may have a personal rock collection that dwarfs the objects in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter

  
  
  

• NASA mulls sending part of space station to an asteroid

  Agency engineers suggest detaching one of the station's current crew compartments and using it to ferry astronauts to an asteroid by 2025

  
  
  

• Cosmic Trojans may sneak comets towards Earth

  A collection of asteroids that orbit the sun along roughly the same path as Neptune may be a source of comets that could hit Earth

  
  
  

• Early stages of crater birth captured on camera

  By firing a gun into the sand, we can see the moment of crater formation when debris is flung fastest and farthest

  
  
  

• Asteroid hunters part-blinded by the military

  To hide the paths of military satellites, asteroid-spotting telescopes are being deprived of nearly a quarter of their field of view

  
  
  

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• By Jupiter! Planet takes center stage in Sept.

  September is bright with autumnal delight: Jupiter dazzles through the night, while the harvest moon meets fall's introduction. Jupiter - Solar System - Astronomy - Planets - Earth

• Galactic 'Supervolcano' Seen Erupting With X-Rays

  New images capture a galactic "super-volcano" in the massive galaxy M87 is erupting and blasting gas outwards.

• The Black Hole/Globular Cluster Correlation

  Often in astronomy, one observable property traces another property which may be more difficult to observe directly; X-ray activity on stars can be used to trace turbulent heating of the photosphere. CO is used to trace cold H2. Sometimes these correlations make sense. Activities in stars produce the X-ray emissions. Other times, the tracer seems [...]

• Bangalore cool to virtual telescope idea

  BANGALORE, INDIA: India's premier science city failed to live up to its reputation as it gave a tepid response to a Microsoft -sponsored workshop here on the concept of the "virtual telescope".

• Picture-Perfect Pluto Practice

  by Staff Writers Laurel MD (SPX) Sep 06, 2010 Neptune's giant moon Triton is often called Pluto's "twin" - so what better practice target, then, for New Horizons' telescopic camera?

• The Gloucester County Times

  Christina Paciolla brings you the top stories. GLASSBORO The Rowan University Astronomical Observatory will host an open house on Sept. 22 from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. in Science Hall.

• Africa prepares to join the big boys in the space race

  Science fiction writer Larry Niven shrewdly observed: "The dinosaurs became extinct because they didn't have a space programme."

Astronomy Picture of the Day

• A Laser Strike at the Galactic Center

  Why are these people shooting a powerful laser into the center of our Galaxy?

  
  

• GRO J1655 40: Evidence for a Spinning Black Hole

  In the center of a swirling whirlpool of hot gas

  
  

• Young Suns of NGC 7129

  Young suns still lie

  
  

• The Small Cloud of Magellan

  Portuguese navigator

  
  

• The Bubble Nebula

  Blown by the wind from a massive star, this interstellar

  
  

• Earth and Moon from MESSENGER

  What does Earth look like from the planet Mercury?

  
  

• The Annotated Galactic Center

  The Annotated Galactic Center