The Spaceguard Centre & Observatory

NEO SURVEY: AN EFFICIENT SEARCH FOR NEAR-EARTH OBJECTS BY AN IR OBSERVATORY IN A VENUS-LIKE ORBIT

In 2003 NASA commissioned a Science Definition Team (SDT) to study the threat posed by Near-Earth Objects (NEOs), to recommend solutions for efficiently detecting NEOs down to a much lower diameter than before, and to study techniques for mitigating an impending impact.

NEW INTERNATIONAL STUDY SHOWS SOME ASTEROIDS LIVE IN OWN 'LITTLE WORLDS'

While the common perception of asteroids is that they are giant rocks lumbering about in orbit, a new study shows they actually are constantly changing "little worlds" that can give birth to smaller asteroids that split off to start their own lives as they circle around the sun.

JAXA DELAYS RELEASING DETAILS OF HAYABUSA SAMPLE RETURN

No news yet if there are specks of asteroid dust in the Haybusa sample return container.