Science Nuggets

2012 October 1
Modeling Vesta's Two Big Basins
Martin Jutzi (University of Bern), et al.

2012 September 28
Linear Accelerator on Mars: Source of Mars Meteorites (M-M)?
S. Fred Singer (University of Virginia, SePP)

2012 July 19
Characterizing Potentially Hazardous Asteroids with NEOWISE   
Amy Mainzer (JPL), et al.

2012 July 16
Discovery of Another Moon of Pluto ("P5")
Mark Showalter (SETI Institute), et al

2012 July 10
Large Extraterrestrial L-Amino Acid Excesses Discovered in the Tagish Lake Meteorite
D. Glavin (NASA GSFC), et al.

2012 July 10
Infrared Spectra Reveal the Activation of CO-rich Comet C/2009 P1 (Garradd) as it Enters the Inner Solar System!
Mike Mumma (NASA GSFC), et al.

2012 July 9
New Model of Underground Paradise Room in Asteroids
Yasunori Miura (Yamaguchi University)

2012 July 9
Meteorite Melting Reveals Bubble Textures
Yasunori Miura (Yamaguchi University)

2012 May 8
Dawn at Vesta Reveals Highly Contrasting Material
Mark Sykes (PSI)

2011 December 21

Carbonaceous NEO Comes within Moon's Orbit

2011 October 30

WISE Discovers First Earth Trojan Asteroid

2011 October 30
Dawn at Vesta Reveals Varied Surface and Landslides!
Mark Sykes (PSI)

2011 January 27
First Asteroid Sample Return!

2011 January 27
EPOXI Flies by Hartley 2

2011 January 27
Hubble Observes Aftermath of Asteroid Collision

2010 July 12
Lutetia Flyby

2010 July 12
First Asteroid Sample Return?

2010 April 8
Diverse Asteroid Composition?

2010 April 8
Catching an Asteroid Collision