Full Coverage: Meteors and Asteroids
News Stories
- Police on meteor alert after huge balls of fire light up Spanish sky at The Guardian (UK). - Tue, Jan 06, 2004
- Spain watches 'fireball shower' at BBC - Mon, Jan 05, 2004
- Will Discovery Help Repel Asteroids Headed for Earth? at National Geographic - Thu, Dec 11, 2003
- Intense meteor shower could illuminate Bay Area skies early Jan. 4 at San Francisco Chronicle - Wed, Dec 10, 2003
- Sunlight's gentle nudge on asteroids detected at New Scientist - Thu, Dec 04, 2003
Feature Articles
- Are Asteroids History's Greatest Killers? at National Geographic - Thu, Nov 20, 2003
- Comets: How Big A Threat To Earth? at National Geographic - Wed, Jan 29, 2003
- Surviving Space: How Bugs Might Travel Between Planets at SPACE.com - Tue, Nov 26, 2002
- ‘Truly Spectacular’ View of Leonids and Northern Lights from NASA DC-8 at SPACE.com - Fri, Nov 22, 2002
- Your Stories: The 2002 Leonid Meteor Shower at SPACE.com - Wed, Nov 20, 2002
- Catch a Shooting Star with Meteor Hunter, Dr. Peter Jenniskens at SPACE.com - Thu, Nov 14, 2002
Opinion & Editorials
- Asteroids on the prowl at Cincinnati Post - Mon, Nov 24, 2003
- Asteroid On Collision Course With Earth at About.com - Tue, Jul 30, 2002
- An asteroid may be more an opportunity than a disaster at The London Times - Wed, Jul 24, 2002
- Where was Chicken Little? at Christian Science Monitor - Fri, Jun 28, 2002
- Real threat not within or without, but galactic at St. Petersburg Times - Fri, Mar 29, 2002
- Put money in deep space at St. Petersburg Times - Wed, Jan 16, 2002
Related Web Sites
- Asteroid and Comet Impact Hazards
- includes NEO hazards introduction and FAQ, and resources; provided by the NASA Ames Research Center.
- 2002 Meteor Shower Calendar
- quarterly breakdown of meteor showers, with coordinates, viewing tips, and more. From the International Meteor Organization.
- NASA's Near-Earth Object Program
- information about near-earth object studies, including asteroid orbits, images, updates, potentially hazardous asteroids (PHA), and more.
- International Meteor Organization (IMO)
- information about meteor observing techniques, analyses and recent results from world-wide data, a list of meteor showers, glossary, meteor-related projects, addresses, and more.
- Explore the Science of Meteors
- from explorezone.com.
- North American Meteor Network
- includes a list of target dates for showers throughout the year, and a section on observing meteor showers.