SciFri Radio: Comets, Asteroids and Meteors

SciFri Radio: Newly Fallen Meteorites Offer Fresh Look At Mars
Rocks collected recently in the Moroccan desert fell to Earth during a meteor shower last July.

SciFri Radio: ‘Move An Asteroid’ Competition May Help Protect Planet
This year’s ‘Move an Asteroid’ competition winner shares her idea.

SciFri Radio: A Trojan Asteroid Keeps Earth Company
Planet Earth has a new found neighbor - an asteroid that shares our orbit around the sun.

SciFri Radio: NASA's Dawn Spacecraft Closes In On Its Target
The spacecraft will soon enter orbit around Vesta, an asteroid the size of Arizona, to study it.

SciFri Radio: Science Diction: Comet
In this month's Science Diction, we look at the origins of the word 'comet.'

SciFri Radio: A Trip To A Comet
Last week, a NASA mission paid a visit to comet Hartley 2, flying by at a distance of just a few hundred miles. We'll talk about what they learned.

SciFri Radio: Extinctions from Algae?
Many scientists attribute the world's great extinction events to major catastrophes such as asteroid strikes and massive volcanic eruptions. We'll...

SciFri Radio: Moon in Review
Last week, NASA crashed a probe into the surface of the moon in search of water, just weeks after two other teams reported finding their own clues...

SciFri Radio: Studying Comet Contents
We'll check in with researchers on the Stardust probe, which captured dust from comet Wild-2 in 2004.

SciFri Radio: Jupiter Impact
Earlier this week, an amateur astronomer in Australia spotted signs of a massive impact on the planet Jupiter. We'll talk with him about his find,...

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SciFri Newsbriefs: Comets, Asteroids and Meteors

Newsbrief: New Moon
The moon may not be as old as previously thought.