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A year later, NASA's Deep Impact launched a probe the size of a coffee table that struck the comet Tempel 1 with tremendous force, excavating materials from deep within its interior. Instruments on the flyby spacecraft analyzed the resulting debris. (CNN -- Science)
Hollywood got it wrong, this is how you stop an apocalyptic asteroid Feb 26, 2007
"Nasa has already tested the approach by smashing a spacecraft into an asteroid in its Deep Impact mission last year. The European Space Agency is planning a similar test, sending a craft to smash into a 500-yard wide asteroid while another spacecraft -monitors the results.Now an engineering firm in Atlanta, Georgia, has been commissioned by Nasa to develop a new kind of mission to land on an asteroid, drill through the surface and pump the debris into space. Anchoring several unmanned... (Telegraph.co.uk)
Scientists' new plan to avert an asteroid apocalypse Feb 26, 2007
NASA has already tested the approach by smashing a spacecraft into an comet in its Deep Impact mission in 2005. The European Space Agency is planning a similar test, sending a craft to smash into a 500-metre-wide asteroid while another spacecraft monitors the results. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Mars rovers mark third anniversary Jan 26, 2007
Opportunity has most recently been prospecting around a deep impact crater called. Martian sunset as seen by Rover SpiritPhoto Credit: NASA. (EETimes)
Geologist Gets To The Bottom Of Chicxulub Impact Crater Jan 23, 2007
Since its discovery in the 1980s, the Chicxulub crater has left its own impact on sky-watchers and sci-fi fans worldwide, and impact events have been depicted in Hollywood films such as "Armageddon" and "Deep Impact," as well as countless artistic renditions. Despite the spotlight on the theories surrounding the impact, Michael Whalen, associate professor of geology at University of Alaska Fairbanks, has managed to stay "out of the limelight, yet into the limestone" with his work sampling the... (Science Daily)
The Great Cometary Show: Comet McNaught Over Paranal Jan 21, 2007
(October 15, 2005) -- Observations of Comet 9P/Tempel 1 made by ESA's Rosetta spacecraft after the Deep Impact collision suggest that comets are 'icy dirtballs', rather than 'dirty snowballs' as previously. . (Science Daily)
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