There will be a special session at the European Week of Astronomy and Space Science (EWASS 2013) to discuss "Rocks in our Solar Syst...

Today at the EISCAT_3D User Meeting, held in Uppsala, we've had a plethora of fascinating presentations and discussions. There has been ...

One of many YouTube-posted videos. A GPS- or GLONASS-set clock would have provided accurate time information though and location and dir...

Asteroids? Or Small Solar System Bodies? (Image: Wikipedia) Over the past few days, there has been a bit of confusion over the differen...

We are now investigating reports of other events that might be related to the Chelyabinsk Meteor. Although we have discounted the possibilit...

EISCAT Tromsø tracking of asteroid 2012 DA14 is running smoothly. Haystack joined tracking at 22:00 UT and Goldstone joined at 00:10 UT. ...

Some asteroid 2012 DA14 observing team members: Observer in charge: Researcher Juha Vierinen from Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory, Finl...

EISCAT Tromsø switched on 18:00 UT. At the moment, final testing and calibration before the asteroid DA14 flyby. Tracking asteroid 2012 D...

There are several sets of video footage with audio. Just a few examples include: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8Z3giHwcYg http://www.y...

In addition to the question of the meteor trajectory, we have been trying to estimate the size of the object. This is extremely difficult as...

This morning, there was a spectacular meteor event over the city of Chelyabinsk, unfortunately resulting in damage and injuries. Of course, ...

During the asteroid 2012 DA14 flyby, media can contact observers 20:00-08:00 UT. Researcher Juha Vierinen +358 40 482 7774, juha.vierine...

Three large-scale research facilities will track asteroid 2012 DA14 with radars. The asteroid will be first observable in the European sect...

24 hours till the first ping of asteroid 2012 DA14! EISCAT Tromsø is now calibrated and secured to track the flyby of DA14. We will pos...

With a glimmer of sunshine against the mountain tops, and an impressive view, 2012 DA14 observer Lassi Roininen took a moment to take this f...

The EISCAT facilities near Tromsø (Norway) include a radar there which operates at 931 MHz. This is what the team will be using for their...

In order to carry out the observations of 2012 DA14, we must carefully check the radar pointing calibration. Remember that this asteroid wil...

 Work is continuing in preparation for Friday's radar observations. The next step for us is preparation of the calibration for the radar...

Asteroidin harvinaista ohilentoa seurataan SGO:n ja NASA:n yhteistyössä (English summary below) Asteroidi 2012 DA14 ohittaa 15. he...

EISCAT pointings for the asteroid pass. Based on the energy to noise ratio, we estimate that we can observe until 01:00 UT before losin...