Science News for Kids » asteroids http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org Publication of the Society for Science & the Public Mon, 20 May 2013 22:47:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Meteor explodes over Russia http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/02/meteor-explodes-over-russia/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/02/meteor-explodes-over-russia/#comments Mon, 18 Feb 2013 17:52:29 +0000 Janet Raloff http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=15726 This streak of light shows the meteor’s entry into Earth’s atmosphere. The image was captured by a European weather satellite. Credit: EUMETSAT

Surprise: No one saw it coming]]> This streak of light shows the meteor’s entry into Earth’s atmosphere. The image was captured by a European weather satellite. Credit: EUMETSAT

Surprise: No one saw it coming]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/02/meteor-explodes-over-russia/feed/ 0 Ice on Mercury http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/12/ice-on-mercury/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/12/ice-on-mercury/#comments Mon, 17 Dec 2012 19:55:16 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=15168 This image of Mercury’s north pole region shows areas in shadow (red) according to new MESSENGER data and the location of bright spots (yellow) that are likely exposed ice deposits. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington/National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center, Arecibo Observatory

MESSENGER spacecraft provides evidence for frozen water on planet closest to sun]]> This image of Mercury’s north pole region shows areas in shadow (red) according to new MESSENGER data and the location of bright spots (yellow) that are likely exposed ice deposits. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington/National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center, Arecibo Observatory

MESSENGER spacecraft provides evidence for frozen water on planet closest to sun]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/12/ice-on-mercury/feed/ 0