Bunch of issues in the news: A meteroite hit Russia, ironically on the same day that a much bigger piece of rock missed the earth by less than 20,000 miles. I am running on my computer a program to help track asteroids in outer space, by their shape and spin, called Asteroid...
Asteroid 2012 DA14 to pass through Earth’s Satellite Belt on February 15, 2013 NASA says that the asteroid 2012 DA14 will pass within about 3.5 Earth radii of the Earth’s surface on February 15, 2013. It will pass inside the geosynchronous satellite ring, located...
A NASA team will fly to space to investigate a giant asteroid and deflect it if it's on collision course with Earth.Major Tim Peake, a British astronaut is part of a NASA team due to fly to investigate one of the cosmic rocks by the mid-2020s. Read More
Call it the Soviet Union's most valuable cold war secret. This past weekend, Russia declassified the existence of what could very well be the richest diamond field in existence, located in the depths of a ...
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2005 YU55 will not strike the Earth or Moon, and if you are lucky at 9:00 PM Eastern time, you might see it streak across the sky just above the horizon. Sorry to disappoint the doomsayers; you will still have to...
by Karen Fish NASA waited until today to tell us that on Tuesday evening a gigantic asteroid is going to crash into the moon and send the moon crashing full speed into Earth. Today a senior US military official...
YU55 will fly between us and the moon at 202,000 miles away at 30,000 mph. Top Gear will be watching along with Mythbusters I bet. Top Gear will claim that the Stig might catch it with an Austin Martin and a...
How To Watch Asteroid MD 2011 With Your Telescope or Computer As you may have heard by now, an asteroid will pass by earth on June 27, 2011. The asteroid 2011 MD will pass by at around 1 pm eastern time. Asteroid 2011 MD Background How Can I Watch the Asteroid 2011 MD Pass...
Asteroid "2011 MD" Will Pass By Earth on June 27, 2011 An asteroid will pass by the earth at about 1 pm on June 27, 2011. The asteroid, which astronomers have named "2011 MD", will pass by the earth at about a...
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A large asteroid will make a close approach to Earth on Friday April 15, 2011. The GP59 asteroid is expected to match its closest approach to the Earth on Friday. GP59 won't come too close, however: about 533,000km...
Ok so we heard the running explanation that the mystery missile seen on video near Los Angeles California was simply an illusion created by a plane's exhaust aka contrail. Now someone that pays attention...
By complete coincidence NASA managed to capture two asteroids colliding into one another on camera. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field Camera 3 managed to capture the exact moment two asteroids smashed into...
Astronomers are claiming that a mysterious object from space will pass the earth on Wednesday, January 13, 2009. Fear not, the object will not hit our planet but merely speed past Earth, some 80,000 miles away. At approximately 33 to 50 feet wide at most, Astronomers believe...
Russian scientists will soon meet in secret to work on a plan for saving Earth from a possible catastrophic collision with a giant asteroid in 26 years, the head of Russia's space agency said Wednesday. The Apophis asteroid measures approximately 350 metres (1,150 feet)...
We all need something to look forward to, especially as an old year ends and a whole new decade dawns before us. Some hope quietly for a bit of improvement in the economy and a health care bill that may fall short...
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