2009 VA: Asteroid Nearly Hits Earth

Asteroid 2009 VA came within 9,000 miles of Earth on November 6. Earlier today, Fox News covered the story using footage from Armageddon, which is a bit sensationalist, to say the least, as Asteroid 2009 VA was only 23 feet wide and would have burnt up in the atmosphere...

Spectra Confirm Ice on Asteroid 24 Themis. How Did it Get There?

It seems that space age instruments are now finding evidence of water-ice in the many locations we have pointed them to look. The latest to be confirmed includes asteroid 24 Themis. But is it from subsurface...

Asteroid or Junk: passing through B.C and Washington

There are sightings of an asteroid going over the states Washington and Oregon, as well as Canadian's province British Columbia. The sitings were told to be "fireballs" in the sky around 8 pm local time on...

Scientists design spacecraft to save Earth

" Heroic missions to stop life on Earth from being wiped out by an asteroid have become a favourite theme for Hollywood disaster films. Now, a team of British engineers have designed a real-life spacecraft...

Giant "scar" on Jupiter spotted by amateur stargazer

Surprises and lot more surprises, it defines the solar system well.The more we look inside the more cofused it seems." A large comet or asteroid has slammed into the Jupiter, creating an impact site the size of Earth, pictures by an Australian amateur astronomer show. ...

Huge asteroid passes close to Earth

An asteroid has passed close to Earth say scientists, and it could be as big as a ten-storey building. It is known as 2009, DD45, and could be as big as 21-47 meters across. " The gap was just 72,000 km (44,750 miles); a fifth of the distance between our planet and the Moon....

Breaking News: Millions see UFO crash, Saudi Arabia

" Astonishing events are occuring around the world and not as much as a word about them is being written or said in the West. In Saudi Arabia last week what might well have be a UFO, possibly crashing into earth,...

Small asteroid HEADED FOR EARTH !!!

"Small asteroid headed for light show over Africa"" WASHINGTON (AP) -- A small asteroid was headed for a fiery but harmless dive into Earth's atmosphere early Tuesday morning over Africa, astronomers said...

Canadian satellite to detect Asteroids

"OTTAWA, May 2 (UPI) -- Canadian researchers are working on a tiny satellite that will alert the world to the potential of asteroid strikes."This is the first space-based asteroid-searching telescope," said Alan...

Nico Marquardt, "Apophis -- The Killer Asteroid" and NASA

And what if NASA is wrong...and the asteroid Apophis, named after the ancient Egyptian god of darkness and destruction, will not "agree" with the NASA calculations and collide with Earth? Look at the new...

Sky Watchers in Scandinavia Observe Strange Sunset Clouds

"As January comes to an end, sky watchers in Scandinavia are recovering from a veritable storm of nacreous clouds. After mid-month, hardly a night went by without someone spotting the phenomenon. "It was...

Scientists rule out possibility of asteroid colliding with Mars

Los Angeles (ANTARA News) - U.S. scientists ruled out on Friday the possibility of a collision between an approaching asteroid and Mars. Tracking measurements of asteroid 2007 WD5 taken from four observatories have greatly reduced uncertainties about its Jan. 30 close...

Asteroid could hit Mars next month: NASA

"An asteroid hurtling towards Mars has a one in 75 chance of chance of scoring a direct hit on the red planet next month, NASA experts said in a statement Friday. The US space agency's Near Earth Object Program...

Asteroid: MARS ATTACK

It will be interesting to view this as a televised asteroid attack if scientists are proven correct in their assertion that an asteroid impact on Mars would be on a scale of 15 megaton nuclear bomb. ...

Asteroid 99942 Apophis: Hybrids won't stop it

In the next 20 years Nasa will have many reasons to increase their budget. We will be hearing more about 99942 Apophis. As we all worry about Global Warming which may not impact Earth for hundreds of years, there...

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