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May 19, 2023
A team of astronomers has completed a review of NASA data and found the chances of Earth being struck by a massive asteroid over the next 1,000 years.
March 3, 2023
Apophis is wider than three football fields and would cause a doomsday disaster if it struck. Which it won't.
February 18, 2023
Since time unremembered comets have held a certain fascination for us. There have long been various legends, myths, and strange
February 16, 2023
Between asteroids and giant balloons over North America, you may be paying closer attention to our skies and thinking about the mysteries beyond them.
February 14, 2023
A huge asteroid will fly by Earth in April 2029. It won't be close enough to hit us, but it will be close enough to study, so scientists are getting ready.
February 14, 2023
A huge asteroid will fly by Earth in April 2029. It won't be close enough to hit us, but it will be close enough to study, so scientists are getting ready.
August 19, 2022
Forged at the dawn of the solar system, a fist-sized meteorite has ended its millions-mile journey, safe and secure, in the hands of Mountain View scientists.
April 9, 2022
“Don't wake me for the end of the world unless it has very good special effects.” -Roger Zelazny It's always the ones you least expect that get you the worst, it seems. I went to bed last night excited that Asteroid 2012 DA14, a 200,000 ton asteroid, was going to pass within just 28,000 km (or 17,000 miles) of Earth's surface, which would make it the closest pass of an asteroid that large that we've ever observed.
December 4, 2021
An asteroid roughly the size of the Eiffel Tower is nearing Earths orbit and its carrying a very valuable payload.
March 5, 2021
Bob Bello, WikiCommons Hold your breath. A massive asteroid called Apophis after the ancient Egyptian god of chaos is hurtling towards us and will sneak past us on Friday and Saturday. According to earthsky.org this flyby is a precursor to the “tantalizingly close sweep” Apophis will make in 2029. Apophis is plummeting towards earth at 4.658 kilometres per second. But don’t worry too much just yet. Earthsky.org says while there’s no chance Apophis will strike Earth at this flyby (wh...