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Asteroid big enough to wipe out cities could still strike Moon creating major lunar impact
The asteroid is no longer considered a significant threat to Earth – but new calculations suggest a notable chance of a lunar impact. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Asteroid rubble scooped by spacecraft contains new clues about origin of life
Scientists have finally had a close look at the rubble collected by a spacecraft from the asteroid Bennu. Here’s what they found inside and what it could tell us about the origin of life on Earth. CBC | World News
Read More »NASA provides the first look at newly returned asteroid sample
NASA provided a first public glimpse at what scientists found inside a tightly sealed canister, carrying the largest soil sample ever scooped up from the surface of an asteroid, that was returned to Earth last month. CBC | World News
Read More »A 49-Foot Asteroid Will Skim Earth Tomorrow At 28,900 MPH
A small asteroid is making its way towards our planet and will swoop in for an extremely close approach tomorrow, NASA has announced. The space rock is estimated to measure 49 feet in diameter at the most, and will skim Earth from just 437,100 miles away — or less than two times the distance to the moon. While a close ...
Read More »NASA shock: Asteroid impact 2.2 billion years ago may have ended ‘Snowball Earth’ ice age
AN ASTEROID impact 2.229 billion years ago may have helped end the “Snowball Earth” ice age, NASA scientists have astonishingly claimed. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »NASA investigates mysterious activity on nearby asteroid that left top scientists baffled
NASA’s top scientists admit they are baffled by mysterious eruptions taking place on an asteroid that passes close to Earth. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Asteroid shock: ‘Clock is ticking’, human race must leave Earth or ‘it’s over’ says expert
FORMER Liberal Democrat MP Lembit Opik and now Chairman of Parliament for Space Nation, Asgardia, has issued a damning statement on the future of the human race. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »A 98-Foot Asteroid Will Skim Earth Closer Than The Moon Next Week
Next week, a relatively small asteroid — one thought to be no larger than 98 feet across — will venture extremely close to our planet, passing between Earth and the moon. Known as asteroid 2019 SP3, the space rock was discovered exactly one week ago and is expected to skim Earth closer than the moon on Thursday, scientists at NASA’s ...
Read More »An asteroid big enough to destroy New York just missed Earth and even NASA didn’t notice
AN ASTEROID that had the potential to wreak havoc on Earth recently whizzed passed us and space boffins had no idea it was coming. Daily Express :: News Feed
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