ScienceAlertflipped into ScienceAlertAsteroids An Asteroid Made a Record Close Pass of Earth on Friday 13, And We Didn't See It Coming verified_publisherScienceAlert - DAVID DICKINSON Wow. A low-flying space rock set a record last Friday (appropriately, the 13th), when 2020 VT4 passed just under 400 kilometers (250 miles) over the …
Smithsonian Magazineflipped into ScienceAnimals Why Birds Survived, and Dinosaurs Went Extinct, After an Asteroid Hit Earth smithsonianmag.com - Riley Black Birds are the only dinosaurs left. That might seem strange. A pigeon or a penguin doesn’t look much like a Tyrannosaurus. But the connection is still …
Sky Newsflipped into LatestAsteroids Asteroid makes closest fly-by of Earth on record - and NASA didn't see it until after the close shave sky.com - Sky An asteroid the size of a car has flown past Earth closer than any seen before without hitting the planet - and NASA admits: "We didn't see it …
ScienceAlertflipped into ScienceAlertAsteroids An Asteroid Just Made The Closest Earth Fly-by on Record, And We Didn't See It Coming verified_publisherScienceAlert - DAVE MOSHER & MORGAN MCFALL-JOHNSEN A car-size asteroid flew within about 1,830 miles (2,950 kilometers) of Earth on Sunday. That's a remarkably close shave – the closest ever recorded, …
News18.comflipped into News18 Latest NewsAsteroids Tiny Asteroid May Hit Our Earth a Day Before US Elections in November and We're So Done With 2020 news18.com - News18 In yet another 2020 surprise, NASA data has predicted that a small asteroid heading towards the Earth has a 0.41 percent chance of hitting the planet …
Business Insiderflipped into Tech InsiderAsteroids A car-size asteroid flew within 1,830 miles of Earth over the weekend — the closest pass ever — and we didn't see it coming verified_publisherBusiness Insider - Dave MosherA car-size asteroid flew within about 1,830 miles (2,950 kilometers) of Earth on Sunday. That's a remarkably close shave — the closest ever recorded, in fact, according to asteroid trackers and a catalog...
The Scottish Sunflipped into Science newsAsteroids Huge 1,200ft 'God of Chaos' asteroid speeding up and could hit Earth in 48 years thescottishsun.co.uk - Charlotte Edwards AN asteroid nicknamed the God of Chaos is gaining speed as it hurtles towards Earth, experts believe. The peanut-shaped space rock Apophis is wobbling …
CNETflipped into Living in the FutureAsteroids Closest-ever asteroid to pass Earth and not hit it just squeaked by verified_publisherCNET - Amanda Kooser At least it was small.
Fox Newsflipped into Top StoriesAsteroids Pickup truck-sized asteroid flew within 2K miles of Earth on Sunday and NASA didn't see it verified_publisherFox News - Chris CiacciaNASA may have updated its plan to protect the planet from asteroid strikes, but a space rock the size of a pickup truck zipped past the planet at a distance of approximately 1,830 miles on Sunday, the...
Arwen Sodanflipped into ScienceAsteroids A massive asteroid shower hit Earth and the moon 800 million years ago, study says verified_publisherCNN(CNN) — Over the course of Earth's ancient history, our planet has been blitzed with a variety of foreign objects, some of which may have triggered major events shaping this place we now call home. One...
ALflipped into Out ThereAsteroidsGiant golden asteroid contains enough heavy metals to make everyone on Earth a billionaire – and Nasa is heading there in... thescottishsun.co.uk - Harry Pettit A GIANT asteroid twice as wide as Wales contains enough metal to make everyone on Earth a billionaire. The cosmic lump called Psyche 16 sits …
Samflipped into Personal InterestsAsteroids A car-sized asteroid flew close to Earth and scientists had no idea verified_publisherSouth China Morning Post - Business Insider A car-sized asteroid flew within about 2,950km of Earth on Sunday. That’s remarkably close – the closest ever recorded, in fact, according to …
AvatarLarry Mudrieflipped into Science StuffAsteroids Asteroid shower rained space rocks on Earth and the moon 800 million years ago space.com - Charles Q. Choi An asteroid shower thought to have struck the moon and Earth 800 million years ago may have helped trigger Earth's greatest ice ages, a new study …
USA TODAYflipped into Top StoriesAsteroids An RV-size asteroid will zip by the Earth Thursday, closer than the moon and some satellites verified_publisherUSA TODAY - Doyle RiceAn asteroid about the size of an RV or small school bus will zoom past the Earth on Thursday, NASA announced, passing within 13,000 miles of the Earth's surface. That's much closer than the moon and is...
Forbesflipped into InnovationAsteroids Asteroid 2011 ES4 Is The Size Of An Office Building And About To Buzz By Earth Forbes - Eric MackIt’s about the same size as the bolide from space that exploded in the atmosphere over Russia in 2013, blowing out thousands of windows on the ground below. But fortunately, NASA and other astronomers...
BGRflipped into ScienceAsteroids A 65-foot-long asteroid just sped past Earth and we almost missed it bgr.com - Mike Wehner Space agencies and astronomers around the world do a really, really good job of spotting potentially hazardous space rocks before they appear in …
