ScienceAlertflipped into ScienceAlertAn Asteroid Made a Record Close Pass of Earth on Friday 13, And We Didn't See It Comingverified_publisherScienceAlert - DAVID DICKINSONWow. 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 ScienceWhy Birds Survived, and Dinosaurs Went Extinct, After an Asteroid Hit Earthsmithsonianmag.com - Riley BlackBirds 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 LatestAsteroid makes closest fly-by of Earth on record - and NASA didn't see it until after the close shavesky.com - SkyAn 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 ScienceAlertAn Asteroid Just Made The Closest Earth Fly-by on Record, And We Didn't See It Comingverified_publisherScienceAlert - DAVE MOSHER & MORGAN MCFALL-JOHNSENA 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 NewsTiny Asteroid May Hit Our Earth a Day Before US Elections in November and We're So Done With 2020news18.com - News18In 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 InsiderA car-size asteroid flew within 1,830 miles of Earth over the weekend — the closest pass ever — and we didn't see it comingverified_publisherBusiness Insider - Dave Mosher and Morgan McFall-JohnsenA 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 compiled by Sormano Astronomical Observatory in Italy. Because of its size, the space rock most …
The Scottish Sunflipped into Science newsHuge 1,200ft 'God of Chaos' asteroid speeding up and could hit Earth in 48 yearsthescottishsun.co.uk - Charlotte EdwardsAN 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 FutureClosest-ever asteroid to pass Earth and not smack into it just squeaked by us on Sundayverified_publisherCNET - Amanda KooserAt least it was small.
Fox Newsflipped into Latest NewsPickup truck-sized asteroid flew within 2K miles of Earth on Sunday and NASA didn't see itverified_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 closest ever recorded. And the space agency didn't see it until after it happened. The asteroid, …
Arwen Sodanflipped into ScienceA massive asteroid shower hit Earth and the moon 800 million years ago, study saysverified_publisherCNN - By Ashley Strickland(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 such incident was a massive asteroid shower that bombarded both the Earth and the moon 800 million …
ALflipped into Out ThereGiant golden asteroid contains enough heavy metals to make everyone on Earth a billionaire – and Nasa is heading there in 2022thescottishsun.co.uk - Harry PettitA 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 InterestsA car-sized asteroid flew close to Earth and scientists had no ideaverified_publisherSouth China Morning Post - 25 mins ago“The asteroid approached undetected from the direction of the sun,” said Paul Chodas, the director of Nasa’s Centre for Near Earth Object Studies. …
AvatarLarry Mudrieflipped into Science StuffAsteroid shower rained space rocks on Earth and the moon 800 million years agospace.com - Charles Q. ChoiAn 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 StoriesAn RV-size asteroid will zip by the Earth Thursday, closer than the moon and some satellitesverified_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 actually closer than some of our weather satellites. Closest approach of this asteroid – named 2020 …
Forbesflipped into InnovationAsteroid 2011 ES4 Is The Size Of An Office Building And About To Buzz By EarthForbes - 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 say the roughly 30-meter wide asteroid 2011 ES4 does not pose a threat to Earth as it is set to …
BGRflipped into ScienceA 65-foot-long asteroid just sped past Earth and we almost missed itbgr.com - Mike WehnerSpace agencies and astronomers around the world do a really, really good job of spotting potentially hazardous space rocks before they appear in …
