Category Archives: Asteroids

600 tonne asteroid in low pass above Falkland Islands – TONIGHT

[Translate] (by Lewis Page) An asteroid the size of a bus and massing 600 tonnes is barrelling through space toward planet Earth at terrific speed as this report is written. Astronomers say there is no chance that the object, dubbed … Continue reading

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Apophis: The Asteroid That Could Smash Into The Earth on Friday, April 13th, 2036

[Translate] This is about one of the 1157 potentially hazardous asteroids being tracked as of this date. Apophis will come real, real close to the Earth in 2029 and what happens on its return trip in 2036 is anyone’s guess. … Continue reading

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Is the World Ready for An Asteroid Threat? Apollo’s Schweickart Pushes for Action

[Translate] If we discover an asteroid heading directly towards Earth, are we ready to deal with the challenges of either deflection strategies or an evacuation prior to impact? Apollo 9 astronaut Rusty Schweickart has spent years championing the need for … Continue reading

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Near-Earth Asteroids What are they and where do they come from?

[Translate] Good background article on asteroids. A little dated (2007) but all of the information is still relevant and it never hurts to know as much as possible about the 1147 potentially hazardous asteroids flying around out there. Ever since … Continue reading

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Meet Britain’s asteroid watchman

[Translate] Spare a thought for Leicester, England’s Kevin Yates, who spends his day’s monitoring whether we will all be obliterated by an asteroid. Spaceweather.com: On August 14, 2010 there were 1142 potentially hazardous asteroids.

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