Scientists Identify Near-Earth Asteroid’s Birthplace

Comparing the two samples will be relatively easy. The post Scientists Identify Near-Earth Asteroid’s Birthplace appeared first on Explorersweb. Read More

Huge 150m asteroid among three space rocks to fly past Earth this weekend

The space rock has been classified as a near-Earth object (NEO), with data published on Nasa's Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS). According to the website the asteroid, known simply as ... Read More

New evidence suggests the world's largest known asteroid impact structure is buried deep in southeast Australia

This exceeds the size of the near-300km-wide Vredefort impact structure in South Africa, which to date has been considered the world's largest. Hidden traces of Earth's early history The history ... Read More

Can we stop an asteroid from hitting Earth?

Asteroids heading straight for planet Earth aren’t just a scenario out of a Hollywood thriller. Luckily, scientists around the world have long ... the infamous Chicxulub asteroid that landed ... Read More

Asteroid hurtles towards earth

Scientists were today warning of a possible asteroid collision with the Earth. An asteroid around two-thirds of a mile wide (1.2km) could hit the earth on March 21, 2014 and has been classified as ... Read More

NASA mission to deflect asteroid 'may have accidentally started game of space billiards'

The mission successfully demonstrated the ability to change the course of an asteroid, a technique that could be employed if any threatened Earth ... would have if it did strike Mars, especially ... Read More

There's a giant asteroid hurtling toward earth: Here's how to see it

A large asteroid is hurtling toward ... This will be its closest encounter with Earth for the last 400 years. NASA said telescopes around the world will be trained on it during the flyby to ... Read More

Look up (with a telescope): 2,000-foot long asteroid to pass by earth Monday

A 2,000-foot asteroid is set to pass by earth Monday morning and if you don't catch it now, you'll have to wait more than a year to see it again. But you are going to need a telescope to see the ... Read More

Japan Spacecraft Approaches Earth to Drop Asteroid Samples

In this photo provided by JAXA, its crew members set up antenna in the preparation for the operation for the capsule collection in Woomera, South Australia in November, 2020. The Hayabusa2 spacecraft ... Read More

Plans to protect Earth from asteroid danger

Measures to deal with the danger of asteroid impact on earth were announced today by ... our campaign for action on cosmic impact, the end of the world might not be nigh after all. Read More