Comet or Asteroid May Have Caused Loud Bang over Weston UK
A small comet or asteroid could have been the cause of a sudden flash and loud bang over Weston-super-Mare in the early hours of Monday morning People all over the town, and as far out as Kewstoke and Banwell, reported hearing the noise which made some windows shake at around 1.20am on Monday. Many reported on social media that they … Continue reading
Asteroid Hurtling Towards Earth Will Make Close Pass In October… & NASA’s ‘Excited’
AN ASTEROID currently beyond the range of telescopes is heading towards Earth, with NASA claiming it gives their scientists a chance to test its space threat-scanning ability. The scientists said they are “excited” by the asteroid, which could be as large as 100 feet in size. It is expected to fly past Earth on October 12, and while NASA said … Continue reading
Asteroid Size of A Jumbo Jet-Hurtles Perilously Close to Earth, Not Spotted Till Days After
These close flyby’s are becoming all to regular for comfort. This asteroid (Asteroid 2017 001) is larger (estimated 82 ft) than the one that exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia (estimated 55-62 ft), in 2013 and injured almost 1,500 people and caused tens of millions of dollars in damage. Sputniknews reports: An asteroid nearly as large as the Statue of Liberty made … Continue reading
Massive Lunar Explosion As 88 Pound Meteor Strikes The Moon, NASA Warns We Could Be Next
A METEOR with the explosive power of TEN cruise missiles has struck the Moon – sparking a massive explosion visible with the naked eye. And terrifyingly the 56,000 mph collision – captured by NASA scientists highlighting the catastrophic danger planet earth faces from similar meteors – was caused by a space rock weighing no more than 88 lbs (40 kilos). … Continue reading
Huge Asteroid Apophis is Coming to Our Way – How Safe Are We?
NASA seems to have done great so far in accurately calling the trajectory of asteroids and surprisingly quite accurately I might add (by great I mean accurate record for calling correctly no hitters and being pretty precise in the passing proximity to Earth). In the case of Apophis I am hoping their streak continues. zeenews.india reports: Apophis asteroid will speed … Continue reading
Collision of Asteroid Apophis and Earth Cannot Be Ruled Out
The famous near-Earth asteroid Apophis caused quite a stir in 2004 when it was announced that it could hit our planet. Although the possibility of an impact during its close approach in 2029 was excluded, the asteroid’s collision with Earth in the more distant future cannot be completely ruled out. “We can rule out a collision at the next closest … Continue reading
Is Earth About To Be Hit By An Asteroid? Making Sense of Life in a Hostile Universe
This Saturday at roughly 2:38 AM Eastern Time an asteroid bigger than a football stadium will whiz past Earth at 28,000 miles per hour and almost certainly not hit us. But that won’t be the end of it. The 755-foot-diameter projectile is set to return every year until 2022, during which time who knows what could happen. Per custom, the … Continue reading
Experts Warn Earth Is Overdue for Catastrophic Asteroid Impact; Inevitable Unparalleled Ruin Awaits
Experts with Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) in Northern Ireland have warned that it’s only a matter of time before a large asteroid strikes Earth, causing a natural catastrophe unparalleled in the ruin that it would bring. Dr. Alan Fitzsimmons, an expert with QUB’s Astrophysics Research Center, compared the inevitable destruction to the Tunguska event of 1908, when a meteoroid exploded … Continue reading
Extinction Asteroid Hit the ‘Worst Possible Place’
Things may have been different if the asteroid had struck elsewhere. (Image Credit: NASA) Scientists have been drilling in to the crater left behind by the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs. Rock samples recovered from beneath the Gulf of Mexico have revealed that it was perhaps not so much the size or speed of the asteroid that doomed the … Continue reading
An Ancient Platinum Asteroid Likey Wiped Out the Clovis People
The fate of the Clovis people remains one of the great mysteries of North American anthropology. The Clovis were a civilization which spread across the Americas 13,000 years ago and left behind sophisticated stone tools. The Clovis were once thought to be the first North American civilization, but recent discoveries have shown that this may not have been the case. … Continue reading
