More Building Blocks of DNA Seen in Meteorites, Boosting Pansmpermia Theory of Life on Earth
“Their discovery boosts the theory of panspermia, which suggests that life, or its building blocks, could be flying around space just waiting to impact a world with the right conditions to help it spring to, well, life.” by Eric Mack via CNet The notion that the ingredients for life were seeded on Earth by hitching a ride on space rocks … Continue reading
What If the Largest Asteroid Hit Earth?
Some seriously large asteroids have threatened Earth before. Some of these asteroids have little chance of hitting us but there are a few with very real chances of making contact. What happens if a large asteroid or comet hits Earth? And what are the chances something like Oumuamua or Bennu could actually hit our planet? What If YouTube IF YOU … Continue reading
Fridge-sized Asteroid Hit Earth 2 Hours After it was First Spotted, NASA Says
“It was the fifth time an asteroid was spotted hours before it hit Earth and the first time it’s happened since 2019.” by Jordan Mendoza via Yahoo news image by Родион Журавлёв – Pixabay An asteroid around the size of a refrigerator was spotted hours before it hit Earth’s atmosphere, and while it wasn’t dangerous, it marked the fifth time … Continue reading
NASA Warns Huge Asteroids Could be Heading for Earth Totally UNDETECTED
“A blind spot in the sky means huge asteroids could be heading towards Earth undetected” by Olivia Burke via The-sun Headline Image: Science Photo Library – ANDRZEJ WOJCICKI | Getty Images NASA have warned huge asteroids could be heading for Earth totally undetected due to a blind spot in the sky. Astronomers funded by the US space agency have found … Continue reading
Asteroid Narrowly Missed Earth Traveling at 18,000 MPH
“At its closest point to us, 2022 AC4 was traveling at over 18,700 miles per hour… coming within just 58,000 miles of Earth” by ED BROWNE via NewsWeek Headline Image credit/caption: A stock photo shows an illustration of an asteroid against a backdrop of stars. A house-sized asteroid flew past Earth on Tuesday. ISTACKPHOTONS/GETTY An asteroid about the size of … Continue reading
Asteroid the Size of Two Empire State Buildings to Pass Earth
“…it’ll be travelling at a whopping 19.56 kilometers per second (70,515 kph) and will look like a shooting star moving across the night sky.” via RT Headline Image: Asteroid (7482) 1994 PC1 during a flyby of Earth in 1997. © Sormano Astronomical Observatory A massive asteroid from NASA’s ‘potentially hazardous’ list that is two and a half times the height … Continue reading
NASA to Deflect Asteroid in Test of ‘Planetary Defense’
“Although there isn’t a currently known asteroid that’s on an impact course with the Earth, we do know that there is a large population of near-Earth asteroids out there…” by Chris Lefcow via phys.org In the 1998 Hollywood blockbuster Armageddon, Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck race to save the Earth from being pulverized by an asteroid. While the Earth faces … Continue reading
NASA to Nudge Asteroid Didymoon Which Poses Threat to Earth
“If all goes as planned, DART will smash into one of the two asteroids, known as Didymoon, at roughly 13,500 mph nearly a full year later, on October 2, 2022.” By Joseph Curlvia The Daily Wire Headline Image: Tobias Roetsch/Future Publishing via Getty Images The U.S. space agency plans to conduct a mission next month to deflect a pair of … Continue reading
Odds of Asteroid Bennu Slamming Earth Increased, but Still Slim
“…the odds of a strike have risen from 1-in-2,700 to 1-in-1,750 over the next century or two…” By MARCIA DUNN via Yahoo.news Headline Image: NASA The good news is that scientists have a better handle on asteroid Bennu’s whereabouts for the next 200 years. The bad news is that the space rock has a slightly greater chance of clobbering Earth … Continue reading
‘Complex Organic Matter’ Found on Asteroids
“Scientists have identified two unusual asteroids between Mars and Jupiter that shouldn’t actually be there.” via Unexplained-Mystries Image Credit: NASA Scientists have identified two unusual asteroids between Mars and Jupiter that shouldn’t actually be there. Discovered by the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency, the two space rocks are known as 203 Pompeja (110km wide) and 269 Justitia (55km wide). These particular … Continue reading
