FOUR Asteroids to Fly Past Earth in One Day, After Astronaut Warns There are 1 MILLION that Can Hit Us
As the week begins with a flurry of asteroidal activity, with four space rocks set to shoot past Earth on Tuesday alone, two Indian teenagers have discovered yet another space rock due to cross paths with our planet. To kick things off, the small-house-sized asteroid 2020 OO1 will buzz by at a distance of 669,000km on July 27. Then on … Continue reading
5 Asteroids Approaching Earth this Week, as NASA Identifies Space Rock with Highest Impact Probability
NASA’s asteroid watchers have given a heads-up about five asteroids headed toward Earth in the coming days, while the agency’s automated Sentry system has identified the space rock which has the highest chance of impact. Over this weekend, two asteroids – 2020 MU1 (120ft diameter or half the wingspan of a 747 jet) and 2020 ML (73ft diameter, roughly half … Continue reading
NASA Warns of FIVE More Asteroids Set to Pass Earth, as Scientists Devise Way to Protect Planet
NASA has raised the alarm over yet another five space rocks headed our way. Fortunately, researchers have also revealed a potentially ingenious new strategy for dealing with such threats should they come too close to Earth. Another week, another warning of impending asteroid activity in Earth’s vicinity, as at least five asteroids ranging in size from a small passenger jet … Continue reading
Golden Gate Bridge Sized Asteroid Approaching Earth at 11 km/s
Of the several space rocks expected to cross paths with earth this month, the largest and potentially most dangerous is the Apollo-class 1997 BQ asteroid. Researchers believe that any space objects measuring close to one kilometre in diameter could have devastating consequences for our planet. “Any rocks that are close to one kilometre in size can be potentially dangerous to … Continue reading
Deadly Monster Asteroids That Could Wipe Us Out
There are many free roaming asteroids in space that have a potential to collide with our planet, some as massive 900 km across (that was not a typo, nine hundred km across!). It is very disturbing to say the least, but equally disturbing is that it is possible to easily miss an approaching asteroid, even a very large one, so … Continue reading
Little Chance Massive Asteroid Heading Our Way Will Annihilate Humanity
“It has an estimated 4.1 kilometres in diameter—much larger than the most common asteroids—which generally do not exceed 100-200 metres in diameter. NASA diagrams appear to show the asteroid crossing the Earth’s orbit.” Given our present world wide situation of the ongoing coronavirus (Covid19) pandemic, one might be forgiven for letting their imagination run away with them, especially with unsubstantiated … Continue reading
Nuking Possibly Hazardous Asteroids Would Be Like ‘Shotgun Blast’ Vaporising Earth
As the sightings and instances of meteors entering, and some exploding in our atmosphere seemingly increase, experts also seemed to have increased their efforts into finding ways to prevent an extinction event from a catastrophic celestial visitor impacting Earth. via Sputniknews In light of the hundreds of thousands of “potentially hazardous” so-called Near-Earth Objects (NOEs) passing our planet, efforts are … Continue reading
NASA Detects Two Asteroids Headed Towards the Earth… Two More Right Behind
NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) is currently monitoring a miniature swarm of four asteroids currently heading towards Earth, two of which were only detected on January 1. CNEOS is tasked with watching the skies for any potentially hazardous asteroids, but given the vastness of space, that’s a lot of sky to check which may explain why two of … Continue reading
NASA Announces Two Asteroids Will Pass Near Earth, One for Christmas and One the Day After
NASA announced that two asteroids will be passing by Earth for the holidays, one on Christmas day, and one the day after. Thankfully, the chances of either asteroid colliding with the planet are extremely low. The first asteroid, named 2019 YB1, will pass by earth on Christmas Day at around 11:41 GMT, Mirror reported. The space object is estimated to … Continue reading
“Potentially Hazardous” Asteroid To Zip Past Earth Just After Christmas
It’s a Christmas miracle – albeit potentially hazardous and slightly late. A huge asteroid is set to safely pass by Earth in the early hours of December 26, just as Santa starts clocking in for his holidays. The space rock – labeled 310442 (2000 CH59) – is expected to make its closest approach to Earth at around 07:54 UTC, according … Continue reading