Asteroids May be Crucial in the Search for the Chemical Origins of Life
Asteroids are often thought to be a threat to life, but could they be the key finding out how the Earth evolved into the thriving planet which we know today? Nicholas Hud, director of the Center for Chemical Evolution at the Georgia Institute of Technology, thinks so and has been studying space rocks in an effort to pinpoint the chemical … Continue reading
Asteroid 2018 CB Will Pass Between Earth and Moon
The asteroid, which is between 50 and 130 feet wide, will miss Earth by a distance of 39,000 miles — less than one-fifth the distance between Earth and the Moon. NASA/JPL-Caltech On February 4, astronomers using the NASA-funded Catalina Sky Survey (CSS) detected two asteroids with orbits that take them between Earth and the Moon this week. Fortunately, neither object’s … Continue reading
Massive Asteroid to Fly By Earth on February 4th 2018
The 1.2km wide asteroid will fly by Earth on Sunday February 4, the same day that the US celebrates the NFL Super Bowl. The space agency has dubbed the massive rock 2002 AJ129 and it measures between 500m and 1.2km across, making the gigantic asteroid larger than the Burj Khalifa. Judging by the orbit of the asteroid, NASA says that … Continue reading
Another Giant Asteroid Will Hurtle Past Earth in Early February, Warns NASA
A gigantic asteroid which is larger than the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, will hurtle past our planet in around two weeks time. The 2002 AJ129 asteroid has been classed a ‘potentially hazardous’ by Nasa and will fly past at speeds of 67,000mph (107,826kmh). This makes it nearly 15 times faster than the world’s quickest manned aircraft – the … Continue reading
Large ‘House-sized’ Asteroid With ‘Uncertain Trajectory’ Will Fly Close to Earth Next Week
Unlike that false alarm in Hawaii, this potentially cataclysmic piece of news is real: an asteroid between 22 and 68 meters in diameter is going to swing past Earth on January 23 at around 12,300 miles an hour (around Mach 16). It’s going to come within 1.1 million miles of Earth, but it’s unclear whether its trajectory will cause it to hit Earth or fly past harmlessly. … Continue reading
Meteorites Found to Contain ‘Life Starting Ingredients’
Ever wonder if perhaps some of the world’s governments may already have definitive proof of life existing on asteroids that have landed on Earth (life even in the basic sense) but have withheld it from the public? Take a look at this line from the article: “There is also evidence to suggest that some of the organic matter may have … Continue reading
Top 10 Ways The World Might End
With popular shows like The Last Man On Earth buzzing the media, it sometimes makes you think what life would be like if.. you were the last person on Earth. From a Virus like the FOX show scripted, to possible Earth-shattering asteroids, we’re going to count down our picks for the 10 possible Natural Apocalyptic Events. 10. Pole Shifts This … Continue reading
NASA Has 4 Possible Plan of Actions to Save Us from Earth-Bound Asteroids
Hollywood movies have long dramatised the threat of Earth being wiped out in by an asteroid discovered at the 11th hour, only for disaster to be averted by all-American heroes such as Bruce Willis, Ben Affleck or a gristly Robert Duvall. As NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office uses the asteroid “2012 TC4” to test its ability to respond to the … Continue reading
Five of the Biggest Meteor Crashes of All Time
As we continnue to get close shaves with newly discovered space objects (and some old ‘friends’ as well) here’s a look at some of the biggest meteor crashes of all time: Ensisheim The oldest recorded meteorite, the Ensisheim struck earth on November 7, 1492, in Ensisheim, France. A 330-pound stone dropped from the sky into a wheat field, witnessed only … Continue reading
The Statistical Likelihood That We Will All Be Destroyed By An Asteroid in 10 Million Years
Scientists have spent decades debating whether asteroids and comets hit the Earth at regular intervals. At the same time, a few studies have found evidence that the large extinction events on Earth – such as the one that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago – repeat themselves every 26 million to 30 million years. Given that there’s good … Continue reading
