On April 13, 2029 the 340m asteroid Apophis will pass inside the orbits of geosynchronous ... [+] satellites.
Apophis is enormous. Discovered in 2005, it's reckoned to be about 1,100 feet/340 meters in diameter. That's about as tall as the Empire State Building in Manhattan, New York.
NASA Shows Off Spacecraft To Explore Massive Metal Asteroid Worth Way More Than Our Global Economy
This artist's concept depicts the 140-mile-wide (226-kilometer-wide) asteroid Psyche, which lies in ... [+] the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Psyche is the focal point of NASA's mission of the same name.
It target is officially called "16 Psyche" because it was the 16th asteroid ever discovered back in 1852. It's also the brightest and most reflective asteroid of all, which leads scientists to suspect that it may be made largely of metal.
Eerie image shows 'potentially hazardous' asteroid that's heading our way next month
ASTRONOMERS have shared a new image of a 'potentially hazardous' asteroid that is expected to shoot past Earth in May.
The photo, shared by the Virtual Telescope Project on Tuesday, shows an asteroid designated (7335) 1989 JA in the distance.
Asteroid (7335) 1989 JA was captured from a single 300-second exposure by a robotic unit dubbed "Elena".
Bizarre! THIS asteroid struck Earth in 2014; Shocking secret now revealed | Tech News
In 2014, a strange asteroid exploded above the skies of Papua New Guinea. The strangeness of the asteroid lay in the fact that it was moving at a mind-blowing speed of 210,000 km/h! This speed was so much that surpassed all the known asteroids in our solar system.
First reported by Vice, the USSC has finally confirmed the shocking fininds, that the asteroid was indeed interstellar and belonged to a world outside of our solar system. On April 7, the deputy commander of the USSC, Lt. Gen. John Shaw participated in a panel on planetary defense.
Nasa spots record breaking, huge comet headed towards Earth | The Independent
Its icy nucleus is bigger than any ever seen – measuring around 80 miles across, and 50 times bigger than the heart of most known comets. It is also thought to have a mass of about 500 trillion tons – a hundred thousand times more massive than the typical comet found closer to the Sun.
Climate change 'like asteroid hitting Earth' | News | The Times
The damage humans are causing through climate change is comparable to the devastation caused by the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs, a palaeontologist has said.
Extinctions usually take place over thousands or millions of years, driven by slow changes to the environment.
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