asteroids

Asteroid larger than the Shard set to skim past Earth next month, Nasa warns 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 28, 2019
Massive space rock poses no threat but Elon Musk warns ‘a big rock will hit Earth eventually and we currently have no defence’

By David Aragorn
America’s Largest Asteroid Impact Left a Trail of Destruction Across the Eastern United States 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 20, 2019
America’s largest impact crater wreaked havoc on the land and water. Scientists are just beginning to understand it.

By David Aragorn
NASA Is Going Mythological With Asteroid Bennu 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 15, 2019
Asteroid Bennu is one of the Near-Earth Objects that is currently being studied by NASA.

By David Aragorn
Washington Monument-Sized Asteroid Will Zoom By Earth on Aug. 28 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 14, 2019
August’s asteroid activity is not over yet: According to NASA data, another “potentially hazardous” space rock about the size of the Washington Monument will fly by Earth at the end of the month.

By David Aragorn
What Would Happen If A ‘City-Killer’ Asteroid Hits London? Scientists Discuss Grim Scenario 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 8, 2019
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and cosmochemist Natalie Starkey recently discussed what would happen if the asteroid that caused the Chelyabinsk impact event hit a heavily-populated city instead.

By David Aragorn
Asteroid’s surprise close approach illustrates need for more eyes on the sky 1
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 8, 2019
On 25 July, an asteroid the size of a football field flew by Earth, coming within 65 000 km of our planet’s surface during its closest approach—about one fifth of the distance to the Moon.

By David Aragorn
The future of asteroid tracking 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- August 3, 2019
Scientists continue to find dangerous asteroids in Earth’s vicinity, but to fully capture the threat these nearby space rocks pose, they need tools that aren’t in operation now and may not be for years to come.

By David Aragorn
How Astronomers Missed the Massive Asteroid That Just Whizzed Past Earth 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 30, 2019
A large asteroid just whizzed past our planet — and astronomers weren’t expecting it.

By David Aragorn
Unexpected ‘city killer’ asteroid narrowly misses Earth 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 30, 2019
NASA ran a simulation in May for a similar-sized asteroid measuring up to 80 metres in diameter.

By David Aragorn
Speeding up science on near-earth asteroids 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 23, 2019
Modeling the shape and movement of near-Earth asteroids is now up to 25 times faster thanks to new Washington State University research.

By David Aragorn