Fastest orbiting asteroid found in our solar system0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 25, 2021
A newly discovered asteroid is sticking close to our sun — much closer than our own planet Earth.
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Origin of dinosaur-ending asteroid possibly found. And it’s dark.0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Space
- August 10, 2021
About 66 million years ago, an estimated 6-mile-wide (9.6 kilometers) object slammed into Earth, triggering a cataclysmic series of events that resulted in the demise of non-avian dinosaurs.
Dinosaur-killing asteroid may have made Earth’s largest ripple marks0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- August 3, 2021
Impact created a tsunami that etched massive structures under what’s now Louisiana, study says
Scientists find two huge red rocks with ‘complex organic matter’ in the asteroid belt that shouldn’t be there0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 2, 2021
203 Pompeja and 269 Justitia are thought to have moved into the belt from beyond Neptune at the start of the solar system
Chinese researchers propose deflecting ‘Armageddon’ asteroids with rockets0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 8, 2021
Chinese researchers want to send more than 20 of China’s largest rockets to practice turning away a sizable asteroid – a technique that may eventually be crucial if a killer rock is on a collision course with Earth.
‘Killer’ asteroid headed our way! When to fear space rocks0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 2, 2021
On Asteroid Day, a reminder. The ones to worry about are almost never the ones in the alarmist headlines.
Seven asteroids are zooming past Earth this week — and one is the size of a skyscraper0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 5, 2021
A “potentially hazardous” asteroid zoomed past Earth on Tuesday — and it’s not the only one. In total, seven asteroids are expected to pass by our planet by the end of the week.
Two Asteroids That Could Be As Big As Football Fields to Zip Past Earth0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 19, 2021
This week, two asteroids that could be as large as football fields will fly safely past the Earth.
Two Huge Asteroids to Zip Past Earth This Week0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 4, 2021
It’s a big week for big asteroids as two huge space rocks at least the size of football fields—but potentially much bigger—are due to make a close approach to Earth.
Asteroid’s 22m-year journey from source to Earth mapped in historic first0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 28, 2021
Flight path of Kalahari’s six-tonne asteroid is first tracing of meteorite shedding rock to solar system origin
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