asteroids

ASTEROID FLORENCE APPROACHES EARTH 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 1, 2017
Asteroid 3122 Florence is approaching Earth for a 7 million km close encounter on Sept. 1st.

By David Aragorn
Close encounter: asteroid the size of a house set for near miss with Earth 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 16, 2017
Space rock 2012 TC4 expected to zoom by harmlessly, coming within 27,300 miles – an eighth of the distance from the Earth to the Moon

By David Aragorn
NASA will get to test its planetary defense system way sooner than we thought 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 10, 2017
NASA is extremely interested in building a true astroid defense network that could spring into action as soon as a threat is detected, destroying or diverting a space rock before it can do any serious damage here on Earth.

By David Aragorn
Ancient, massive asteroid impact could explain Martian geological mysteries 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 22, 2017
The origin and nature of Mars is mysterious. It has geologically distinct hemispheres, with smooth lowlands in the north and cratered, high-elevation terrain in the south. The red planet also has two small oddly-shaped oblong moons and a composition that sets it apart from that of the Earth.

By David Aragorn
Forget Coal: Asteroid Mining Is Coming Sooner Than You Think 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 5, 2017
Robots are paving the way toward lucrative space mining as NASA and private startups launch pioneering prospecting missions to precious metal-rich asteroids.

By David Aragorn
Mining the Heavens: Astronomers Could Spot Asteroid Prospects 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 16, 2017
Smithsonian astrophysicist Martin Elvis would like to see astronomers take on a crucial role for future asteroid mining: as astronomical prospectors scoping out the next big catch.

By David Aragorn
Czech scientists see growing risk of asteroid hitting Earth 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 15, 2017
The risk is growing that Earth will be hit by an asteroid from a meteor stream known as the Taurids, Czech astronomers said on Tuesday.

By David Aragorn
Rings and asteroids may explain ‘alien megastructure’ star 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 2, 2017
It may not be aliens after all. A fresh model that might explain the so-called “alien megastructure” star evokes only natural phenomena, such as a ringed planet that puts Saturn to shame and clouds of comets that contain more mass than Jupiter.

By David Aragorn
Nasa spots FIVE asteroids set to make an ominously ‘close approach’ to Earth this year – with the first due to zoom by in July 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 26, 2017
Space agency says a number of huge space rocks will speed past our planet in the coming months

By David Aragorn
Asteroids that could wipe out an entire CONTINENT are hidden by the Taurids meteor shower, astronomers claim 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 25, 2017
European academics say Taurids are a ‘very real source of potentially hazardous’ space rocks

By David Aragorn