near miss

Asteroid spotted just before hitting Earth’s atmosphere wows astronomers0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 25, 2022
It was “probably a once-in-a-lifetime” moment for the asteroid hunter.

By David Aragorn
Nasa alert as THREE asteroids to ‘skim’ past Earth tomorrow at up to 9000 mph 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 13, 2022
A WHOPPING three asteroids will zip past Earth tomorrow ahead of the nerve-shredding pass of an Empire State Building-sized rock next week.

By David Aragorn
Apophis: The asteroid we thought might hit us 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 27, 2021
Even though the asteroid Apophis won’t hit Earth for at least another century, its scientific impact will be tremendous.

By David Aragorn
The largest ‘potentially hazardous asteroid’ of 2021 will pass by Earth on March 21 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 23, 2021
The largest asteroid to pass by our planet in 2021 will be at its closest on Sunday, providing astronomers a rare chance to see the giant rock that formed at the dawn of our solar system.

By David Aragorn
Seven asteroids are zooming past Earth this week — and one is the size of a skyscraper 0
- 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.

By David Aragorn
Two Asteroids That Could Be As Big As Football Fields to Zip Past Earth 0
- 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.

By David Aragorn
Two old spacecraft just avoided catastrophically colliding in orbit 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 17, 2020
About 1000 kilometres above Earth’s surface, two old spacecraft have narrowly avoided a collision.

By David Aragorn
Asteroid the size of a car has near-miss with Earth!0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 19, 2020
Earth has had a near miss with a car-sized asteroid that wasn’t spotted by Nasa.

By David Aragorn
Mysterious glowing object falls from sky, triggers asteroid fear in UK 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 11, 2019
Police officers from Devon and Cornwall in UK have launched a huge search operation to look for asteroid debris after neighbors reported that they saw a mysterious glowing object to fall from the sky. Several local residents also dialed 999 after witnessing the incident assuming there could have been a plane crash.

By David Aragorn
Videos capture bright object streaking across Alberta skyline 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 3, 2019
A giant bright light illuminated the sky over Edmonton Saturday night. The curiosity surrounding the fireball spread across the province.

By David Aragorn