EEV: Initial footage just coming in: A fireball disintegrates into a number of pieces with a dazzling flash. The glaring white tail remains for two hours and is captured on film by a number of residents. Tissint meteorite MOSCOW, January… Read More ›
Near-Earth object
‘Potentially hazardous’ asteroid 2000 EM26 to fly close to Earth – Tuesday (2am GMT Feb 18)
EEV: ? Confirmed – Vanished then Just Re-appeared very recently – Posted now as an example of fast these can appear, after tracking has been lost over time. Space rock to pass by Earth 2.1m miles away, but astronomers say… Read More ›
Next DEVASTATING Chelyabinsk METEOR STRIKE ‘7x as likely’ as thought / NASA’s checked its space rock maths and it’s not good news
By Iain Thomson 6th November 2013 23:03 GMT NASA has revealed new research on the Chelyabinsk meteorite that exploded over Russia in February, and the findings aren’t good: not only does it look like the astronomic models about the… Read More ›
400-Meter-Wide Asteroid Could Hit Earth in 2032
400-Meter-Wide Asteroid Could Hit Earth in 2032 © Fotolia/ Paul Fleet 15:27 17/10/2013 MOSCOW, October 17 (RIA Novosti) – Ukrainian astronomers have discovered a large asteroid that could hit Earth in 2032, though the impact risk is minimal, according to… Read More ›
Cost-effective laser-based asteroid defense system pitched to NASA
By David Szondy October 2, 2013 Artist’s impression of a massive asteroid impact (Image: NASA/Don Davis) Last year, the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow put forward the idea of using fleets of laser-toting satellites to deflect potentially dangerous objects away… Read More ›
‘Close’ encounters of the asteroid kind: 130,000 ton asteroid to make closest ever fly-by of Earth: “within 32,000km of earth”
2012 DA14 asteroid pass within 32,000km of earth, inside the orbit of communication satellites Rob Williams Monday, 4 February 2013 A chunk of space rock 50 metres wide, weighing 130,000 tonnes and travelling at 17,400mph is set to make its… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 