Sunday, February 13, 2022
Large asteroid to fly 4.8 mln km away from Earth - Roscosmos - TASS
An asteroid having the diameter of 1.3 km will fly on March 4 at a distance over 4.8 mln km from our planet and will not collide with the Earth, Russian state space corporation Roscosmos said in its Telegram channel.
Wednesday, January 05, 2022
Asteroid the size of two Empire State Buildings approaching Earth — RT World News
A massive asteroid from NASA’s ‘potentially hazardous’ list that is two and a half times the height of New York’s Empire State Building is set to pass Earth later this month.
Thursday, October 07, 2021
Nuking An Asteroid to Prevent It from Hitting Earth Could Actually Work, Study Shows - Tasnim News Agency
(Tasnim) – Reassuring news for those waiting to delay the apocalypse for as long as possible: A new study suggests that our last line of defense against an asteroid hitting Earth is an effective strategy after all.
Sunday, July 18, 2021
Huge Asteroid to Fly Through Earth's Orbit - Sputnik International
The approaching asteroid is approximately 220 meters in diameter and is expected to travel past our planet at a speed of about 8 kilometres per second.
Monday, July 12, 2021
Earth's Atmosphere Retaining Heat Faster Than It Did 15 Years Ago - Tasnim News Agency
(Tasnim) – These days it seems you can't walk through a bookstore without bumping into a book or magazine pointing out the negative consequences of climate change. Everything from the hottest years on record to ruining astronomy can be tied to climate change.
Thursday, July 08, 2021
Chinese Scientists Suggest Launching Dozens of Rockets to Prevent Asteroid Collision With Earth - Sputnik International
In a newly published research, experts at China's National Space Science Center have proposed launching a fleet of rockets into space to simulate diverting an asteroid away from Earth.
Wednesday, June 30, 2021
Wednesday, May 12, 2021
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
NASA spacecraft starts trip back after collecting asteroid samples - The Jerusalem post | EL ETOS UT
A NASA spacecraft, which scientists believe has collected samples from an asteroid, began its two-year journey back to Earth on Monday.
Monday, April 19, 2021
Huge Asteroid the Size of a Cruise Liner to Make Close Approach to Earth This Week - Sputnik International
A huge asteroid the size of a cruise liner will whizz past the Earth this week.
NASA said 2016 QE45 is estimated to be between 120 and 270 metres in width, which makes it almost as big as the Queen Elizabeth II ocean liner.
Monday, March 22, 2021
No threat to Earth as huge asteroid zooms past | Al Jazeera
The largest asteroid to pass by Earth this year has made its closest approach, posing no threat of a cataclysmic collision but giving astronomers a rare chance to study a rock formed during the beginning of our solar system.
Sunday, March 14, 2021
World’s Oldest Impact Crater May Not Actually Be A Crater - Tasnim News Agency
(Tasnim) – Meteorites and comets have captured the public imagination for centuries. They inspire awe when we see them shoot across the night sky — and terror at the thought that maybe, just maybe, one of them will collide with our planet.
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
New Study Reveals When Earth Will Run Out of Oxygen - Sputnik International
Thursday, March 04, 2021
Source of Hazardous High-Energy Particles Located in Sun - Tasnim News Agency
(Tasnim) – The source of potentially hazardous solar particles, released from the Sun at high speed during storms in its outer atmosphere, has been located for the first time by researchers at UCL and George Mason University.
Monday, December 21, 2020
NASA warns of THREE asteroids headed towards Earth, as Japan prepares for next mission to nearby space rock — RT
As 2020 draws to a close and the number of existential threats to life on Earth appears to diminish at least slightly, NASA is warning about the close flybys of three asteroids over 40 meters in diameter.
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
China’s Chang’e 5 mission has returned samples from the moon to Earth | New Scientist
The first samples of moon rocks to come back to Earth since 1976 have landed. On 16 December, the Chinese Chang’e 5 spacecraft brought back about two kilograms of lunar material after a quick mission lasting only about two days on the moon’s surface.
Saturday, October 17, 2020
Asteroid the Size of Big Ben Approaching Earth, Says NASA
At the end of the 20th century NASA launched the Near-Earth Object Programme, aimed at finding and tracking the movement of celestial objects whose orbits could bring them into close proximity to our planet. The space agency so far has found an estimated 25,000 NEOs to date.