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.

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.

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.

Cómo evitar que un asteroide colisione con la Tierra

 

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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.

Space Probe Finds Ingredients For Life On Asteroid

 

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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.

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.

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.

Asteroid capsule landing point detected - BBC News

A recovery team in Australia has detected the landing point of a space capsule bearing the first large quantities of rock from an asteroid.

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.

Japan's Hayabusa 2 spacecraft reaches cosmic 'diamond'

A Japanese spacecraft has arrived at its target - an asteroid shaped like a diamond or, according to some, a spinning top.

'Minute Difference' In Deadly Asteroid's Trajectory Could Have Saved Dinosaurs

The asteroid impact which killed the dinosaurs would not have had the same devastating impact had it landed elsewhere on Earth, according to a new study which compares the probability of extinction at different possible sites of an asteroid strike.

Potentially Habitable 'Super-Earths' Found Orbiting around Sun's near Neighbor

Two planets that orbit around a star like our own sun could support life, according to new research.

Chute d’astéroïdes: un danger encore plus grand que le feu et les tsunamis dévoilé

Si des astéroïdes tombaient sur Terre, le plus grand danger émanerait non pas des pluies de feu et des tsunamis mais… du vent généré par le choc.

Large asteroid to hurtle past Earth on April 18

An asteroid as big as the Rock of Gibraltar will streak past Earth on April 18 at a safe but uncomfortably close distance, according to astronomers.

NovaGea eco News (November 2015)

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Japan's space agency JAXA has announced the results of a competition to name asteroid 1999 JU3, the 980-metre-wide space rock it hopes to target with its sample-return mission Hayabusa2.

The agency chose the name Ryugu from over 7,000 suggestions.................Asteroid on which Japan's space agency will detonate explosives in 2018, to be called "Ryugu"

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 Eco Geo News-2 (October 2015)

Κανένας αστεροειδής δεν απειλεί τη γη (NASA)

Οι κάτοικοι της Γης μπορούν να κοιμούνται ήσυχα: κανένας τεράστιος αστεροειδής δεν απειλεί να εισέλθει σε τροχιά σύγκρουσης με τον πλανήτη μας και να καταστρέψει την Αμερική το Σεπτέμβριο, διαβεβαιώνει η ΝΑΣΑ, σε μια προσπάθεια να βάλει ένα τέλος στις σχετικές φήμες που έχουν κατακλύσει το Διαδίκτυο.

Mayisin Geo News (May 2015 -A)

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Environ 500 astéroïdes menacent potentiellement la Terre, mais des solutions, relevant pour le commun des mortels de la science-fiction, sont envisagées par les experts de l'Agence spatiale européenne (ESA), réunis cette semaine à Frascati, près de Rome.....Cinq cents astéroïdes menacent potentiellement la Terre

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Mountain-Sized, 500-Meter-Wide Asteroid to Whizz By Earth on Monday

An asteroid, designated 2004 BL86, is set to pass near Earth on Monday, according to NASA.

The 500-meter-wide rock may seem apocalyptic in size, but thankfully it will pass no closer than 1.2 million kilometers of our planet — about three times the distance between Earth and the moon. The agency says it will provide a rare opportunity to get a good look at a near-Earth asteroid.