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Let's Talk About: Asteroid Apophis
Pittsburgh :: PA :: USA | 1 day ago
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It initially caused a brief period of concern that year because some initial observations of its trajectory indicated a significant probability, a 1-in-60 chance, that it would strike Earth some time in 2029. Additional observations of asteroid Apophis,...
Tags: Earth, asteroid apophis, Pittsburgh, Environment, Near-Earth asteroids, Asteroids, Gravitational keyhole, 99942 Apophis, Asteroid mitigation strategies, Human Interest, Aten asteroids
A BLAZE OF GLORY! (End of Story?)
Astronomers made note Monday that a large Asteroid burned up in a "Blaze of Glory" over the South Pacific near Tahiti. Our fragile planet is bombarded year in and year out with all manner of meteors, space junk and solar flotsam and jetsam. If it isn't...
Death by Black Hole
I came across this interesting video. A known antrophysicist Neil DeGrasse talking about Black Holes, Asteroids and his new book. Pretty fun watch if your interested in Black Holes, Asteroids and such. You Tube didnt have full video so here...
Tags: Black Hole, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Asteroids
Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia: Who's watching our skies?
Sydney :: Australia | about 1 year ago
Credibility An asteroid the size of a bus crashed through the Earth's atmosphere over Africa this week...Astronomers are now calling for more funding to watch southern skies, which are largely unwatched and open to surprise asteroid strikes. One Tuesday morning,...
Tags: asteroids
New Scientist: UN urged to coordinate killer asteroid defences
Paris :: ME :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility The technology to detect and deflect dangerous space rocks already exists all that's missing is someone to coordinate its use. That is the finding of a two-year investigation by the Association of Space Explorers (ASE), an international group of astronauts,...
Meeting the Threat from Asteroids and Comets
Recently, an article in the Atlantic Monthly titled The Sky Is Falling by Gregg Easterbrook discussed the probabilities of strikes by asteroids or comets on the earth, and their grave consequences for human and animal life. Mr Easterbrook...
Tags: Asteroids, comets, earth, civilization, NASA
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