Asteroids - Page 37

April 11, 2017

Big, shiny asteroid to fly (safely) past Earth on April 19

A whopper of an asteroid will make a close approach to Earth on April 19 .

April 6, 2017

A car-size asteroid just whipped by Earth

A car-size asteroid was caught on camera just before it approached within 10,100 miles of Earth today — less than one-twentieth the distance from Earth to the moon.

January 25, 2017

Newfound asteroid 'Rerun' zips harmlessly by Earth

A newfound asteroid about the size of a bus zipped safely by Earth late Tuesday.

January 10, 2017

Newfound asteroid gives Earth a close shave

A smallish asteroid zoomed past Earth Jan. 9.

December 15, 2016

NASA scientist warns Earth is due for 'extinction-level' event

A NASA scientist is warning that Earth is due for an “extinction-level” event like a comet or asteroid strike — and claims there won’t be anything we can do to stop it.

December 7, 2016

International Asteroid Day will be June 30, UN proclaims

Citizens of Earth, get out your calendars.

December 5, 2016

6-foot-wide 'bald' asteroid is smallest ever studied

Astronomers have set a new record, taking the measure of a tiny space rock just 6 feet wide.

November 8, 2016

Incoming! How NASA and FEMA would respond to an asteroid threat

It's a scary scenario: an asteroid headed for Earth, just four years away from slamming into our home planet.

October 31, 2016

Giant metallic asteroid psyche may have water

The largest metallic asteroid in the solar system may have water on its surface, astronomers have found. 

October 14, 2016

A comet may have hit the Earth 56 million years ago, study says

Million of years in the past, a comet or an asteroid might have slammed into the Earth at an important time in its climatic history.