Asteroids
Latest News on Apophis: 13 -year-old Boy Corrects NASA’s Estimates of Earth Impact — Not! (Update)
Update: It turns out this story is a fabrication and AFP didn't check the facts with NASA as I suspected.…
Ancient Asteroids Discovered
Way back in the beginning of the solar system, about 4.5 billion years ago, the first materials began to condense…
Life Thrived After More Than 100 Meteorites Struck the Earth
Yesterday we talked about the discovery of amino acids in meteorites. And then today comes news that there was an…
Earth Life Forms Ejected on Asteroid Impact Could Survive and Return Again
Does this mean that, perhaps, we can go home again? If an asteroid or comet impacted Earth, the resulting ejection…
“Foresight” Wins First Prize in Apophis Asteroid Tagging Competition
The Near Earth Asteroid (NEO) Apophis is expected to flyby the Earth in 2029. However, this flyby will be more…
Could Primordial Black Holes Deflect Asteriods on a Collision Course with Earth?
Primordial black holes (PBHs) are getting mischievous again. These artefacts from the Big Bang could be responsible for hiding inside…
An Elegant Proposal for Near Earth Asteroid Deflection
Although the chances of an asteroid hitting Earth appear to be small for any given year, the consequences of such…
Arecibo Spots a Triple Asteroid
Since asteroids have mass, they have gravity. And if you've got gravity, you can have moons. Several asteroids have been…
Another Asteroid Passes Close to Earth
On Tuesday, February 5, 2008 an SUV sized asteroid passed between the Earth and the moon. Asteroid 2008 CT1 came…
Alarmist Asteroid 2007 TU24 Video
At the time I'm writing this, asteroid 2007 TU24 has nearly passed the Earth. As we've been hammering on here…