Examiner.com Asteroids: two close passes in two daysExaminer.comIn the last two days, two asteroids have come closer to earth than the moon. These asteroids follow cometary, or highly eccentric, orbits. As such they defy conventional theories of the origins of…
Near-Earth Asteroids: Famous Space Rock Flybys and Close Calls (Infographic) – Space.com
Space.com Near-Earth Asteroids: Famous Space Rock Flybys and Close Calls (Infographic)Space.comNear-Earth asteroids are space rocks with orbits that bring them uncomfortably close to Earth. NASA and astronomers are constantly on the lokout for potentially dangerous near-Earth asteroids, space rocks that…
Scientists spot mysterious disintegrating asteroid – Los Angeles Times
iScienceTimes.com Scientists spot mysterious disintegrating asteroidLos Angeles TimesThe strange space rock first caught scientists’ attention in September when the Catalina and Pan STARRS sky survey telescopes detected what looked like an unusually fuzzy object on the far side of the…
out of this world The ultra rich are starting to like the risks involved in … – Quartz
out of this world The ultra rich are starting to like the risks involved in …QuartzEven as commodity prices whipsaw on Earth, smart ultra-wealthy investors are starting to take an interest in precious assets overhead in the form of asteroids.…
Asteroid racing past Earth at 33000mph last night came closer than the MOON – Daily Mail
Asteroid racing past Earth at 33000mph last night came closer than the MOONDaily MailAt 21:07 GMT (16:07 EST), the asteroid made its closest approach, reaching a distance of less than 217,000 miles (350,000 km), or nine-tenths of the distance between…
Close encounter: massive asteroid flies between Earth, moon – CTV News
Close encounter: massive asteroid flies between Earth, moonCTV NewsNASA’s Near-Earth Object Observations Program uses ground and space-based telescopes to detect and track asteroids in order to determine if any could be potentially dangerous to our planet. According to NASA’s website,…