New Exhibition Displays the Largest British Meteorite
A meteorite that fell from space some 30,000 years ago is likely Britain's largest space rock. And after much sleuthing, researchers think they know where it came from and how it survived so long...
View ArticleAsteroid 2011 AG5 Could Pose Threat to Earth
Scientists are keeping a close eye on a big asteroid that may pose an impact threat to Earth in a few decades.The space rock, which is called 2011 AG5, is about 460 feet (140 meters) wide. It may come...
View ArticleHuge Space Rock May Have Collided With Earth 13000 Years Ago
New evidence supports the idea that a huge space rock collided with our planet about 13,000 years ago and broke up in Earth's atmosphere. This impact would have been powerful enough to melt the ground,...
View ArticleNorwegian Family Found Rare Meteorite
A family Thomassens in Oslo got a surprise when they visited their allotment garden cabin for the first time this season and found that a 585-gram (20 oz.) meteorite had ripped a hole through the roof....
View ArticleDawn Sees Bright Spots on Giant Asteroid Vesta
NASA's Dawn spacecraft has revealed unexpected details on the surface of the giant asteroid Vesta. The new photos of Vesta from NASA's Dawn spacecraft highlight odd, shiny spots that are nearly twice...
View ArticleTwo Tiny Asteroids Zipped Close by Earth
Two small asteroids zipped close by Earth on March 26 2012, passing between our planet and the orbit of the moon. As said Nasa scientists this two asteroids not pose any threat of impacting our world....
View ArticleAsteroid 2012 EG5 Close Approach
An asteroid with the size of a passenger jet zoomed near the Earth Sunday, on April 1,2012. The asteroid, which called 2012 EG5, was closer than the moon when it flew by Earth at 5:32 a.m. EDT (0932...
View ArticleSecrets of Giant Asteroid Vesta
NASA's Dawn spacecraft reveal new details about the giant asteroid Vesta, including its varied surface composition, sharp temperature changes and clues to its internal structure. Images from Dawn's...
View ArticleVesta is Actually an Ancient Protoplanet
New observations from a NASA Dawn spacecraft show that the huge asteroid Vesta is a battered protoplanet left over from the solar system's early days, with a unique mix of characteristics unknown from...
View ArticleAsteroid 2012 JU Zips Close By Earth
An asteroid with the size of a school bus gave Earth a close shave on May 13, passing well inside the orbit of the moon. According to NASA's Near-Earth Object Program at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory...
View ArticlePotentially Hazardous Asteroids
Observations from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have led to the best assessment yet of our solar system's population of potentially hazardous asteroids. The results reveal new...
View ArticleTwo Asteroids Zipped Close by Earth
Two small asteroids zipped close by Earth in back-to-back flybys of the planet on May 28 and on May 29. As said NASA scientists while both space rocks came well within the moon's orbit, they posed no...
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