NASA’s WISE mission discovers ‘horseshoe’ asteroid
April 9th, 2011 - 11:45 am ICT by ANI
Washington, April 09 (ANI): An asteroid, which has recently been discovered by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), is a bit different from most near-Earth asteroids (NEAs).The orbit of the new object, ... Read more...
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Newly discovered asteroid could be Earth’s companion
April 7th, 2011 - 2:49 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 7 (ANI): Astronomers from the Armagh Observatory in Northern Ireland have found that a recently discovered asteroid may be intimately related to the origin of our planet.They found that ... Read more...
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Dark comets may pose deadly threat to Earth
February 12th, 2009 - 12:43 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 12 (ANI): Astronomers have claimed that swathes of dark comets may be prowling the solar system, posing a deadly threat to Earth.According to a report in New Scientist, UK-based ... Read more...
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Cosmic fireballs to dazzle the skies this week
November 4th, 2008 - 2:08 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 4 (ANI): A dazzling display of cosmic fireballs will light up the sky this week, in the form of an unusually good Taurid meteor shower.Meteors are bits of dust ... Read more...
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