New asteroid could hit earth in 2040
February 29th, 2012 - 4:27 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 29 (IANS) A new asteroid, identified by NASA, could potentially hit the earth Feb 5, 2040, even though it is much smaller than the one -- nine miles ... Read more...
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Huge asteroid to fly close to earth on November
May 3rd, 2011 - 5:11 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 3 (ANI): Mark your calendars for November 8, because that's when a massive asteroid will sweep past the Earth.The asteroid called 2005 YU55 has a diameter of 1,300 feet and ... Read more...
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Huge asteroid to fly close to earth on November 8th, 2011
April 9th, 2011 - 2:56 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 9 (ANI): Mark your calendars for November 8th, because that's when a massive asteroid will sweep past the Earth.The asteroid called 2005 YU55 has a diameter of 1,300 feet and ... Read more...
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NASA’S NEOWISE finds previously unknown 20 comets, 33,000 asteroids
February 2nd, 2011 - 3:02 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 2 (ANI): NASA has completed its mission of surveying the solar system and has discovered previously unknown objects, including 20 new comets and more than 33,000 asteroids in the main ... Read more...
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NIST study may solve ‘universe’s expansion mystery’
January 7th, 2011 - 3:17 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 7 (ANI): Astrophysicists may finally be able to solve the mystery of the unending expansion of our universe, thanks to a telescope calibrated by scientists from the National Institute of ... Read more...
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Two asteroids to pass closely by Earth today
September 8th, 2010 - 11:53 am ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 8 (ANI): Two asteroids are expected to pass by the Earth on Sept 8 at the same distance as the moon from our planet.NASA scientists are available for live satellite ... Read more...
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Dinosaurs wiped out by meteor shower lasting ages
August 30th, 2010 - 7:59 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 30 (IANS) Dinosaurs may have been wiped out from the earth 65 million years ago by a meteor shower which lasted thousands of years, according to new evidences.
Scientists had identified ... Read more...
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Double meteorite strike ‘led to dinosaur extinction’
August 28th, 2010 - 12:16 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 28 (ANI): A new study has suggested that dinosaurs were killed 65 million years ago by at least two meteorite impacts, rather than a single strike.Previously, it was thought that ... Read more...
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NASA ‘elated’ after ‘previously invisible space objects’ uncovered
July 19th, 2010 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 19 (IANS) An array of previously "invisible" space objects have been discovered by one of NASA's newest space telescopes, the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), in just six months.
In ... Read more...
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Asteroid 2010 GA6 Will Fly By The Earth Today
April 9th, 2010 - 2:36 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Apr 8 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Okay everyone, get out your trusty telescopes and look towards the skies! And no it isn't the return of Jesus just yet (hold on my fellow Christians, it ... Read more...
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Newly discovered asteroid to pass by earth today
April 8th, 2010 - 5:44 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 8 (ANI): A newly discovered asteroid is set to pass by earth today, but experts say it poses no danger to the planet.Discovered by astronomers with the Catalina Sky Survey ... Read more...
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Soon, a global warning network to deal with asteroid threats to Earth
January 30th, 2010 - 2:50 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, January 30 (ANI): Reports indicate that a group of international experts has outlined steps to establish a global detection and warning network to deal with possible asteroid threats to Earth.The steps ... Read more...
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How NASA can detect near-Earth objects that pose hazard to our planet
January 23rd, 2010 - 1:49 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, January 23 (ANI): A new report from the National Research Council in the US has laid out options NASA could follow to detect more near-Earth objects (NEOs) - asteroids and comets ... Read more...
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Asteroid to miss Earth in 2036, but could be on collision course in 2068
October 8th, 2009 - 12:47 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, October 8 (ANI): There is some good news and some bad news for doomsday pundits, in the sense that the chances of asteroid Apophis colliding with Earth in 2036 has been ... Read more...
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NASA to provide web updates on objects approaching Earth
July 31st, 2009 - 3:09 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 31 (ANI): NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is introducing a new Web site that will provide a centralized resource for information on near-Earth objects - those asteroids and comets that can ... Read more...
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New research may unmask comets posing as asteroids
September 4th, 2008 - 4:59 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, September 4 (ANI): A new research is aiming to unmask some Near Earth Objects (NEOs), which are comets posing as asteroids.
NEOs are objects whose orbits bring them in close proximity ... Read more...
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New satellite to watch out for earth-threatening asteroids
July 25th, 2008 - 1:52 pm ICT by IANS
Quebec, July 25 (IANS) Canada is planning to launch a satellite in 2010 for tracking wayward asteroids that may pose a threat to Earth. The Near Earth Object Surveillance Satellite (NEOSSat) would ... Read more...
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