Scientists locate new mineral in meteorite
June 27th, 2012 - 6:03 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 27 (IANS) An exploding fireball tore through the sky over Mexico, scattering thousands of pieces of meteorite across the state of Chihuahua in 1969.
Recently, scientists from the ... Read more...
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Huge asteroid hurtles past Earth
June 15th, 2012 - 7:03 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 15 (IANS) A giant asteroid about 700 metres wide flew past Earth early Friday, Daily Mail reported.The chunk of space rock - dubbed 2012 LZ1 - passed Earth ... Read more...
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New force can propel asteroids onto earth’s path
June 4th, 2012 - 4:24 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 4 (IANS) You might not be safe from asteroid hits even if state-of-the-art NASA tracking systems are in place, because the 'Yarkovsky effect' can force these objects out ... Read more...
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Asteroid hurtles past Earth
April 2nd, 2012 - 9:35 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 2 (IANS) Earth had a near miss from an 150-foot asteroid that was detected only two weeks ago, it was revealed Monday.The space rock, 2012 EG5, flew past ... Read more...
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Briton claims she found space rock
March 5th, 2012 - 10:45 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 5 (IANS) A florist in Britain has claimed to have found a space rock which streaked across the night sky in a spectacular meteor shower on the weekend.Joanne ... Read more...
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Huge asteroid to fly past Earth
March 5th, 2012 - 10:31 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 5 (IANS) A 150-foot wide asteroid orbiting the Earth will next year pass so close to our planet it will fly under man-made satellites, the Daily Mail reported ... Read more...
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‘Huge fireball’ appears over Britain
March 4th, 2012 - 8:06 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 4 (IANS) An unusually bright slow-moving light appeared in the night sky above northern Britain, a media report said Sunday.Police forces across Britain have been inundated with calls ... Read more...
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Asteroid to have a near miss with Earth
January 27th, 2012 - 10:02 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington, Jan 27 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Scientists have assured that there is no cause for alarm despite the fact that an asteroid will be coming very close to the earth. In fact at ... Read more...
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Big space rock flies close to Earth, no harm done
November 9th, 2011 - 12:29 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Nov 9 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A 400-meter-wide asteroid harmlessly zipped past earth early Wednesday, closer to our planet than the Moon's orbit.The "space rock" named 2005 YU55 approached earth at ... Read more...
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Giant asteroid to pass between earth, moon
November 8th, 2011 - 1:02 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Nov 8 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A 400-metre-wide asteroid will Tuesday fly past earth, closer to it than the moon's orbit.The asteroid will pose no threat to Earth, NASA says. It ... Read more...
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Asteroid bigger than aircraft carrier closing in
November 6th, 2011 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 6 (IANS) An asteroid larger than an aircraft carrier will dart between the Earth and Moon Tuesday. It will be the closest encounter by such a huge space ... Read more...
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Asteroid longer than aircraft to whiz past earth
November 5th, 2011 - 1:43 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 5 (IANS) If you have an eight-inch telescope, you can catch it! A 55-million tonne asteroid, jet black in appearance and longer than an aircraft carrier, will fly ... Read more...
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Asteroid may yield clues about Earth’s formation
October 31st, 2011 - 6:10 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 31 (IANS) A half-km wide asteroid which streaks past the Earth next week could provide clues about how the planet was formed.
The space rock, which is known ... 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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Asteroid with potential power of 15 atomic bombs to pass moon’s orbit tonight
April 15th, 2011 - 3:02 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, April 15 (ANI): An asteroid with potential power of 15 atomic bombs will make its closest approach to Earth on Friday night when it passes just outside the orbit of the ... 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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House-size asteroid passes close by Earth
March 18th, 2011 - 12:10 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 18 (ANI): An asteroid the size of a house passed close by Earth Wednesday, flying within the orbit of the moon just one day after astronomers spotted the space rock ... Read more...
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Car-size asteroid to pass close by Earth Wednesday
February 9th, 2011 - 4:09 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 9 (ANI): U.S. scientists have said that a car-size asteroid will pass near Earth Wednesday, the second space rock in five days to fly near - but pose no threat ... Read more...
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Bombing Earth-bound asteroids may be a viable last resort, experts say
October 14th, 2010 - 2:50 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 14 (ANI): Researchers have said that bombing Earth-bound asteroids may be a viable option to avoid a collision.And other scientists are suggesting that, despite previous assumptions, we wouldn't need ... Read more...
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NASA plans to visit asteroid predicted to hit Earth
August 7th, 2010 - 11:53 am ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 7 (ANI): Last week experts warned of an eminent collision between an asteroid and Earth. Now, NASA is planning to visit the space object.The asteroid 1999 RQ36 made headlines ... Read more...
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‘Alien’ meteorites hit Bosnian man’s house six times
July 20th, 2010 - 3:16 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 20 (ANI): A man in Bosnia, whose house has been struck six times by meteorites, suspects that aliens are targeting him.Radivoje Lajic, 50, said it is unbelievable that his ... Read more...
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Rosetta to fly by asteroid Lutetia
July 10th, 2010 - 6:08 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 10 (ANI): ESA's Rosetta spacecraft will make its closest approach to asteroid Lutetia today (1544GMT) as it heads towards comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko for a 2014 rendezvous.The NASA instruments aboard Rosetta will ... Read more...
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ESA’s Rosetta headed for ‘blind date’ with asteroid Lutetia
June 16th, 2010 - 5:32 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 16 (ANI): The European Space Agency's Rosetta comet chaser is heading towards asteroid Lutetia for what is being touted as a 'blind date'.Rosetta has not had a glimpse of ... Read more...
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Hayabusa asteroid mission returns to Earth
June 14th, 2010 - 3:05 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 14 (ANI): The Japanese Hayabusa container, believed to be carrying the first samples of an asteroid's surface, has returned to Earth.According to a recovery team, the capsule landed in ... Read more...
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US explorer traces asteroid near Tadpole Nebula
May 14th, 2010 - 9:39 am ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, May 14 (IANS) NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) has sent images of an asteroid marching across Tadpole Nebula.As WISE scanned the sky on a recent mission, it caught the ... Read more...
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Asteroid Contains Ice And Organic Material, Scientists Discover
May 2nd, 2010 - 7:21 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
May 2, (THAINDIAN NEWS) In a recent discovery which is expected to shed revealing insights into how life originated on Earth, scientists have discovered a coating of ice as well ... Read more...
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Astronomers measure ‘biggest’ comet
April 14th, 2010 - 1:57 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 14 (ANI): Astronomers have measured Comet McNaught, which is believed to be the biggest comet to date.In January 2007, people around the world watched comet McNaught streak across the ... 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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Space rock, “faster than a speeding bullet”, killed off dinos
March 4th, 2010 - 2:31 pm ICT by ANI
London, March 4 (ANI): A new study has suggested that a giant asteroid "faster than a speeding bullet" wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago.According to a report in the Express, ... Read more...
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Virginia Meteorite Sparks Ownership Battle
February 1st, 2010 - 8:39 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Virginia, Feb 1, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The meteorite that smashed through the roof of a doctor's clinic in Virginia last month has landed itself in a rather bizarre ownership battle. Dr. ... Read more...
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Tiny asteroids playing ‘hide and seek’ with Earth
January 22nd, 2010 - 2:51 pm ICT by ANI
London, January 22 (ANI): Reports of a tiny asteroid buzzing by Earth recently has suggested that our planet is vulnerable to objects whose peculiar orbits put them in a game of hide-and-seek ... Read more...
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Comet-like object might be asteroid collision debris
January 22nd, 2010 - 2:28 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, January 22 (ANI): Planetary scientists have suggested that a curious, comet-like object recently found in pictures from a ground-based telescope might actually be fallout from a high-speed asteroid collision.According to ... Read more...
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Mysterious ‘Norway spiral UFO’ was a failed Russian missile launch
December 11th, 2009 - 5:31 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 11 (ANI): A mysterious glowing white spiral that appeared in the skies above Norway was the result of a failed test launch of a jinxed new Russian missile, says a ... Read more...
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Martian colony on display in Britain
December 2nd, 2009 - 5:56 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 2 (ANI): A meteorite from Mars, with a sample of Martian colony, has been put on display at Natural History Museum.According to the Nasa scientists, snaps from a scanning electron ... Read more...
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Microscopic Martians may have arrived on Earth 13,000 years ago
November 26th, 2009 - 1:19 pm ICT by ANI
London, November 26 (ANI): A leaked NASA report has disclosed that microscopic Martians arrived on planet Earth about 13,000 years ago, hitching a ride on a meteorite that smashed into the wastes ... Read more...
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