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Asteroid That Could Destroy A City To Pass Between Earth And Moon Orbit Over The Weekend [Video]
24 Mar 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
This particular asteroid was predicted to return in 2026, and scientists at the European Space Agency’s planetary defence initially thought the return journey would put it on a collision course with Earth.
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A Giant Asteroid Was Captured Exploding Over England [Video]
13 Feb 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
Expert said “airbursts of this size happen somewhere several times per year” and are “rarely discovered in advance”.
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Thursday Morning Spice
26 Jan 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Trump gets his Insta back, Andrew Tate cries foul, North Korea locks down, Snubbed director pulls race card, Earthquake strikes India, Tesla not doing so great, Ukraine gets tanks but wants jets, Hlaudi must pay back the money, How to live to a 100.
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Thursday Morning Spice
13 Oct 2022 by Kiernan / No Comments
NASA asteroid mission successful. Tourists to SA will watch safety vid. Rhino horn ‘Godfather’ nabbed. AI predicts Kardashian appearances without surgery.
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NASA Asteroid Debris Spotted By SA Observatory
28 Sep 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The South African Astronomical Observatory captured images of the moment of impact which “shows debris flying off the asteroid”.
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Here’s The Exact Moment NASA Took Out That Asteroid [Video]
27 Sep 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you’re playing catch-up, you should know that yesterday, roughly seven million miles from Earth, a NASA spacecraft crashed head-on into an asteroid.
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Dinosaur Fossil Site Discovery Labelled “Mind-Blowing” By Scientists
12 May 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
Incredible discoveries made at a unique North Dakota fossil site have been stacking up, including something that NASA described as “mind-blowing”.
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There’s A Real NASA Mission To Protect Earth From An ‘Armageddon’ Asteroid Strike [Video]
06 Oct 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
When you look up at the sky in late November, just know that there’s a chance NASA will be ramming a spacecraft into some space rocks.
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Largest Comet Ever Seen Is Headed Towards The Sun
29 Jun 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
The colossal Bernardinelli-Bernstein comet was first spotted in 2014, and has now made its way another billion kilometres closer to Earth.
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Don’t Panic, But There’s A Small Chance Asteroid Apophis Could Smash Into Earth
18 Nov 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
NASA keeps a watchlist of all the asteroids that they think might be heading our way, and Asteroid 99942 Apophis is under close supervision.
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They’re Starting To Place Value On Asteroids Now [Video]
02 Nov 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
If hypotheses are correct, even Jeff Bezos couldn’t afford to buy Asteroid Psyche, which is worth more than the entire economy on our planet.
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Scientists Reckon They Know What Was On That 2018 ‘Fireball’ Meteor [Videos]
28 Oct 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
For more than two years, scientists have been studying a 12 million-year-old meteorite that fell to Earth in 2018, and they’re ready to reveal the results.
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Footage Of NASA Probe Touching Down On That Asteroid [Videos]
22 Oct 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
In another landmark space adventure, NASA’s mission to collect dust and rocks from asteroid Bennu was a success.
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Here’s How NASA Plans To ‘High Five’ An Asteroid [Video]
20 Oct 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
In a first for NASA, the Osiris-Rex probe hopes to touch down on a large asteroid and grab some rocks and dust in what has been dubbed a “high five manoeuvre”.
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NASA Schools Elon Musk After Asteroid Tweet
21 Aug 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
According to Elon Musk, a big rock is going to hit the earth and we have no way of defending ourselves against it. NASA, however, disagrees.
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Asteroid Could Hold Secret To Finding Extraterrestrial Life
20 Mar 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
A Japanese spacecraft orbiting an asteroid has made some surprising discoveries that could tell us a lot about the earth and other solar systems.
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Luxembourg’s Latest Money-Making Mission Involves Mining Asteroids In Space
20 Apr 2018 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
Luxembourg might not register in your mind, but the country has massive dreams that involve becoming trillionaires from asteroid mining.
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NASA Is Going On A Mission To Show Off Their “Asteroid Deflection Technique” [Video]
05 Jul 2017 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
If you thought the movie ‘Armageddon’ was pure myth you’d be right, but a new NASA mission might just save mankind one day.
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They’ve Released The Date They Think The World Will End (This Year)
09 Jun 2015 by Kiernan / 5 Comments
Panic, fear, regret – just your average Sunday morning. But now it seems there may be bigger problems for the human race to worry about.
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Of Course NASA Is Going To Capture An Asteroid
12 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
NASA has plans to capture an asteroid, using a robotic space lasso, then tow it in to the moon’s orbit where it can be explored and studied by astronauts. How do they plan on doing that?
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Massive 2,7 Kilometre Wide Asteroid Will Slip Quietly By Earth On 31 May
27 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Asteroid 1998 EQ2 is 2,7 kilometers long and will make its closest pass to Earth soon. The asteroid is set to fly past Earth on 31 May 2013, in what will be the closest encounter for the asteroid to date.
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Asteroid Set To Pass Earth This Afternoon
15 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Asteroid 2012 D14 is set to bypass earth this afternoon. Scientists estimate the asteroid to be half the size of a football field and could experience “violent tremours” due to earth’s gravitational pull. There is even the possibility of the asteroid interrupting telecommunications when it passes. The asteroid will pass 27 680 km away from […]
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Asteroid Will Have Close Shave With Earth Tomorrow
08 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
An asteroid the length of four rugby fields will be speeding through Earth’s solar system tomorrow, at a closer proximity to us than the moon. Nothing of this magnitude has come nearly as close to colliding with our planet for 30 years. But rest assured the asteroid is not going to hit us. Not yet, anyway.
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NASA Is Going to Harpoon An Asteroid [VIDEO]
30 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
NASA wants to put somebody on an asteroid by 2025 because they don’t know how else to get people’s attention. And to succeed in this entirely worthwhile endeavour, they’ve designed a mechanism by which to harpoon asteroids, so that vehicles can land on the thing despite the weakened gravity. Call me Ishmael.
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