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Skull Shaped ‘Death Comet’ Asteroid to Fly By Earth After Halloween
Skull Shaped ‘Death Comet’ Asteroid to Fly By Earth After Halloween
Skull Shaped ‘Death Comet’ Asteroid to Fly By Earth After Halloween
Well, if this isn't fitting for Halloween, I don't know what is. In true Halloween fashion, according to the Miami Herald, a skull shaped asteroid is supposed to fly by the Earth after the holiday.  I mean, this may be the 90s movie fan in me, or the rock girl, but I feel like this is something that's deserving of a post-apocalyptic style Halloween party...
Crater From World’s Third Largest Asteroid Found In Australia
Crater From World’s Third Largest Asteroid Found In Australia
Crater From World’s Third Largest Asteroid Found In Australia
After witnessing some of the damage that a dinner table-sized meteor did last week after crashing into central Russia, imagine the magnitude of destruction that would have occurred if that flaming rock was the length of 18 football fields. Now stop imagining, because scientists say it happened.
Is February 15th, 2013 Doomsday?  [VIDEO]
Is February 15th, 2013 Doomsday? [VIDEO]
Is February 15th, 2013 Doomsday? [VIDEO]
The Mayans were off by a couple of months so forget December 21, 2012 as the date the world will end, instead mark February 15, 2013 as the new date. A 150 meter wide space rock called Asteroid 2012 DA14 is on a near collision with Earth.  Don't be alarmed scientists say we may not need Bruce Willis' help this time as we have obtained some highly classified video of how the military will prevent a
Asteroid 2005 YU55 Is Hurling Towards Earth
Asteroid 2005 YU55 Is Hurling Towards Earth
Asteroid 2005 YU55 Is Hurling Towards Earth
Will today be Armageddon?  Were the Mayans off by one year?  Did Harold Camping miscalculate doomsday?  Will Bruce Willis need to come to the rescue? Today around 6:28 EST a space rock the size of an aircraft carrier traveling at 30,000 mph will travel between the Earth and the Moon.
Tech Thursday – Asteroid 2005 YU55 To Pass Earth Inside Moon’s Orbit
Tech Thursday – Asteroid 2005 YU55 To Pass Earth Inside Moon’s Orbit
Tech Thursday – Asteroid 2005 YU55 To Pass Earth Inside Moon’s Orbit
It's not often we get an extraterritorial visitor here on the good old Earth. But according to NASA, on November 8th, Asteroid 2005 YU55 will make a pass inside the Moon's orbit, and scientists are not wasting the opportunity to study it up close as it "whooshes" by us.