asteroid
Watch: Boulder-size asteroid disintegrates over Africa
It’s only the third time scientists have spotted an incoming asteroid on a direct collision course with Earth. (Photo: Youtube Screengrab) A boulder-size asteroid disintegrated…
‘Alien asteroid’ may be the oldest one in the solar system
BZ orbits in the opposite direction of all the planets and nearly everything else in the solar system, called a retrograde orbit. (Photo: AFP) An…
Winds and shock waves top list of most hazardous asteroid effects
(Representational image) If an asteroid struck Earth, which of its effects—scorching heat, flying debris, towering tsunamis—would claim the most lives? A new study has the…
Large asteroid to buzz past Earth on April 19: NASA
The April 19 encounter provides an outstanding opportunity to study this asteroid, and astronomers plan to observe it with telescopes around the world to learn…
Asteroid as big as a bus came closer to Earth than moon last night
(Representational image) Often when we see drawings of the Earth and the moon, they look really close together. Even though, the moon is not always…
