Perseid Meteors vs the Supermoon
Perseid Meteors vs the Supermoon Which is brighter–a flurry of Perseid fireballs or a supermoon? Sky watchers will find out this August when the biggest and brightest full Moon of 2014 arrives just in...
Category: Asteroid
Gang of Asteroids: Russian meteor may have followers on same path
The panic and havoc seen in the Russian Urals last winter when a meteor the size of a house exploded in the skies, may be set for a repeat. Scientists say the huge rock...
ScienceCasts: Collision Course? A Comet Heads for Mars
A comet is heading for Mars, and there is a chance that it might hit the Red Planet in October 2014. An impact wouldn’t necessarily mean the end of NASA’s Mars program. But it...
Could largest-in-century meteor have been stopped?
Despite the huge size of the Russian meteor, its appearance in the skies was a surprise. It entered Earth’s atmosphere completely unnoticed by anyone. <iframe width=”540″ height=”304″ src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/58KLko50yE4″ frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe>
Fireballs reported in skies above Cuba and California
Fireballs have been reported above Cuba and California in the same week that a meteor streaked across the skies over Russia. In Cuba on Tuesday, residents reported seeing a bright light in the sky...
Russian meteorite: Amazing video of explosion as seen by drivers in Urals region
A collection of dashboard camera footage captured, as the fireball skimmed across the skyline in front of motorists. Report by Ashley Fudge.
Asteroid 2012 DA14 set for record-breaking Earth pass
An asteroid as large as an Olympic swimming pool will race past the Earth on Friday at a distance of just 27,700km (17,200mi) – the closest ever predicted for an object of that size....
Hundreds injured by blasts as meteor falls in Russia
A meteor streaked through the sky and exploded Friday over Russia’s Ural Mountains with the power of an atomic bomb, its sonic blasts shattering countless windows and injuring more than 750 people. The spectacle...
‘Record close’ asteroid may miss the Earth but it could take out your phone
The path of asteroid 2012 DA14’s approach to earth is shown in this graphic from NASA. Photo: NASA/REUTERS Scientists have dismissed fears an asteroid due to whizz past the Earth on Friday will ‘destroy London’...
Whoa! Earth gets close shave by newfound asteroid
A newfound asteroid gave Earth a close shave early today, zipping between our planet and the moon just two days after astronomers first spotted it. The near-Earth asteroid 2012 XE54, which was discovered Sunday, came within...
