NASA's asteroid lasso mission said to halt Apocalypse scenario

Of the more than 600 000 known asteroids in our Solar System, almost 10 000 are classified as near-Earth objects, or NEOs, because their orbits bring them relatively close to Earth's path. A dramatic proof that any of these can strike Earth came on ...

An infrared sensor that could improve NASA's future detecting and tracking of asteroids and comets has passed a critical design test. The test assessed performance of the Near Earth Object Camera (NEOCam) in an environment that mimicked the ...

Tagsmeteor, NASA, Russian meteorite, Tunguska Meteors strike the Moon and the Earth regularly, often impacting with cataclysmic results. Even the Moon itself may have been created through a monumental impact in Earth's early history. The meteor that ...

An asteroid as long across as the Golden Gate Bridge will be making a relatively near pass by Earth on May 31 thankfully, staying far away enough not to be worrisome. The asteroid, dubbed 1998 QE2, will pass by on May 31 at 4:59 p.m. Eastern time, ...

At Evergreen Middle School near Denver, Colorado, young members of Earth Guardians made a presentation and sang a rap which has infuriated local parents and brought angry threats upon the school and the youth. Some are calling it "liberal ...

Great American Energy, Inc. (OTCBB: SRBL) ("Great American Energy" and/or "the Company") announces that a permit application has been submitted to the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum for a mineral exploration program on the Company's Bear Creek Rare ...

The firm Elecnor Deimos Space held a conference at Tres Cantos, near Madrid, May 7-8, inviting experts from several European countries and from ESA's Space Situation Awareness (SSA) program, to discuss the status of anti-asteroid programs and the ...

A meteoroid has smashed into the Moon, causing the biggest explosion ever seen on the lunar surface which was visible from Earth with the naked-eye, NASA said. "On March 17, 2013, an object about the size of a small boulder hit the lunar surface in ...

07:47 AM EDT | Matt Mercuro The crescent Earth rises above the lunar horizon in this undated NASA handout photograph taken from the Apollo 17 spacecraft. (Photo : Reuters) A large asteroid known as 1998 QE2 is scheduled to pass earth closer than it ...