Thousand-pound meteorite exploded over Texas
Planet Earth is constantly being bombarded by pieces of organic space debris known as meteoroids. Fortunately, most meteoroids are tiny, with a typical size ranging from a grain of sand and a pebble, and they don’t typically pose a threat to the planet or the life on it. However, as indicated by the space.com website, […]
NASA discovers asteroid the size of the Empire State Building
According to the article, NASA discovers asteroid is a dead ringer for the Empire State Building, written by Elisha Sauers on Mashable, the asteroid 2011 AG5 flew close to our planet on February 3. With dimensions comparable to the Empire State Building, the near-earth asteroid 2011 AG5 is one of the most elongated asteroids to […]
Three near-Earth asteroids hiding in the sun’s glare
According to the article, Three Near-Earth Asteroids Were Hiding in the Sun’s Glare, written by Will Sullivan for the Smithsonian, astronomers have discovered three near-Earth asteroids that had been “hiding” unseen in the sun’s glare. In fact, the sun’s glare makes hard to spot any possible asteroids and astronomers that hope to find these objects […]
