Potentially Hazardous Asteroids

NASA Discovers 72 New Asteroids Near Earth

Since 2013, the NEOWISE mission has surveyed more than 19,000 asteroids and comets and discovered 72 new Near Earth Objects…

9 years ago

Hunting for “Minimoons” Orbiting Earth

It’s an engaging thought experiment. What if Earth had multiple moons?  Our world has one large natural satellite, just over…

10 years ago

Will an Asteroid Smack Jupiter in 2022?

A recent space rock discovery has sent a minor buzz through the community that tracks such objects. And as usual,…

10 years ago

Student Aids In Tracking Down Near Earth Asteroids

[/caption] It's one of the scariest scenarios that could face Earth. Can you imagine an asteroid impact? Even if it…

13 years ago