Spare a Small Thought for a Big Issue
After conception and birth, it can be argued that the biggest single event in life is death. It’s a subject most of us don’t like dwelling upon, even in individual circumstances, so [...]
Good News! Nearly all extinction-level asteroids have been found.
But did you know that an asteroid measuring as little as 60 meters across hitting the Earth will cause an explosion 1,000 times that of the Hiroshima atomic bomb? Given that with current [...]
Space Rock 2009 DD45 Buzzes Earth
Space Rock 2009 DD45 Buzzes Earth Sky and Telescope by Kelly Beatty, March 1, 2009 Late word out of the IAU’s Minor Planet Center: a small asteroid will pass close to Earth tomorrow (March [...]