Most of us are familiar with mild concern caused by the sensation of racing down a runway for takeoff. Even frequent fliers have at some point, if only fleetingly, thought about the consequences [...]
If a space rock were to hit the Earth at just the right location in the oceans, it could cause massive waves that could inundate U.S. coastlines, a new computer simulation suggests. For instance, [...]
This time it is a theory that scientists could ‘lasso’ the incoming space rock. In April 2009, David French, a doctoral candidate in aerospace engineering at North Carolina State [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Major manmade structures from ancient civilizations exist just about everywhere else on the planet, so why not on the greater part of the North American continent? A relatively new theory about [...]
There are hundreds of thousands of asteroids circling our sun, all so-called “minor planets” left over from the formation of the solar system. Much about them remains mysterious. [...]
From a purely defensive point of view, one could be forgiven for being under the impression that we have nearly licked this asteroid hazard thing after NASA’s phenomenal success with [...]
Scientists, philosophers, and dreamers have always contemplated variants in other time zones. They have shown us aspects from other points in time; historians and futurists have discussed and [...]
What sparked the idea of forming a society to support asteroid research? The first decent rains at the end of summer are often associated with electrical power cuts on Hydra Island, Greece, [...]
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