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Jumbo Jet-Sized Asteroid Due to Whiz Past Planet on Tuesday Afternoon

By Alaska Native News on May 14, 2018   Featured, Science/Education  

Jumbo Jet-Sized Asteroid Due to Whiz Past Planet on Tuesday Afternoon

The jumbo jet-sized asteroid 2010 WC9 is approaching the earth’s neighborhood and will zoom past getting as close as 126,000 miles from us on Tuesday at speeds estimated to be approximately 29,000 miles per hour. The asteroid 2010 WC9, affectionately known as “the lost asteroid,” at 200 to 400 feet wide, is close in size […]

Asteroid 2002 AJ129 to Fly Safely Past Earth February 4

By DC Agle \ JPL on Jan 26, 2018   Featured, Science/Education  

Asteroid 2002 AJ129 to Fly Safely Past Earth February 4

  Asteroid 2002 AJ129 will make a close approach to Earth on Feb. 4, 2018 at 1:30 p.m. PST (4:30 p.m. EST / 21:30 UTC). At the time of closest approach, the asteroid will be no closer than 10 times the distance between Earth and the Moon (about 2.6 million miles, or 4.2 million kilometers). […]

Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Impact May Have Cooled Earth more than Previously Thought

By American Geophysical Union on Nov 1, 2017   Science/Education  

Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Impact May Have Cooled Earth more than Previously Thought

WASHINGTON D.C. — The Chicxulub asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs likely released far more climate-altering sulfur gas into the atmosphere than originally thought, according to new research. A new study makes a more refined estimate of how much sulfur and carbon dioxide gas were ejected into Earth’s atmosphere from vaporized rocks immediately after the […]

Asteroid Flyby Will Benefit NASA Detection and Tracking Network

By DC Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Laurie Cantillo/Dwayne Brown | NASA on Jul 31, 2017   Featured, Science/Education  

Asteroid Flyby Will Benefit NASA Detection and Tracking Network

The asteroid is roughly the same size as the one that exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia in 2013. “It will come no closer than 4,200 miles (6,800 kilometers),” from Earth on Oct. 12, 2017 according to NASA. Image-NASA via Space.com NASA scientists are excited about the upcoming close flyby of a small asteroid and plan to […]

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