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A ‘Tail’ of Two Comets

By DC Agle \ JPL, Dwayne Brown / Laurie Cantillo | NASA on Mar 18, 2016   Featured, Science/Education  

A ‘Tail’ of Two Comets

Two comets that will safely fly past Earth later this month may have more in common than their intriguingly similar orbits. They may be twins of a sort. Comet P/2016 BA14 was discovered on Jan. 22, 2016, by the University of Hawaii’s PanSTARRS telescope on Haleakala, on the island of Maui. It was initially thought […]

100-Foot in Diameter Asteroid to Make Close Pass Today

By Alaska Native News on Mar 8, 2016   Featured, Science/Education  

100-Foot in Diameter Asteroid to Make Close Pass Today

On Tuesday, March 8th, the earth will again experience the fly-by of 2013 TX68, a 100-foot in diameter asteroid discovered in 2013, when it passed by our planet that year. Once again, that asteroid is expected to pass by earth safely without posing a threat. It is estimated to pass the planet at a distance of approximately 3 […]

Massive Crack Opens in Wyoming

By VOA on Nov 2, 2015   Featured, National  

Massive Crack Opens in Wyoming

A massive and mysterious crack is developing in the state of Wyoming, leaving many to wonder what is going on. The crack, which is located near the town of Ten Sleep is about 600 (1,968.5 feet)meters long and 50 ( 164 feet)meters wide,according to KUSA television in Denver, Colorado. “We don’t really know what caused […]

NASA: There is No Asteroid Threatening Earth

By DC Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Aug 20, 2015   Featured, Science/Education  

NASA: There is No Asteroid Threatening Earth

Numerous recent blogs and web postings are erroneously claiming that an asteroid will impact Earth, sometime between Sept. 15 and 28, 2015. On one of those dates, as rumors go, there will be an impact — “evidently” near Puerto Rico — causing wanton destruction to the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States and […]

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