The Spaceguard Centre & Observatory

RESEARCHERS SAY ASTEROID HAS 1 IN 1,000 CHANCE OF HITTING EARTH IN 2182

Asteroid trackers from Spain have upgraded the chance that asteroid 1999 RQ36 could hit our planet, saying it now has a one-in-a-thousand chance of impacting the Earth in the year 2182.

'METEORITE' LANDS ON CRICKET PITCH DURING COUNTY MATCH

When two spectators standing on the boundary at a cricket match saw an object hurtling down from the sky, their first instinct might have been to applaud.

ASTEROID IMPACTS SUBJECT OF CONGRESS BILL

The U.S. Congress is considering a bill to establish a commission to study the threat of an asteroid collision with Earth and how to prepare for it, lawmakers say.