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Thursday, 11 June 2009 20:40

MILITARY HUSH-UP: INCOMING SPACE ROCKS NOW CLASSIFIED

For 15 years, scientists have benefited from data gleaned by U.S. classified satellites of natural fireball events in Earth's atmosphere – but no longer.

Friday, 05 June 2009 09:37

A SCAM WORTHY OF NIGERIA - THE INTERNATIONAL ASTEROID DATABASE!

A new website has appeared, the International Asteroid Database that offers the opportunity to name an asteroid – for a fee of course!

Wednesday, 20 May 2009 21:27

ASTEROID ATTACK 3.9 BILLION YEARS AGO MAY HAVE ENHANCED EARLY LIFE ON EARTH

The bombardment of Earth nearly 4 billion years ago by asteroids as large as Kansas would not have had the firepower to extinguish potential early life on the planet and may even have given it a boost, says a new University of Colorado at Boulder study.

Monday, 11 May 2009 20:13

"SUPERGIANT" ASTEROID SHUT DOWN MARS' MAGNETIC FIELD

A "supergiant" asteroid several times larger than the one that likely killed the dinosaurs struck Mars with such force that it shut down the planet's magnetic field, scientists say.

Monday, 04 May 2009 19:02

PAST TSUNAMIS? CONTRARY TO RECENT HYPOTHESIS, 'CHEVRONS' ARE NOT EVIDENCE OF MEGATSUNAMIS

A persistent school of thought in recent years has held that so-called "chevrons," large U- or V-shaped formations found in some of the world's coastal areas, are evidence of megatsunamis caused by asteroids or comets slamming into the ocean.

Saturday, 02 May 2009 17:40

NEARBY ASTEROID FOUND ORBITING SUN BACKWARDS

The discovery of a 2- to 3-kilometre-wide asteroid in an orbit that goes backwards has set astronomers scratching their heads.

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