No, it’s not YET ANOTHER conspiracy theory, Armageddon propaganda or end-of-the-world story, but it seems that NASA is worried about the 500-meter Asteroid which is why the Space Agency will send a probe to visit the potential Armageddon asteroid and… Continue Reading
Late in 2016, NASA identified an object what they presume to be either an asteroid or a comet heading in the direction of Earth. The object now known as 2016 WF9 has actually been heading in our direction for the… Continue Reading
NASA confirmed that the mysterious 2016 WF9 is approaching Earth and we should be able to see it orbit the planet next month. The Sun reports the space rock was detected by NASA in late November. It’s in the middle… Continue Reading
We have all probably seen the movies showing the end of the world, with some of those movies including the premise of a giant asteroid hitting Earth and destroying civilization. In fact, there are many games that are based on the… Continue Reading
Imagine if scientists discovered that an asteroid was hurtling toward Los Angeles. The possibility has existed on the pages of Hollywood scripts. But in what may be a case of life imitating art, NASA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and… Continue Reading
A couple of days ago, astronomers in Brazil discovered Asteroid 2016QA2, a celestial body of a diameter of around 55 meters (180ft). It was a close call, and just a day before the celestial body zoomed by within 80,000km of Earth… Continue Reading
A historic NASA mission that aims to collect a large sample from an asteroid will launch next month, in the hope of learning more about the formation and evolution of the Solar System. The spacecraft, OSIRIS-REx, will launch on September 8, 2016, and rendezvous… Continue Reading