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In close, by cosmic standards, close to the Earth flew by asteroid, which is considered a threat. The asteroid was discovered by American astronomers in 2008. This celestial body periodically gets into orbit in a period of maximum separation from the Sun. The diameter of a dangerous alien from outer …

Landing astronauts on a fragment of the asteroid is planned for 2026-the year. The launch ARM is planned for December 2021, and the landing of astronauts on a fragment of the asteroid in 2026. The most likely candidate for the function of the media is developing super-heavy rocket SLS (Space …

The asteroid flew through the sky at 40 times the speed of sound and crashed into the earth’s crust. Most of us know that a huge asteroid fell to Earth 66 million years ago, but the consequences of this collision is the most important part. Scientists in detail described everything …

Scientists predict the Earth’s collision with an asteroid. In just 12 years, the Earth awaits catastrophic collision with an asteroid, which has very large dimensions and has the ability to destroy an entire continent. The corresponding statement was made by the astronomers from the United States. But they did not …

Another threat from space. The portal “news of the planet” reported on approaching the Earth a huge asteroid. The result of a collision with them can destroy our planet. Now at a distance of 15 million kilometers from Earth is a large asteroid. The outer diameter of the body 1997 …

607 x 371 Scientists have unveiled new data on recently discovered asteroid 2016 HO3. They say he is a so-called quasistatic. A small celestial body moves around the Earth in elliptical orbit, combining this motion with rotation speed around the Sun. The specialists at Jet Propulsion Laboratory said that the …

It burnt in dense atmospheric mass of the Earth, showing spectacular fireworks. At midnight on 8 June near the Earth flew by asteroid 2016 LT1. Space object just missed our planet by only 138 thousand km. The scientists noted that even if the asteroid collided with the Earth, nothing bad …

In the future, scientists hope to learn the composition of the Phaeton. Opened in 1983 near-earth asteroid Phaethon intrigues researchers due to its unusual orbit. The team of astronomers not so long ago studied the trajectory of the space rock moves around the Sun. The researchers were also able to …

British scientists believe that the death of prehistoric animals at the end of the Cretaceous period was in all hemispheres. According to the authors of the hypothesis, the study cites many of the facts that caused the extinction of many animal species is not climate change, and the fall of …

The flying object was listed in the list of potentially dangerous for our planet because of its large size. Nameless asteroid, codenamed 388945 flew at a distance of 5 million kilometers above the Earth’s surface, this was told by the staff of the minor planet center, part of the international …