Canada Hunts for Killer Asteroids
In 2009, Canada plans to launch a suitcase-sized spacecraft that will be charged with spotting asteroids that could be on a collision course with Earth. There's already a big…
View ArticleNASA Scientist to Distraught Dupes: The World Won't End in 2012
As it turns out, the end is not near after all. While you can't keep a good doomsday rumor down, NASA Senior Scientist David Morrison is trying to dispel widely circulated…
View ArticleGearing Up For a Manned Mission To an Asteroid
Cue the Aerosmith soundtrack; a plan to send a manned space mission to land on an asteroid is gaining traction within both NASA and the aerospace industry as experts look to…
View ArticleNearby T Pyxidis Supernova Could Destroy Life on Earth
Doomsdayers and 2012 blog-keepers, take note. Astronomers at this week's American Astronomical Society meeting revealed that a massive white dwarf star in the throes of…
View ArticleBulletin of Atomic Scientists Turns Back Doomsday Clock, Gives Us An Extra...
Good news everyone! Armageddon has been postponed by another 60 seconds. This morning, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists (BAS) moved the hands of the Doomsday Clock back to…
View ArticleThe End of Time is Nigh (in a Cosmic Sense, Anyhow)
The universe has only about 3.7 billion years in which to settle its affairs. At least, that’s the new assertion from a group of physicists who say that there is a 50 percent…
View ArticleInfographic: Which Asteroids Are Swinging Closest to Earth?
Perhaps the most unsettling thing about a planet-killing asteroid is that we might never see it coming. But this infographic by Mechanicsville, Md.-based designer Zachary Vabolis helpfully visualizes...
View ArticleHow Big Would A Meteorite Have To Be To Wipe Out All Human Life?
Short answer: 60 miles wide, give or take…
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What's The Best Way To Protect Earth From Incoming Asteroids?
State Farm via Flickr CC By 2.0Illustration of an asteroid headed for EarthAt a Planetary Defense Conference in April 2015, a group of aerospace experts was given this fictional scenario to solve:The...
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