Asteroid impact odds improve
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p2pnet.net OT News:- There&#39;s a 1-in-45 chance that Asteroid 2004 MN4, discovered in June and spotted again last week, will collide with the Earth on April 13, 2029.
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Scientists with tweezers picked through the twisted wreckage of a space capsule that crash-landed on Earth, hoping that microscopic clues to the evolution of the solar system weren&#39;t completely lost in Utah&#39;s salt flats.
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Friday the 13th has an ominous meaning for some people. Friday, April 13, 2029 might have an ominious meaning for everyone. That&#39;s when a 1,300-foot asteroid known as 2004 MN4 could hit the Earth: NASA has
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Summary - (Dec 29, 2004) Astronomers have now ruled out the possibility that Asteroid 2004 MN4 will strike the Earth in April 2029.
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This summer, NASA will launch a robotic probe to visit two stange and giant asteroids--one is covered with ice while the other may have been blasted by an ancient supernova.  The tales these asteroids tell may reveal the true beginnings of our solar system.
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A computer simulation shows fast-moving fireball amplifies the damage done by a smaller asteroid impact, Sandia National Laboratories researchers conclude.
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A mountain-sized asteroid will make its closest approach to Earth at 9:35 am EDT (7.05 pm IST) tomorrow, reports NASA. Although asteroid 4179 Toutatis will come no closer than four times the distance between
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Scientists expect to detect a lot more asteroid threats with new technology, but it's still not clear what anyone will do about them. Randy Dotinga reports from the AAAS meeting in San Francisco.
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At just past 6:30 am Pacific Time today, the mountain-size asteroid came within four times the distance of the moon to the Earth - a comparative measurement
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An asteroid named for a Celtic god of war will come as close to Earth this week as it has since 1353. The space rock known as Toutatis will come on Wednesday within 960,000 miles of
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The risk that an asteroid capable of wiping out humanity will crash into Earth is minuscule, new calculations suggest, but the chances of a smaller one destroying a city or setting off a catastrophic tsunami remain unclear and may be higher than previous estimates.
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It may take much longer than scientists have thought for violent turbulence to turn grains of space dust into new planets. A NASA (news - web sites) telescope
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An asteroid at least 500 feet long will make a rare close pass by Earth next week, but there is no chance of an impact, scientists reported Thursday.
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Earth is about to gets its closest brush this century with a massive asteroid, a hurtling space rock astronomers say is big enough to cause global devastation if it were to collide with the planet.
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There&#39;s a 1-in-300 chance that a recently discovered asteroid, believed to be about 1,300 feet long, could hit Earth in 2029, a NASA scientist said Thursday, but he added
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The chances of an asteroid smacking into Mars this month are slipping away as astronomers continue to refine its course toward the red planet.
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London - The Astronomers were doubtful that the asteroid could hit the Earth in 2029 and the people felt panicky. They felt that 2004 MN4 had a 1-in-40 chance of a collision on Friday, April 13, 2029.