Asteroids

Space Rock Crashes Through Retiree's Roof

Mail Online | Posted 10.17.2009 | Technology


Pensioner Peter Welton was amazed when a piece of red-hot debris crashed through his roof in July. Now experts have confirmed the object had travelled...

Report: NASA Can't Keep Up With Killer Asteroids

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 09.12.2009 | Home


WASHINGTON — NASA is charged with spotting most of the asteroids that pose a threat to Earth but doesn't have the money to complete the job, a f...

Chances You'll Be Killed by an Asteroid in 2009

Keith Thomson | Posted 01.30.2009 | World


Keith Thomson

A computer video circulating the internet has rekindled fears that an asteroid will hit Earth and send mankind the way of the brontosaurus. Based on NASA projections, there is indeed a chance of this.

"Gravity Tractor" Could Deflect Earth-Threatening Asteroids

New Scientist | David L Chandler | Posted 08.11.2008 | Home


A "gravity tractor" could deflect an Earth-threatening asteroid if it was deployed when the asteroid was more than one orbit away from the potential i...