NASA Tracking Bus-Size Asteroid Approaching Earth
NASA is tracking a bus-sized asteroid that will be zooming past the Earth today at a speed of nearly 28,028 miles per hour. The space rock, known as "2025 FO6," is estimated to be about 35 feet across ...
The Stranger1d
Slog AM: More Hype Than Thunderstorm, Dow Constantine Moving On Up As Sound Transit CEO, Puppy Killer Visits El Salvador Prison
King County Executive Dow Constantine will soon be sitting pretty at his new job, the CEO of Sound Transit. His annual salary of $450,000 comes with lots of perks: $10,000 to improve his home office, ...
Earth 1, asteroids 0: The next generation of planetary defense takes shape at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The NEO Surveyor fulfills a 2005 act of Congress ordering NASA to catalog 90% of near-Earth objects larger than 459 feet (140 ...
The Times-Tribune2d
HS ROUNDUP: Benitez, Cordero lead West Scranton volleyball past Scranton
Emanuel Benitez had nine kills, 12 digs, and five aces, and Antonio Cordero had 18 assists to lead West Scranton to a 3-0 (25 ...
‘Potentially Hazardous’ Asteroid To Make Its Closest Approach To Earth In More Than 100 Years This Week
A "potentially hazardous" Apollo-class asteroid will be making its closest pass by Earth in more than 100 years this week.
NASA warns 'potentially hazardous' asteroid the size of Egypt's Great Pyramid of Giza will make its closest approach to Earth for more than 100 YEARS tomorrow
TN17 is estimated to be around 540 feet in diameter, which is greater than the height of the Pyramid of Giza in Egypt (449 ...
This Is Local London4d
Greenwich Observatory astronomer's tips for meteor showers
There’s a bunch of meteor showers coming up this spring and an astronomer from Greenwich has the low down on how you can see them.
Where and when to see meteor showers according to Greenwich astronomer
There’s a bunch of meteor showers coming up this spring and an astronomer from Greenwich has the low down on how you can see ...
Space.com4d
Meteorites and asteroids tracked back to their place of origin in the solar system
Meteorites are rocks from space that survive their fiery descent through Earth's atmosphere and reach the ground. More than ...
ScienceAlert5d
Asteroid May Not Hit Earth in 2032, But It Will Come Back
In late 2024, astronomers spotted asteroid 2024 YR4 on a trajectory that could potentially threaten Earth. This observation ...
The Weather Network5d
See a dawn solar eclipse and two meteor showers in the sky this Spring
From a partial solar eclipse, to bright planets, and the end of the meteor shower 'drought', there is plenty to see in the ...