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Small asteroid headed for light show over Africa

AP — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:21:35 +0000

A small asteroid was headed for a fiery but harmless dive into Earth’s atmosphere early Tuesday morning over Africa, astronomers said in a first of its kind advance...

Small asteroid about to burn up in sky over Africa

AP — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:24:45 +0000

Astronomers say a small asteroid is about to make a fiery but harmless dive into Earth’s atmosphere early Tuesday morning over Africa.

Asteroid 2007 WD5 may hit Mars next month

Shanmughanathan — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:18:30 +0000

In 2004, people saw comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 smacking into Jupiter. It was pretty cool. Now, scientists are even more excited that an asteroid speeding at 8 miles per second is on its way to hit planet Mars. Even though it is predicted that there...

ESA spacecraft begins flyby of Steins asteroid

AP — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:16:53 +0000

Scientists at the European Space Agency’s Operations Center say the deep space Rosetta satellite has stopped sending its signal.

ESA spacecraft set for flyby of Steins asteroid

AP — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:07:12 +0000

Scientists at the European Space Agency are preparing for the first fly-by of a comet by their deep-space explorer, Rosetta, on a mission to solve the mystery of the birth of the solar...

Aussie has answer to save Earth from asteroid attack

Dani — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:43:03 +0000

The asteroid, Apophis, is estimated to be perhaps 270 metres across and it will pass close to Earth in 2029, well inside the orbit of the Moon and closing in to the same sort of distance as geosynchronous...

Asteroid Unlikely to Collide With Mars

AP — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 03:32:46 +0000

The possibility of a collision between Mars and an approaching asteroid has been effectively ruled out, according to scientists watching the space rock.Tracking measurements of asteroid 2007 WD5 taken from four observatories have greatly...

No Big Bang: Asteroid Will Miss Mars

AP — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 02:54:11 +0000

Asteroid Impact on Mars Said Less Likely

AP — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:58:11 +0000

Scientists tracking an asteroid approaching Mars say that an impact with the Red Planet has become less likely. Refined estimates of the asteroid’s orbit were made using new observations from a telescope at the Calar Alto Observatory in...

Chance of Asteroid Hit on Mars Increases

AP — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 23:38:08 +0000

The chance of a football field-sized asteroid plowing into Mars next month has been increased to 4 percent, scientists said Friday after analyzing archival data.Though still a long shot, some researchers are hoping for a cosmic smash.”I think...