A potentially dangerous asteroid, which is larger in size than the Cheops pyramid, will approach the Earth on August 28 and will be 40 times closer to our planet than Venus. RIA Novosti writes about it. The diameter of this asteroid 2019 OU1 is 160 meters, which ...
The first planetary exercises, the task of which was to work out the scenario of a possible collision of the Earth with a large asteroid, could not prevent the coming Armageddon - although scientists managed to significantly reduce its scale, writes the BBC. As a result, according to the legend of the exercises, a fragment of asteroid 2019 PDC with a diameter of...
The head of NASA warned of the real threat to the Earth posed by meteorites. Speaking at a planetary defense conference in Washington, DC, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstein warned that the risk of meteor accidents is not being taken seriously. “This is not about Hollywood ...
Ukrainian scientists believe that the inhabitants of planet Earth have reason to fear an asteroid that will fly very close to our planet in 2029, as well as be careful because of the EA9 meteorite, which will fly near the Earth on March 22, 2019 and ...
The Russian media are gripped by panic: an asteroid with a diameter of more than 300 meters is rapidly approaching our planet, which is about to destroy all life on it. “Humanity has 49 years left. A huge asteroid is flying towards the Earth,” Life publication scares Russians. “Scientists have named a new date for the end of the world,”...
NASA plans in 2022 to launch a mission to exploit the asteroid Psyche-16, which contains $ 10 quadrillion of precious metals. By comparison, the modern world economy is valued at $ 78 trillion. Scientists plan to reach the asteroid belt by 2026. During implementation ...
Scientists have shown the first images of the giant asteroid 2015 TB145 approaching Earth. This object was discovered by the American automatic Pan-STARRS system in Hawaii, and the first images were obtained at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. In the images obtained, scientists noticed dark in the center of the asteroid ...