asteroid impact

US publishes Near Earth asteroid defense plan

Posted in Science on 8th Jan, 2017
by Alex Muller

Seven strategic goals underpin the effort to enhance the Nation's preparedness to impacts:

NASA: The Only Thing Stopping a City-Destroying Asteroid is Blind Luck

Posted in Science on 21st Apr, 2014
by Alex Muller

The odds of a large-scale asteroid impact are actually three to ten times higher than we thought.

Ancient Earth hammered by double space impact

Posted in Science on 20th Mar, 2014
by Alex Muller

Researchers have outlined some of the best evidence yet for a double space impact, where an asteroid and its moon apparently struck Earth in tandem.