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7 meters diameter asteroid fell in China!

31 Dec 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Luke86

On 22nd of December a small rock fell and burst in China skies   Because 2020 could not be bad enough: after a world Covid-19 pandemic, earthquakes in Croatia and Chile and deaths of some of the most iconic sports men as Kobe Bryant, Diego Armando Ma...

Debunking "fake news" and clickbait titles

15 Feb 2020 2 minute read 0 comments PierreL

If you've been on social media this past week, you might have seen titles resembling "NASA Spots 'Potentially Hazardous' Asteroid Rapidly Approaching Earth" or "Largest Planet-Killer Asteroid To Approach Earth This Month Arriving On Saturday" pop up...

The Dynamic Duo

24 May 2019 1 minute read 1 comment dmad2010

This weekend an Asteroid known as 1999 KW4 is going to pass by Earth at around 7:05 p.m. ET on Saturday. 1999 KW4 is about 1 mile big in diameter and it has it's own moon with about 0.3 miles size. This will be one of the closest encounters of Earth...