Asteroids Headed for Earth, Including One That Resembles the One That Wiped Out the Dinosaurs – The Seventh Day

Asteroids Headed for Earth, Including One That Resembles the One That Wiped Out the Dinosaurs – The Seventh Day

I wrote – Hadeel Al-Banna Saturday, March 25, 2023 08:09 AM New coverage presented by Al-Youm Al-Saba TV, about 5 asteroids that are likely to hit Earth in the coming centuries, prompting space agencies around the world to closely monitor them to identify risks and avoid them in a timely manner. NASA says more than … Read more

Nearly 8 kg meteorite discovered in Antarctica (and it’s one of the biggest ever)

Nearly 8 kg meteorite discovered in Antarctica (and it’s one of the biggest ever)

During a recent excursion to the icy plains of Antarctica, an international team of researchers discovered five new meteorites – including one of the largest ever discovered on that continent. The rare meteorite is about the size of a cantaloupe but weighs 7.7 kilograms. It is one of around 100 of that size or larger … Read more

These are the photos of the asteroid that passed close to us | Astronomy

These are the photos of the asteroid that passed close to us |  Astronomy

It appears to us as a simple dot of light. This is how the asteroid appears in the photographs that in the early hours of this Friday, shortly after midnight, made a pass extremely close to the Earth. Astronomers never considered that this cosmic rock, from three to three to eight meters in diameter, was … Read more

An asteroid “sneaks” in a picture of the “Hubble” telescope

An asteroid “sneaks” in a picture of the “Hubble” telescope

The main purpose of the galaxy image is to fill in the gaps in Hubble’s observations of known galaxies located near our Milky Way. Dwarf galaxy UGC 7983 (file photo) A small asteroid appeared in the vicinity of dwarf galaxy UGC 7983 when it was photographed by Hubble Space Telescope. UGC 7983 is a small … Read more