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  • An asteroid will just miss Earth today. We won't always be so lucky

    09/07/2014 5:37:19 AM PDT · by John W · 70 replies
    vox.com ^ | September 6, 2014 | Joseph Stromberg
    On Sunday afternoon — at 2:15 pm Eastern time, to be exact — a small asteroid will whiz by the Earth. Don't worry: it'll miss us by about 25,000 miles. To be clear, there is zero chance it can hit us. This is certain. But in the long-term, worrying a little about asteroids isn't an unreasonable idea. Now, the odds of a massively destructive asteroid impact at any given time are tiny — but the potential costs would be enormous. Yet we still haven't invested in all the infrastructure needed to spot small asteroids with much warning (we spotted this...
  • Asteroid will zoom within 25,000 miles of Earth

    09/04/2014 11:39:06 AM PDT · by John W · 48 replies
    AP via WISH-TV ^ | September 4, 2014 | Marcia Dunn
    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A newly discovered asteroid will pass by Earth this weekend. At closest approach Sunday, the 60-foot rock will pass a safe 25,000 miles over New Zealand. That’s about one-tenth the distance between here and the moon. It’s also beyond the orbit of our highest communication and weather satellites.