Posted on 3:11 am, Tuesday, September 20, 2011. Tags: asteroid, baptistina, dinosaur, nasa, wide-field infrared survey explorer
MEDIA RELEASE Observations from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission indicate the family of asteroids some believed was responsible for the demise of the dinosaurs is not likely the culprit, keeping the case open on one of Earth’s greatest mysteries. While scientists are confident a large asteroid crashed into Earth approximately 65 million years [...]
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Posted on 12:17 pm, Tuesday, September 7, 2010. Tags: asteroid, nasa
Two asteroids, several meters in diameter and in unrelated orbits, will pass within the moon’s distance of Earth on Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 7 & 8.
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