Impact event - Wikipedia
An impact event is a collision between astronomical objects causing measurable effects. [1] Impact events have been found to regularly occur in planetary systems, though the most …
Sentry: Earth Impact Monitoring - NASA
Sentry is a highly automated collision monitoring system that continually scans the most current asteroid catalog for possibilities of future impact with Earth over the next 100 years.
What would we do if an asteroid slammed Earth on July 12, 2038?
2024年6月21日 · Here’s the scenario: The government has confirmed NASA astronomers detected a never-before-seen asteroid speeding in the direction of Earth—and although it will …
Rock that struck New Jersey house Monday confirmed to be meteorite …
2023年5月13日 · A metallic-looking rock that smashed through the roof of a residential home in New Jersey's Hopewell Township earlier this week is indeed a meteorite — a rare one about …
Impact Imminent: Racing To Track Asteroid 2024 BX1’s
On January 20, 2024, astronomer Krisztián Sárneczky detected an asteroid on an imminent collision course with Earth. Just hours later, it struck our planet’s atmosphere 50 km west of …
Meteorites from Asteroid 2024 Bx1, which just hit Earth, may be …
2024年1月31日 · Meteorite hunters have successfully recovered fragments of an asteroid that impacted Earth over Berlin, Germany, on Sunday (Jan. 21) — and the space rocks could be …
Possible meteorite strikes New Jersey home, authorities say
2023年5月9日 · What could be a meteorite struck a home in Hopewell Township, New Jersey, authorities said Monday. Officials said the strike might have been related to the Eta Aquariid …
Watch: Meteorite strikes Earth when and where scientists …
2023年2月16日 · When the object struck Earth (making it a meteorite), it became just the seventh falling space rock calculated in advance to hit our planet — and the third such object found in …
Meteors & Meteorites Facts - Science@NASA
What’s that flash of light streaking across the sky? We call the objects that creates this brilliant effect by different names, depending on where it is. Meteoroids are space rocks that range in …
Meteorite strike in South Africa: scientists offer clues about what …
2024年9月5日 · How rare is it for a meteorite to fall in South Africa and why is it so important to study them?