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Jules @Julie555 (4156) • Russian Federation 7 May 19

Few days back I came across quite alarming prediction that huge asteroid is going to hit our planet in few years and the threat of collision is pretty high. When I was younger I had a strong feeling of apprehension and fear of...

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Review Science Fiction Short Story: "The Planetoid of Peril" by Paul Ernst

Siduri @msiduri (5687) • United States 19 Dec 16

Mining engineer Harley 2Q14N20 is asteroid shopping. He’s hoping to find a quiet little place to build a house on a lake to share with the comely daughter of the wealthy 3W28W12. He’s also hoping to exploit some mineral deposits....

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movie review: Ice age collision course

INDIAN WOMAN @hema7213 (3517) • India 7 Oct 16

hey friends, Ice age movie is one of my favourite movies in animation genre....and personally my favourite character is Sid the sloth....who is really so stupid and do stupid and crazy things. Manny is very unhappy with his future...

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Doomsday

Nanette Piotrowski @nanette64 (20363) • Fairfield, Texas 1 Oct 16

I love the History channel and last night started the new season about the 10 Ways the World Will End and it was about an asteroid hit that would be comparable to the one that hit the Gulf of Mexico 66 million years ago that wiped...

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Tiny asteroid rotating our earth

springs @springs (923) • India 17 Jun 16

NASA scientists have identified a tiny asteroid is in the orbit around and appears to circle around the earth as well. It is the earth companion, it cannot be called as satellite because it is too small. It's exact size is not...

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Science Fiction Short Story Review: "Zen" by Jerome Bixby

Siduri @msiduri (5687) • United States 15 Apr 16

The story begins with David Koontz, paleontologist of the 29-man crew of the Lucky Pierre investigating the asteroid Vesta. It immediately becomes clear that Vesta is crustal remains of Planet X, otherwise known as Sorn....

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New Meteorite Discovered in South Australia

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381760) • Rockingham, Australia 6 Jan 16

Perth researchers have found a 4.5 billion year old meteorite in outback South Australia. Our niece's husband is a mechatronic engineer at Curtin University in Perth and has been instrumental in developing a new observation...

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NASA to Chronicle Close Earth Flyby of Asteroid today ( 02/15/2013 )

its-logos-plus-logic @flowerchilde (12529) • United States 15 Feb 13

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/asteroids/news/asteroid20130201315144.html I find this all very fascinating.. "NASA Television will provide commentary starting at 11 a.m. during the close, but safe, flyby of a small...

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Today an asteroid will flyby close to earth

Bionicman @Bionicman (3958) • Czech Republic 15 Feb 13

This evening (UK time), 50 meters diameter asteroid will pass the earth, just 17,100 miles above our heads. There isn't any danger of collision. Even tho the asteroid is as large as half of the football field, it won't be visible...

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Say Wot??!! (asteroid Feb 15)

its-logos-plus-logic @flowerchilde (12529) • United States 12 Feb 13

http://hotair.com/archives/2013/02/10/too-good-to-check-cnn-anchor-blames-asteroid-on-global-warming/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter "...an approaching asteroid, which will pass by Earth on February 15, “is it an...

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An asteroid might hit the earth in 2040!

qianyun6 @qianyun6 (2066) • China 1 Mar 12

Hi, my friends! I heard a piece of news today: Scientists predict an asteroid numbered "2011 AG5" will flit through the earth in 2040. It has a probability of 1/625(0.16%) that the asteroid will hit the earth. The diameter...

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An Asteroid is Coming on November 8

rivengodwind @rivengodwind (369) • Philippines 4 Nov 11

...though it won't hit us. (This time, at least.) The orbit of Asteroid 2005 YU55 is predicted to intersect Earth's orbit by November 8 this year. It will come pretty close: it's path would even be closer to us than the Moon!...

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Is the Earth will be destroyed in 2015????

syafiqivo @syafiqivo (21) • Indonesia 23 Jul 11

Is true the earth will be destroyed 2015 due to hit galaxy??

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It will take a big impact to knock bin laden off the front pages.

ajk111 @ajk111 (2495) 5 May 11

Prince William and Kate got trumped by Obama and the navy seals now it's going to take a mighty big splash to knock bin laden off the top spot. But the boys at NASA have pulled a master stroke with the capture of a giant meteor...

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asteroid on the spotlight

murkie @murkie (1103) • Philippines 9 Feb 11

ever heard of the asteroid "apophis"? well, russia says one thing, and the US another..

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Scientists finds evidence of water ice on asteroid's surface

codeofuniverse @codeofuniverse (558) • India 28 Apr 10

Asteroids may not be the dark,dry,lifeless chunks of rocks scientist have long thought.Josh Emery , research assistant professor with the Earth and planetary sciences department at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has found...

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Do you know about the asteroid that heads to our planet?

joro1best @joro1best (222) • Bulgaria 30 Dec 09

Hello myloters! If you are a yahoo member,maybe you have seen that Russia has targeted a asteroid heading to our planet.And i`m thinking this is the start of the big thing that will happen in year 2012..Do you think so ? But in...

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Asteroid Narrowly Misses Earth

laglen @laglen (19759) • United States 13 Nov 09

3rd closest ever! But dont worry, it wasnt that big and wouldnt have done too much damage. Here is the link: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,574189,00.html what do you think? What of it was bigger? what if it hit? Just a...

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Colossal cataclysmic catastrophic collision coverup collusion collapses

redyellowblackdog @redyellowblackdog (10629) • United States 29 Oct 09

Yes, it is true. The earth just missed having a colossal cataclysmic catastrophic collision on Oct. 8, 2009 in Indonsia. The equivalent of a nuclear bomb explosion occurred in the atmosphere. Fortunately, no one was hurt, but...

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21st December 2012 is the end of the world........

vkprincedark @vkprincedark (334) • India 16 Oct 09

I have heard of this in many news channels that an big asteroid is going to hit our earth on 21 dec 2012.This is what they have told.Why they a strictly believe is an ancient pyramid in mexico(i dont know it is exactly a pyramid...

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