Tag: Asteroid

  • Ice Age Killer

    Ice Age Killer

    Ice Age Killer Asteroid Impact Found

    Scientists have been wondering what caused the end of the last Ice Age.


    Impact crater found in Greenland. Is this the last Ice Age killer? Video and still: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Jefferson Beck

    There are at least a couple of peered-reviewed theories that have shed light into the end of the last Ice Age. These scientists had postulated that it was a collision caused by the impact of a large asteroid that brough the last Ice Age to its end. However, an impact crater had not been found until now…..

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  • NASA Discovers Moon Around Asteroid

    NASA Discovers Moon Around Asteroid

    NASA Discovers Moon Around Asteroid 2004 BL86

    NASA found out Monday that Asteroid 2004 BL86 has a moon 70 meters wide.

    See a moon around asteroid 2004 BL86.

    Asteroid 2004 BL86 and its moon | NASA / JPL animated GIF

  • Planetary Resources, Inc. to Mine Asteroids

    Planetary Resources, Inc. to Mine Asteroids

    It looks amazing that finally there’s someone with a vision towards the future. Planetary Resources, Inc. will officially announce April 24, 2012 their plans to mine near Earth asteroids. The company aims at getting metals that are expensive and hard to obtain on Earth such as Platinum.

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