Asteroid Impacts
Impacts of large objects on the Earth
The impact that killed the dinosaurs
Jun 1, 2010
"To avoid Armageddon, we may have to invoke Armageddon. You know, the Bruce Willis version."
May 18, 2010
"The strike on
Apr 2, 2010
"13,000 years ago, thousands of Tunguska-sized comet fragments struck the Earth. New research indicates that in just one hour, the planet could have experienced dramatic cooling. The study shows how extraterrestrial events can cause catastrophic changes in the Earth's climate and biosphere."
Mar 5, 2010
"[A] blue-ribbon panel of scientists has banded together to support the link between the Chicxulub asteroid impact crater in Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula with the mass extinction of dinosaurs and the majority of life on our planet 65 million years ago."
Feb 16, 2010
"This month, The Planetary Society calls attention to the dangers our planet faces from near-Earth objects (NEOs) through announcement of the discovery of South America's largest known impact crater by a researcher funded by a Planetary Society grant."
Jan 31, 2010
"International experts converged on Mexico City this month to discuss the best way to establish a global detection and warning network to monitor potential asteroid threats to all life on Earth."
Jan 24, 2010
A new report from the National Academy of Sciences finds that NASA does not have the funds to identify all potentially hazardous asteroids. Nuclear weapons are only effective against an incoming rock discovered years before impact, but at the moment we have no other means to mitigate a hazard to the Earth.
Dec 31, 2009
An Australian PhD student combined data from Google Earth with aboriginal legend to discover an impact crater millions of years old in Australia's Finke National Park.
Dec 30, 2009
Dec 29, 2009
New research suggests that there was no global firestorm after the impact that killed the dinosaurs 65million years ago.
