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Paintballs To Deflect The Next Meteor
The Earth just got a few shots across our bow, what with a giant asteroid hurtling between us and the moon, and another (fortunately much smaller) space rock exploding over...
Video: Dashboard cams capture Russian meteor
CBS News' Terrell Brown reports on why so many cameras were rolling in Russia when last week's meteorite stuck.
Hubble sees cosmic "flying V" of merging galaxies
This large "flying V" is actually two distinct objects—a pair of interacting galaxies known as IC 2184. Both the galaxies are seen almost edge-on in the large, faint northern constellation...
Shooting Star Brighter Than The Sun
A shooting star brighter than the sun on the very day an asteroid flyby is predicted. A most remarkable coincidence. And to add to our amazement, the rock whizzing through...
SciTechTalk: Earth bears evidence of cosmic impacts, both ancient and more recent
JIM ALGAR || United Press International Asteroids and meteors have been much in the news recently, with an exploding meteor injuring hundreds in Russia and an asteroid making a close...
Bright streak of light reported over California
(AP)—Hours after a meteor exploded over Russia and injured more than 1,000 people and an asteroid passed relatively close to Earth, residents in California reported seeing an unusual flash of...
Italian Observatory Sees Asteroid Racing Away From Earth | Video
Shortly after 2012 DA14's closest approach (about 17,100 miles away on Feb 15, 2013), Gianluca Masi of The Virtual Telescope (www.virtualtelescope.eu), captured imagery. 17 images, with 3 seconds of exposure...
Scientists unveil new detectors in race to save Earth from next asteroid
Science editor Robin McKie reports from Boston as experts create warning systems to minimise risk from impactThe extraterrestrial double whammy that Earth only partially avoided on Friday has triggered an immediate response from...
Meteorite 'could have devastated northern UK'
Slight difference in time at which meteorite entered atmosphere could have resulted in widespread damage, say astronomersThe meteorite that caused devastation in the Urals on Friday could have struck Britain if it had...
Best Science Photos of the Week
Sneaky baboon cheaters, a Russian meteor and the tiniest Valentine start out our list this week. Check these out.
A Flash in Russian Skies, as Inspiration for Fantasy
Past and present practitioners of fantasy fiction in print and movies reacted to the views of the meteor that whistled and boomed across Russian skies on Friday with awe —...
Previewing the next steps on the path to a magnetic fusion power plant
Scientists around the world have crossed a threshold into a promising and challenging new era in the quest for fusion energy. So says physicist George "Hutch" Neilson, director of advanced...
ScienceShot: Looking for Life on Mars? Dig Deeper
BOSTON--Curiosity’s newly drilled hole on the surface of Mars, completed last week, is our...
Space Rocks 101: What You Need To Know About Russia's Meteor
It's A Bird! It's A Plane! Screenshot via YouTubeConfused about the difference between a meteorite and a killer asteroid? We've got you covered. As updates roll in from Russia and the meteorite-related injury...
Shouldn't We Have Been Able To See This Huge Meteor Coming?
Fireball Feb. 15 NEproskochil/via YouTubeSpace rocks are typically tiny and dark. Even if we could spot them, it wouldn't be until they were already upon us, and by then it's too late....
Rover to ingest drill sample soon
Nasa's Curiosity Mars rover is expected to deliver its first drill sample to the onboard laboratories in the coming days, says mission project scientist John Grotzinger.
The Lupus 3 Dark Cloud Space Wallpaper
This evocative space wallpaper shows a dark cloud where new stars are forming along with a cluster of brilliant stars that have already emerged from their dusty stellar nursery.
NASA Experts Discuss Russia Meteor in Media Teleconference Today
NASA experts will hold a teleconference for news media at 1 p.m. PST (4 p.m. EST) today to discuss a meteor that streaked through the skies over Russia's Urals region...
Physicists discover key to ultra-stable bearings
Mass–radius relation for individual discs realized
Spacewatch: ISS in spectacular evening show
The ISS (International Space Station) with its crew of six is conspicuous in our evening sky again as it soars eastwards some 423km above S England. Don't mistake it, though, for the...
A 3-D Printed Plastic House And More Amazing Images From This Week
A 3-D Printed House This proposal, called Protohouse 2.0, is a plan from architecture collective Softkill Design to build a 3-D printed house. It could be printed in pieces off-site,...
Black Holes: Warping Time & Space | Video
When a super-massive star dies, it's corpse collapses into a knot so tight not even light can escape. And this drain on the fabric of the Universe can alter the...
Fun Game: Create Your Own Custom Meteorite Impact
Barringer Crater, Arizona Wikimedia CommonsPlug in the numbers and KABOOM! space rocks smash into the Earth. Purdue University has a fun simulator called Impact Earth that shows you what would...
Clyde Tombaugh: Astronomer Who Discovered Pluto
Kansas farm boy Clyde Tombaugh looked to the stars and found a new planet.
Siberia’s Earlier Brush With an Object From Space
The region was the scene of what is believed to be the largest space-related explosion in human history, 105 years ago, known as the Tunguska Event.
Video: Meteors connected to asteroid? Expert weighs in
CBS News contributor Michio Kaku, physics professor at the City University of New York talks about the potential relationship between the meteorite strike in Russia and the DA14 asteroid that...
Video: Was Siberian Meteor Blast a Warning of Things to Come?
Rain of cosmic debris will continue
Russian Fireball Explosion Comes Amid Fireball Season
A mysterious peak in number of very bright meteors in the night sky happens each spring.