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| Space Rock 2009 DD45 Buzzes Earth
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| posted on Thursday, March 05, 2009
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Late word out of the IAU's Minor Planet Center: a small asteroid will
pass close to Earth tomorrow (March 2nd) at 13:44 Universal Time. How
close? The MPC's Timothy Spahr calculates that it'll be 0.00047
astronomical unit from Earth's center. That's only about 40,000 miles
(63,500 km) up -- well inside the Moon's orbit and roughly twice the
altitude of most communications satellites!
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| Mass Extinctions May Follow One-Two Punch
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| posted on Thursday, March 05, 2009
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According to a new theory about how mass dyings work, cosmic collisions
generally aren't enough to cause a major extinction event. To be truly
devastating, they must be accompanied by another event that inflicts
long-term suffering, like runaway climate change due to massive
volcanic eruptions.
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| 'Dark' Comets May Pose Threat To Earth
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| posted on Monday, February 16, 2009
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Hazardous comets and asteroids are monitored by various space agencies
under an umbrella effort known as Spaceguard. The vast majority of
objects found so far are rocky asteroids. Yet UK-based astronomers Bill
Napier at Cardiff University and David Asher at Armagh Observatory in
Northern Ireland claim that many comets could be going undetected.
"There is a case to be made that dark, dormant comets are a significant
but largely unseen hazard," says Napier.
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| Top Scientists Seek Ways To Ward Off Killer Asteroids
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| posted on Wednesday, December 24, 2008
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A blue-ribbon panel of scientists is trying to determine the best way
to detect and ward off any wandering space rocks that might be on a
collision course with Earth. "We're looking for the killer asteroid,"
James Heasley, of the University of Hawaii's Institute for Astronomy,
recently told the committee that the National Academy of Sciences
created at Congress' request.
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| Ten Asteroid Encounters That Almost Got Us (And Still Could)
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| posted on Tuesday, October 14, 2008
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How close have we come to death from the skies? The October 2008
encounter over Sudan with a three-metre-wide asteroid provides the best
confirmation in a while that objects larger than harmless little
"shooting star" particles can score a direct hit on Earth. Though this particular asteroid burned-up in the atmosphere, larger
such objects could make landfall. The really scary thing is that we
really have no way to detect what might be hurtling toward us right now.
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| Twelve 'Any Time, Any Place' Survival Tips
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| posted on Friday, October 10, 2008
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If you haven't done so already, I encourage you to begin living like
our hardy, self-reliant ancestors did: put enough food, water, first
aid, and emergency supplies away to deal with potential disturbances;
start a private garden and/or join a community garden; get to know your
neighbors; build community with your family and friends; cultivate a
relationship with the Divine. The kind of safety nets that society has
told us we can count on -- bank accounts, insurance policies, pension
plans, investments, governmental agencies coming to our rescue, etc. --
will, I believe, no longer provide the security they once did. Instead,
the time has come for us to begin to depend on ourselves, one another,
and the deep Forces of life (God/Spirit) that so many of us have lost
touch with...
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| Followup: Arlington Institute: Potential Disruptive Event
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| posted on Sunday, October 05, 2008
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About three weeks ago, now, I received indications from four unrelated
sources known personally to me suggesting that that some significant
disruptive event was on our horizon. These sources were unconventional
-- that is, they are intuitives or channels and sense the future
through approaches and methods that are largely not understood by
mainstream science...
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| Asteroid Wrap Could Save The World
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| posted on Sunday, August 24, 2008
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An Australian researcher has won an international prize for her plan to
wrap a giant asteroid with reflective sheeting to stop it colliding
with the earth and destroying all life.
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