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Football Field-Sized Asteroid to Pass Earth This Weekend

Mike Adams — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 12:38:26 +0000

A giant asteroid the size of a football field is scheduled to pass through Earth’s atmosphere over the weekend. Scientists say that the 330-foot-wide fiery rock will miss striking the Earth’s surface by nearly 600,000 miles - about three times the distance between our planet and the moon.

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Crater From World's Third Largest Asteroid Found In Australia

Mike Adams — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 14:09:57 +0000

After witnessing some of the damage that a dinner table-sized meteor did last week after crashing into central Russia, imagine the magnitude of destruction that would have occurred if that flaming rock was the length of 18 football fields. Now stop imagining, because scientists say it happened.

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Astronomer Conrad Jung From The Chabot Space And Science Center Says We Should Be Concerned About Meteors And Asteroids, But Not Afraid

Kristine Bellino — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 12:56:35 +0000

With more reports of things flying and dropping from the sky, should we be afraid of meteors and asteroids? One astronomer says we should, at the very least, be concerned.

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Ball Of Light Reported Over South Florida

Kristine Bellino — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 12:42:31 +0000

It is said to have lasted only as long as three seconds but many in the Miami-Dade and Broward areas witnessed a "ball of light" in the sky over the weekend.

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Bright Streak Of Light Reported Over San Francisco Bay Area

Kristine Bellino — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 19:25:36 +0000

Two agencies are reporting that they have received calls about a bright streak of light that appeared over the San Francisco Bay area.

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Earth Is Safe As Asteroid 2012 DA14 Passes By Harmlessly

Gino Geruntino — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:02:19 +0000

A close flying asteroid traveling within 17,000 miles of Earth is on its way out.

The massive rock was the length of half a football field and in the same area as some of the world's orbiting TV and weather satellites

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Doomsday Asteroid Officially Upgraded in Size

Mike Adams — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 17:30:30 +0000

An asteroid that scientists said could threaten Earth’s atmosphere in 2036 is now believed to be substantially larger than previously stated. In fact, astronomers currently studying the dreaded, potential doomsday rock say asteroid 'Apophis' has officially been supersized by about

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