Dronebama asteroid will break up into hundreds of smaller (autonomously piloting and targeting) asteroids. Sit, spin, and shoot in a highhat riff. Oh damn, no in fact drones are more like the little triangular spaceship that
Coming so close, the asteroid represents a prime target for scientists who are interested in the object for scientific reasons as well as to improve their abilities to forecast asteroid orbits as a way to keep tabs on potentially hazardous objects
Curtin University asteroid expert Phil Bland told an Australian website, “Is it connected to the flyby? A lot of folks would say “no”. Personally, I've always kind of liked the idea that there are streams of asteroid debris – so you
It's not going to crash here, but it's still exciting! An asteroid is making its closest pass by Earth at around 2:24 p.m. ET, flying about 17200 miles above Earth's surface.
If you fancy getting cosy with an asteroid that's got the destructive power of a nuclear arsenal, today's your lucky day. The wittily-named 2012 DA14.
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