Source: Express An asteroid binary first spotted 20 years ago will make another close encounter with Earth this week. US space agency NASA has been tracking the brace of space rocks, dubbed KW4. And grainy footage shows the asteroid growing steadily brighter as it approaches Earth ahead of its closest…
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An engineer who allegedly works for Rüstungs Unternehmen Aktiengesellschaft (RUAG), a Swiss technology company, made quite a few online posts warning readers to immediately leave large cities because on May 6, 2019, “multiple large asteroids” will crash into Earth. The original post is titled ‘HAPPENING NOT A DRILL, GET OUT…
Source: Engadget Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft has successfully touched down on the surface of asteroid Ryugu to accomplish one of its ultimate goals: collect samples for scientists back on Earth. The probe has briefly landed on the asteroid to fire a bullet into its surface and kick up dust, rocks and…