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Asteroid and Meteors on the Way, NASA Says 'Stay Calm'

When the Lyrid meteor shower hits full strength Friday and Saturday morning, it will mark a sort of planetary triple crown: Earth Day, Good Friday and Passover. The Lyrids are one of the oldest known showers, creating a light show usually seen easily from Earth -- and completely harmless. Until recently, though, plenty...

NASA Plans 2025 Manned Mission to Asteroid

It's a little soon for astronauts to suit up, but NASA is planning to send a manned mission to an asteroid in 2025. In keeping with President Barack Obama's 2010 vision, the space agency has shifted its sights from returning to the moon and, instead, is aiming for a smaller -- and possibly more dangerous -- rock in space,...

Russian Scientists Say Asteroid on Collision Course With Earth

Not to alarm you, but Russian scientists estimate Earth will be hit by an asteroid on April 13, 2036. Should we start packing our bags now? And where would we go? In 2004, NASA suggested the possibility that the asteroid called Apophis, bigger than two football fields, might collide with our planet in 2029. Further...

White House Adviser: US Must Prepare for Asteroid

(Oct. 25) -- If an asteroid were on a collision course with Earth, would we be ready to defend against its destructive impact or would we be helpless and defenseless? NASA, America's space agency, is being charged with leading the way to protect not only the U.S. but the entire world in the event of such a horrifying...

Scientists Witness Trail of Asteroid Collision

(Oct. 13) -- For the first time ever, scientists have front-row seats to one of the solar system's great demolition derbies. Stargazers have long known that asteroids slam into each other every now and then, but they've never been lucky enough to witness the result of a collision as it unfolds -- until now. Pictures...