At this point in history, astronomers and engineers who grew up watching "Deep Impact" and "Armageddon," two movies about the destructive power of asteroid impacts, are likely in relatively high ...
Spread the loveIntroduction On April 21, 2026, a bus-sized asteroid, designated as 2026 HJ1, is set to make a close approach to Earth. While the term “bus-sized” might evoke images of a dangerous ...
Richard Binzel has been watching the skies for hazardous asteroids for more than 50 years. In 1995, he proposed the Near-Earth Object Hazard Index, later renamed the Torino scale, which rates ...