Read more asteroid stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/11187/asteroid.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:40:06 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/54373/scientists-track-meteor-to-earth-for-first-time.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagScientists have accomplished a first by tracking an asteroid from space into Earth's atmosphere and down to a Sudanese desert, Wired reports. A team of searchers found about 280 small chunks of the meteor, all of a type never before collected. "This is like the first step toward a Rosetta...http://www.newser.com/story/54373/scientists-track-meteor-to-earth-for-first-time.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 25 Mar 2009 17:56:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/44614/100m-shield-needed-to-protect-earth-scientists.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagScientists told the UN today that the world needs a $100 million system to seek and destroy incoming asteroids, the Guardian reports. Asteroids large enough to cause significant damage strike Earth two or three times every thousand years, they said, and the effects can be catastrophic. "We cannot shirk the...http://www.newser.com/story/44614/100m-shield-needed-to-protect-earth-scientists.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 06 Dec 2008 19:21:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/27631/odds-of-cataclysmic-space-rock-crash-1-in-10.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagChicken Little may have been smarter than we thought. A growing body of evidence reveals that the sky is falling, or at least gigantic space rocks are—and the Earth is at far greater risk of a catastrophic strike than previously thought, reports Atlantic . Despite the danger—an impact could...http://www.newser.com/story/27631/odds-of-cataclysmic-space-rock-crash-1-in-10.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 25 May 2008 6:19:23 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/27779/asteroids-could-reseed-a-devastated-earth.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIf a comet ever obliterates life on Earth, don't worry—space rocks could later fall in and reseed a few basic life forms. A new study shows that organisms can survive being hit by a meteor, ejected into space, and hurtled back to Earth on the face of a rock—...http://www.newser.com/story/27779/asteroids-could-reseed-a-devastated-earth.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 18 May 2008 15:13:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/17276/asteroid-to-whiz-past-earth.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA big asteroid is set to speed past Earth on Tuesday night, and those with amateur telescopes will get a peek. NASA discovered the object in October, and scientists believe it's between 500 and 2,000 feet in diameter, LiveScience reports. It won't come closer than 334,000 miles to...http://www.newser.com/story/17276/asteroid-to-whiz-past-earth.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 25 Jan 2008 9:49:43 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/16124/asteroid-wont-slam-into-mars-after-all.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn asteroid heading toward Mars won't crash into it after all, according to disappointed scientists. They had initially calculated there was a 1-in-27 chance of the space rock hitting the red planet, but after new observations researchers estimate the odds are only 1 in 10,000, "effectively ruling out the...http://www.newser.com/story/16124/asteroid-wont-slam-into-mars-after-all.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 11 Jan 2008 4:24:12 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/15154/mars-smash-looking-likelier.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagScientists say the chances of a giant asteroid smashing into Mars on January 30 have gone up steeply, the AP reports. It's still a 25-1 longshot, but stargazers have their fingers crossed. I think it'll be cool," said a NASA tracker. "Usually when an asteroid is headed toward Earth, I'm...http://www.newser.com/story/15154/mars-smash-looking-likelier.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 29 Dec 2007 7:55:28 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/14596/asteroid-on-path-to-smash-mars.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA big asteroid has a decent chance of blasting into Mars next month with potentially devastating consequences for the Red Planet, the LA Times reports. Back on earth, meanwhile, astronomers say that being able to watch an asteroid impact for the first time would be a "scientific bonanza." The potential...http://www.newser.com/story/14596/asteroid-on-path-to-smash-mars.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 20 Dec 2007 20:17:23 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/11596/volcanoes-helped-doom-dinos.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNot one but two catastrophic events may have spelled destruction for the Age of Dinosaurs, previously thought to have ended when an asteroid or comet struck the earth. New research suggests the prehistoric giants died off in “an unfortunate coincidence of a one-two punch—of Deccan volcanism and then a...http://www.newser.com/story/11596/volcanoes-helped-doom-dinos.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 13 Nov 2007 14:42:32 CST