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Football Field-Sized Asteroid to Pass Earth This Weekend

Mike Adams — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:00:26 +0000

A giant asteroid the size of a football field is scheduled to pass through Earth’s atmosphere over the weekend. Scientists say that the 330-foot-wide fiery rock will miss striking the Earth’s surface by nearly 600,000 miles - about three times the distance between our planet and the moon.

Crater From World's Third Largest Asteroid Found In Australia

Mike Adams — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 15:00:57 +0000

After witnessing some of the damage that a dinner table-sized meteor did last week after crashing into central Russia, imagine the magnitude of destruction that would have occurred if that flaming rock was the length of 18 football fields. Now stop imagining, because scientists say it happened.

Giant Asteroid Is Barely Going to Miss Earth on Friday

Chris Chaberski — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:33:42 +0000

Seventeen-thousand miles might not sound particularly close at first listen, but when it comes to a gigantic rock the size of half a football field, it's a bit scarier.