An asteroid must pass extremely close to the earth, just in front Election day in November. But there’s no reason to worry – NASA says this spaceflight does not pose a risk to our planet. Asteroid 2018 VP1 will zoom past Earth on November 2, one day before Americans vote …
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If you had watched the news today, you would have forgotten that you think an enormous asteroid is about to collide with Earth the day before the 2020 US presidential election. At least that’s the takeaway from quite a few news stores. And, understandably, some people are freaking out. In …
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS / CNN) – Amid a pandemic, civil unrest and a divided US election season, we now have an asteroid zooming in on us. On the day before the presidential vote, no less. The celestial object known as 2018VP1 is projected to come close to Earth on Nov. …
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HOUSTON – It’s 2020, year of all things terrible, so it should come as no surprise that on top of global pandemics and murder horns, there’s an asteroid that scientists see that many people on the internet have been talking about. However, before you start packing your go-bags and finding …
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An asteroid with cars made just the closest known approach to Earth, without actually colliding with the planet. And investigators did not even know it for hours until hours after it was already over. Asteroid 2020 QG, formerly known as ZTFoDxQ, zooms past Earth on Sunday at 12:08 pm EDT, …
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