A massive asteroid the size of a skyscraper will pass close by Earth on Friday, February 2. The size of the harmless space rock is estimated to be between 690 and 1,575 feet (210 and 480 meters) across, according to NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies. This means that the asteroid could be similar …
If humans were alive 100 million years ago, we would have been constantly hiding from giant animals. Dinosaurs, such as the Pterosaur, with its 11-meter (36-foot) wingspan, swooped across the skies, while the 15-meter-long Spinosaurus would have chased us down in the plains. Compare this to today’s largest reptile, their ancestor, the saltwater crocodile, which …
Devil comet is exploding as it hurtles towards us at thousands of miles per hour 12P/Pons-Brooks is getting more volcanically active as it gets closer to the sun A massive ‘devil’ comet more than three times the size of Mount Everest has exploded again as it races towards Earth. The space rock, called 12P/Pons-Brooks, is about …