Asteroid on track for possible Mars hit late January

Asteroid on track for possible Mars hit is another main attention getter lately besides the fact that Mars is bright and it is very close to Earth.
Researchers say the object, about 160 feet across, (size of one that hit Siberia in 1908) has an unusually good chance of plowing into the planet Jan. 30. But there is sitll more that needed to study it before then.

(E.O.A.S.blog1) Students will gain a better understanding how scientists search, find and ascertain how asteroids might

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