MetaFilter posts tagged with asteroids

Bloop Bleep Bloop Bleep Bloop Bleep Bloop wee wee wee wee CRSSHHH!.... ok that's a wrap.

geos — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:36:27 -0800

Asteroids... the movie?

Objects in Space

Artw — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 01:44:06 -0800

Do gravity holes harbour planetary assassins?

Runnin' from the Hagar

eyeballkid — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:47:03 -0800

David Lee Roth Assteroids. (Flash, URL may be NSFW) [via]

Doctor Steel versus The Hammer of God

goodnewsfortheinsane — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 08:25:20 -0800

Not only does Dr. Duncan Steel have a manly name, he's also one of the guys responsible for keeping those pesky asteroids away from Earth.

Revenge is a dish best served with cheese

Brandon Blatcher — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 19:30:08 -0800

You are an asteroid that has seen many of your brethren decimated by the evil spaceship in the original Asteroid's game. The loss of your rock-fellows has hurt and scarred you deeply. Your rocky heart has ached for vengenance.

Your time has come.

My Dad's got Asteroids.

punkfloyd — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 06:00:58 -0800

Vintage arcade artwork. In free, vector goodness. For collectors restoring a piece of arcade history and enthusiasts who want to create some great art to hang in the den. Who doesn't want a giant Q-Bert on their wall?

Plans for this summer? Asteroid strike, maybe?

gimonca — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 20:16:51 -0800

Asteroid to graze past Earth this summer...but how close? If you liked 2004 MN4, you're bound to enjoy 2006 BQ6. Very small but real chance it could even hit around the end of July, beginning of August this year. NASA isn't officially tracking it yet, but they are including it in their report of upcoming close approaches, where the minimum possible distance is...zero. The space.com discussion puts everything into perspective, including graphs and charts and such.

No sign of giant robots or flaming flying turtles...yet...

gimonca — Mon, 12 Sep 2005 16:46:39 -0800

Japan's Hayabusa spacecraft has arrived at asteroid Itokawa

You won't like this

Capn — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 12:52:36 -0800

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Catheter not required

cedar — Sun, 04 Apr 2004 12:58:36 -0800

Asteroids marathon. Twenty-seven hours of game play and it's only good for fifth place. "In the history of recorded video game world records, no other record is as unique as that on the classic Atari game 'Asteroids' according to the Twin Galaxies Intergalactic Scoreboard. And the reason for that is simple. It is the oldest, unbeaten world record in our database, after more than 22 years of compiling and tracking world records on classic arcade, home console, pinball, hand-held and PC-based titles."

Cash for Killer Asteroids

taragl — Wed, 03 Mar 2004 12:31:46 -0800

The Charles "Pete" Conrad Astronomy Awards Act , passed by the House today, authorizes NASA to award $3,000 to amateur astronomers who locate asteroids that may possibly crash into the Earth and destroy life as we know it. Good to know that $3,000 is the going rate for saving the planet.

Oh, the humanity!

konolia — Tue, 02 Sep 2003 13:07:13 -0800

Asteroid orbits Enter the designation or name of any asteroid or comet, and a 3D orbit visualization tool will appear for that object. If Chicken Little had this link he might have calmed down a little. Or not...Find out if your favorite asteroid is about to rock your world.

2000 EB173 gets a name

rdr — Sun, 24 Aug 2003 04:48:35 -0800

Large rock named Huya! 3 years after being discovered a large object (?) orbiting the sun has been named.

y0mbo — Fri, 05 Apr 2002 12:10:38 -0800

Our great grandkids are toast! A one kilometre-wide chunk of space rock could strike the Earth in 2880, say astronomers... "This is not something to worry about," said Jon Giorgini, a senior engineer at the American space agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory... "That's plenty of time to consider the options - 35 generations, in fact."

BentPenguin — Tue, 19 Mar 2002 09:13:33 -0800

Clueless! But wouldn't this have made a big dent in the middle east peace process?

kokogiak — Sun, 18 Nov 2001 01:33:49 -0800

Leonid Meteor Shower - Hot or Not? Was it a once-in-a-lifetime event, as was billed, or did you just find yourself standing out in the cold and looking straight up? I'm on my way outside right now to shiver & stare.

nathan_teske — Tue, 24 Jul 2001 00:53:08 -0800

East Coast go Boom.

logovisual — Thu, 05 Jul 2001 12:52:41 -0800

Stop the world, I want to get off: A group of scientists thinks that a "wobble" in the orbits of Earth and Mercury may have attracted an asteroid, and not a stray comet, to hit the Earth and wipe out the dinosaurs.

baylink — Mon, 25 Dec 2000 18:50:30 -0800

Lucifer's Hammer... misses. Well, ok, maybe it was only his tack-hammer, but the people in London would have hated it... [scroll down to second story]