Month: June 2013
Asteroid With Its Own Moon Passing By Earth
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – NASA is preparing for a close encounter of the asteroid kind Friday afternoon when Asteroid 1998 QE2 drops by the earth. The asteroid is reportedly the size of a cruise ship and unlike other asteroids; this one actually has its own moon orbiting around it. The moon is reportedly 2,000 feet wide, or roughly half-a-mile wide. According to NASA, Friday is the closest the asteroid w... »
No rest as new twisters kill 5 in tornado-traumatized Oklahoma
Union City, Oklahoma (CNN) — The full scale of the destruction wrought by five new tornadoes that plowed through the Oklahoma City area will only be apparent in the light of day Saturday. The fresh twisters Friday evening killed at least five people, less than two weeks after a monstrous tornado made rubble of the town of Moore, a suburb of Oklahoma City. “We really needed a break afte... »