Asteroids

• University of Arizona, Spacewatch Project
• Near-Earth Object Program, JPL
• Simulate your very own asteroid impact!
• Lord Sainsbury and Sir Crispin Tickell are to make Britain safe from asteroid impacts. Good! Now I can sleep better at night.

Latest asteroid scare stories.

• So asteroid Apophis didn't hit us after all in January 2013.. But it will be back in 2029. What do we do about these asteroid scares?? BBC News OnLine, January 9, 2013.
• Asteroids could start a nuclear war. BBC News OnLine, July 15, 2002.

But seriously, folks...

• List of dangerous asteroids, from Harvard. Apophos is at the top of the list, you notice. Right now, don't plan anything for April 14, 2029.
• Close approaches in the near future.. NASA/Caltech