Asteroids

• University of Arizona, Spacewatch Project
• Near-Earth Object Program, JPL
• Asteroid and Comet Impact Hazards, NASA Ames
• British site on near-Earth objects
• The "doomsday asteroid"
• Simulate your very own asteroid impact!
• Buy asteroid insurance! (except in Texas).
• 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 the newest asteroid won't hit us after all.. What do we do about these asteroid scares?? BBC News OnLine, September 5, 2003.
• The story from September 2 BBC News OnLine, September 2, 2003.
• Latest asteroid impact threat is less than first reported. BBC News OnLine, July 29, 2002.
• Asteroids could start a nuclear war. BBC News OnLine, July 15, 2002.
• US weighs threat of asteroid impacts. National Geographic News, June 7, 2002.
• There may be about 1000 killer asteroids near the Earth. BBC News OnLine, October 2000.

But seriously, folks...

• Asteroids and meteorites do hit the Earth. Story from May 2, 2000.
• List of dangerous asteroids, from Harvard.
• Here is an equivalent site at JPL, Caltech.
• List of upcoming close approaches, continuously updated to reflect new data on asteroid orbits, from Harvard. Right now, don't plan anything for April 13, 2029.
• Here's the equivalent list from JPL at Caltech. They are more worried about August 7, 2027.