For the first time, astronomers found an object on a certain collision course with Earth. Fortunately, it was too small – measuring a couple of metres across – to cause any damage, burning up in the atmosphere on 7 October and leaving behind this wind-blown trail high in the sky (Image: Mohamed Elhassan Abdelatif Mahir/Noub NGO/Muawia H Shaddad/U Khartoum/Peter Jenniskens/SETI Institute/NASA Ames)
The most popular space stories of the year include a gallery of spooky cosmic images and an exploration of whether the universe existed before the big bang. Click here to see our readers’ favourite space stories of 2008.
Topics:
