Giant Asteroid to Buzz Earth Tuesday; By National Geographic.com

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This picture shows an image of the 2005 YU55, that is supposed to pass by earth on Tuesday.

Summary: On Tuesday an Asteroid the size of an aircraft carrier is supposed to pass by Earth on Tuesday. The name of the asteroid is 2005 YU55. It was discovered by scientists around six years ago. Scientists could never examine the asteroid properly until it was much close because of how dark it was and how far away it was. When it got close enough, scientists were able to conclude that the asteroid would miss Earth. Also this will be very hard to see because this asteroid is very dark. Luckily for us, the asteroid will miss Earth. This is good because we do not know what will happen if it hits Earth. There may be other asteroids like this heading our way, and we dont know which ones are a threat. That is why we have to develop some type of protection program against big and harmful asteroids.

Opinion: On Tuesday an asteroid will pass Earth, but lucky for us it will miss. Scientist were only able to conclude this a little while ago. This is a little scary, because what if the asteroid was supposed to hit Earth? This is why need to have some protection plan against asteroids, or some line of defense.

Question 1- What do you think will happen if an asteroid like this hits Earth?

Question 2- When do you think a Asteroid as big will hit Earth.

Question 3- What is one idea for a so called line of defense against asteroids.

Ancient "Saber-Toothed Squirrel" Found

Summary: In Argentina fossils have been found of small 8-9 inches long mammals. Scientists say that these fossils of these small animals were alive when the dinosuars we around. These scientist say that these little mammals have long sharp teeth much like a saber-tooth. The mammals look like the squirel in ice age with the long teeth that always looked so award. Because the animals are so small there fossils are extremely hard to find, and these sighting are presious to these south american scientists. To find this fossils paleontalogists litterally have to roll around in the dirt to find them because of their size.
Opinion/Reflection: I think that this is really cool that we have found other prehistoric animals other than dinosaurs. My cousin always tell he wants to be a paleontologist and if found something like this would so cool and i could see why he would want to look for these interesting fossils.
Questions: 1. Would you like to look for fossils like these?
2. Do you find this topic interesting?
3. If you found a fossil such as this one what would you do?