Chase Hunter

4 days ago | thederrick.com | Chase Hunter

In December, astronomers identified that the asteroid YR4 had a small but not insignificant chance of striking Earth in 2032, a scenario that experts postulated could have more explosive potential than 500 Hiroshima nuclear bombs. Researchers reclassified YR4 as a non-threat in February, but the interim period when the asteroid was considered a threat, was the first time that the International Asteroid Warning Network had been activated to respond to a threat since its formation in 2014.

1 week ago | mercurynews.com | Chase Hunter

OAKLAND — In the aftermath of a shooting Friday night, Cleashaun Hill took to Instagram to show footage of the bullet holes, shattered plates and blood spatter inside his downtown restaurant, Pierre Pierre. Hill opened the Black-owned, southern-style fine dining eatery on the ground floor of the Tribune Tower two years ago. His goal, he said, was to help change a perception that Oakland’s downtown was troubled.

1 week ago | mercurynews.com | Chase Hunter

BERKELEY — A person was stabbed multiple times in the parking lot of the Lawrence Hall of Sciences on Centennial Drive just before midnight on Saturday, and UC Berkeley police were looking for three people in connection with the crime, according to police. Police responded to the incident at the science center around 11:50 p.m., finding the victim with numerous stab wounds and transporting them to a hospital for treatment.

1 week ago | eastbaytimes.com | Chase Hunter

Though astronomers have known about the threat posed by near-Earth objects since the 1970s, efforts to catalogue potentially dangerous asteroids and meteors have only seriously materialized in the past decade.

1 week ago | mercurynews.com | Chase Hunter

In December, astronomers identified that the asteroid YR4 had a small but not insignificant chance of striking Earth in 2032, a scenario that experts postulated could have more explosive potential than 500 Hiroshima nuclear bombs. Researchers reclassified YR4 as a non-threat in February, but the interim period when the asteroid was considered a threat, was the first time that the International Asteroid Warning Network had been activated to respond to a threat since its formation in 2014.