Transport Minister Tetsuo Saito confirmed that five Japan Coast Guard members died on Runway 34R at Tokyo’s Haneda airport after their plane collided with Japan Airlines flight JL516. An Airbus A350, operated by Japan Airlines and carrying hundreds of passengers, collided with a Japan Coast Guard (JCG) plane while landing at Haneda Airport in Tokyo late Tuesday. Flight tracking website Flightradar24... 

Up to seven people were injured when a car plowed into a crowd in the eastern part Helsinki, Finland’s capital. Police say that nothing indicates the incident was intentional. However other news sources are already speculating that the attacker could be a Muslim. There is however no definitive proof of this claim YET. No one was killed in the collision, but at least three people were taken to hospitals... 

The Andromeda spiral galaxy A short time ago, in a galaxy very, very close by, a NASA satellite thought it detected a gamma ray burst in Andromeda. It was a false alarm, but astronomers used the opportunity as a reminder that “our galaxy and Andromeda are set for a head-on collision” even though it is widely accepted that galaxies in the universe tend to distance themselves from one another. NASA’s... 

A potentially catastrophic asteroid has been discovered by astronomers, who say there’s a slim chance that the 410-meter-wide minor planet will crash into Earth in 2032, creating a blast 50 times greater than the biggest nuclear bomb. The asteroid, described as 2013 TV135, was found in the Camelopardalis (Giraffe) constellation by the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in southern Ukraine, the Minor... 

Russia’s space agency wants to send a mission to Apophis, the notorious asteroid which may change its course and eventually collide with Earth. It will plant a radio beacon, which will help track the celestial body and assess the risks it poses. ­The 300-meter-wide asteroid first made headlines in 2004, when NASA reported that it has 1 chance in 223 of impacting on our planet in 2029. It was even... 

Care providers and policemen walk on the site where two trains collided between train stations Amsterdam-Sloterdijk and Amsterdam-Centraal in Amsterdam, on April 21, 2012. Two trains have collided in Amsterdam, Dutch media reports. At least 125 people were injured in the accident, around 50 seriously. A spokeswoman for Dutch Railways said the injuries mainly consist of broken bones and bruises. The... 

Astronomers and other outer space experts are speaking out on a comet expected to make a close call with colliding into Earth later this year. The consequences could be dire, so why are so many people unaware of it? “I think it’s worth a raised eyebrow” says author Brooks Agnew. He’s done a lot of research on Elenin and tells RT that there are some rather strange coincidences regarding the... 

One giant leap: This artistic impression shows what a mission to the asteroid may look like after NASA announced it hopes to land on one by 2025. The moon has had its day and Mars is just, well, too far away. Nasa plans to put a man on an asteroid by 2025 in a real-life version of the film Armageddon. Astronauts will embark on a six-month mission to land on a lump of rock around the size of a building... 

Protesters chant slogans during an anti-China protest rally in central Tokyo. About 4,000 anti-China protesters rallied in Tokyo on Saturday, with their anger fuelled by a video capturing a collision between Chinese and Japanese vessels which sparked a diplomatic spat. About 4,000 anti-China protesters rallied in Tokyo on Saturday, with their anger fuelled by a video capturing a collision between Chinese...