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A massive asteroid the size of the Empire State Building is about to pass Earth. Here's how to track it.

The asteroid, which is about a half-mile wide, has been studied by scientists for decades and will …

Emily Walsh   


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An asteroid discovered a week ago will be flying closest to earth tonight

An asteroid dubbed 2019 QE1 will fly past the Earth tonight. But, astronomers only spotted it on 22…

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A 'potentially hazardous' asteroid will whiz past earth at 49,000 km/hr on Friday

When it blasts past Earth on 6 September 2019, it will be flying at a speed of 49,000 kilomete…

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Asteroid flying faster than a bullet will shoot past Earth today

Asteroid 2019 SR8 will be flying past Earth today at a speed ten times that of the average rifle bu…

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Two asteroids bigger than the Japan tsunamis are coming eerily close to Earth today

Asteroids whiz past Earth on a regular basis but it’s rare to see two of them gunning for the plane…

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An asteroid nearly the size of a skyscraper will whiz between the Earth and the moon on Saturday in a once-in-a-decade event

NASA said an asteroid this size passing so close to Earth happens once in a decade. The asteroid DZ…

Kelsey Vlamis   


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It’s a record day for asteroids as three of them plan to fly past Earth

Aside from the fact that there will be three asteroids gunning for the planet, it's even rar…

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Two potentially hazardous asteroids have been ruled out as a threat to Earth — but a bigger one is on the way

Two asteroids are coming awfully close the planet on 14 September 2019 but the Planetary Defence Co…

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There's A Really Big Asteroid Approaching Earth - Here's How To Watch

Asteroid 2004 BL86 was first spotted in 2004. Because of its orbital path and size, the asteroid is…

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There's A Huge Asteroid Approaching Earth - Here's How To Watch

Asteroid 2004 BL86 was first spotted in 2004. Because of its orbital path and size, the asteroid is…

Jessica Orwig   


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A space rock worth $5.4 trillion is flying by Earth this weekend - here's how to watch

According to the Goldstone Radar Observatory, the size of 2011 UW-158 is roughly 1500-feet wide. So…

Jessica Orwig   


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LIVE: Watch A Huge Asteroid Fly By Earth

"While it poses no threat to Earth for the foreseeable future, it's a relatively close approach by …

Jessica Orwig   


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This space probe is almost ready to sample an asteroid - and resolve a mystery of life's origins

This is closer than most asteroids, but the spacecraft likely won't reach Bennu until 2019. After i…

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NASA scientist: Earth is overdue a dinosaur-killing asteroid strike, and we're woefully unprepared

At the annual meeting of American Geophysical Union last week, the Guardian reports that Dr Joseph …

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