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NASA has led 7 asteroid-impact simulations. Only once did experts figure out how to stop the space rock from hitting Earth.
Since 2013, NASA has been leading exercises in which experts confront a fictitious Earth-bound aste…
Aylin Woodward
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The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs struck at a perfect angle to inflict maximum planetwide damage, a study found
The asteroid 66 million years ago that led to the extinction of the dinosaurs hit at a 60-degree an…
Aylin Woodward
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In a NASA simulation of an asteroid impact, scientists concluded they couldn't stop a space rock from decimating Europe
Space agencies participated in a week-long NASA exercise in which they tried - and failed - to stop…
Aylin Woodward,Morgan McFall-…
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NASA and the European Space Agency are meeting to defend the Earth against asteroids
ESA, NASA and other researchers from around the world are meeting up in Rome next week to ch…
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A mystery 300-mile wide formation lurking beneath Australia may be the largest asteroid impact crater on Earth
Scientists think the asteroid impact may have occurred roughly 450 million years ago, when 85 perce…
Marianne Guenot
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For an asteroid to wipe out humans, it has to be bigger than the one that killed the dinosaurs
"But it does have the potential to be the most devastating natural disaster known to man," exp…
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An asteroid was supposed to hit Earth in September — but astronomers can’t seem to find it
An asteroid which was expected to hit the Earth on 9 September 2019 might, not be on its way to E…
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A second space rock hit Earth after the one that doomed the dinosaurs - a nail in the coffin of the mass extinction
After a space rock struck Earth 66 million years ago - killing the dinosaurs - another asteroid hit…
Aylin Woodward
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NASA simulated an incoming asteroid impact, and the biggest roadblock to action was penny pinching
NASA gathered about 100 experts to practice a hypothetical discovery of an asteroid with a 72% chan…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Elon Musk says we have no defence against asteroid ‘God of Chaos'
Apophis, also known as the 'God of Chaos' asteroid, will be making its way to Earth in ten years. …
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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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NASA crashes DART spacecraft into an asteroid, testing a tactic to bump space rocks away from Earth
NASA deliberately crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid to knock it off its path. It's the first te…
Paola Rosa-Aquino,Marianne Gu…
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Watch NASA launch a probe to smash into an asteroid. It's practice for pushing city-killing space rocks away from Earth.
NASA may one day need to save Earth from an incoming asteroid. The plan: launching a spacecraft to …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Aylin W…
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It might not be 'dinosaur destroying' but it's only a matter of time before an asteroid hits Earth
But, considering their frequency, scientists believe it’s only a matter of time before one o…