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Last week, an asteroid pair came dangerously close to Earth, posed for some pictures and left!
Both asteroids 2024 MK and 2011 UL21 came in peace and were more than happy to be papped. 2011 UL21…
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4 asteroids — including one plane sized and two house sized objects — to approach the Earth today, NASA warns: here’s all we know
NASA is tracking several asteroids that will pass near Earth in October 2024, none pose any direct …
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Stock market today: Indexes close lower after CPI shows sticky inflation in September
Indexes slipped Thursday as investors took in higher-than-expected inflation. The latest data has s…
Kelly Cloonan
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Forget distant fly-bys of giant rocks—this plane-sized asteroid will come within 1.7 million km of Earth this week!
Come Friday, this near-Earth object will make its closest approach to our planet in a decade!
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Some of Trump's key cabinet picks provide clues to how his administration will approach the business world
President-elect Donald Trump's picks for US attorney general and secretary of state illustrate a po…
Dan DeFrancesco
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Sam Altman explains OpenAI's shift from open to closed AI models
Sam Altman said OpenAI's closed approach offers "an easier way to hit the safety threshold" but he …
Sarah Jackson
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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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Stock market today: US stocks close at all-time highs ahead of key inflation update
The Dow and the S&P 500 closed at a record high. Markets are waiting for September inflation data, …
Jennifer Sor
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NASA released the first close-up photos of the largest asteroid sample ever collected
NASA's OSIRIS-REx dropped off the Bennu asteroid sample last month. Scientists discovered the rocky…
Jenny McGrath
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No other asteroid is going to get closer to Earth in the next decade than the one set to fly by on September 1
Many asteroids come and go but most keep their distance from Earth as they fly past. Now one daring…
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A school bus-sized asteroid will make its closest approach to Earth tomorrow — safely zooming past the planet
Asteroid 2020 SW was discovered earlier this month on September 18 by the Catalina Sky Survey. A…
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Just Look Up: Giant asteroid the size of Qutub Minar to pass dangerously close to Earth
It is not just natural calamities and deadly viruses that may end the human race, giant asteroids h…
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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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An asteroid as big as the San Francisco bridge is set to whizz past Earth after Valentine’s Day
Within hours of Valentines Day coming to a close, Asteroid 2020 PZ39 is going to whizz past Earth.
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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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A football stadium-sized asteroid will blaze by Earth today. Here's how to watch the potentially hazardous 'city killer' live.
Watch live as a "potentially hazardous" asteroid the size of a football stadium whips past Earth to…
Ellyn Lapointe
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Asteroids the size of planes will fly past Earth today, within hours of each other
The fourth space object, Asteroid (2019 XY) was first spotted by astronomers on 3 December 201…