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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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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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The Earth had a Saturn-like ring of its own once, a shocking new study has suggested
Scientists suggest Earth had a colossal ring of space debris 466 million years ago, leading to mete…
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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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2 'potentially hazardous' asteroids will streak by Earth this week, one as big as a mountain. You can watch it live.
On Thursday and Saturday, two different asteroids will hurtle past Earth at close range. You can wa…
Ellyn Lapointe
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Mini-moons like the one Earth just captured could be huge business opportunities
Asteroids are ripe for mining. Some contain gold or platinum. Others could help make rocket fuel. W…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Icy pebbles may be carrying water to developing planets across the cosmos!
Scientists, exploring the origins of water on Earth and other exoplanets, may have uncovered a prom…
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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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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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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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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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NASA monitoring asteroids hurtling toward Earth at ferocious speeds
According to the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration or NASA's asteroid tracker, two a…
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Billionaires going to space aim to industrialize the moon, asteroids, and Mars. It's time to set some ground rules.
Billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have huge plans in space, but there are no laws or regul…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA scientists calculated the exact date an asteroid could hit Earth with the force of at least 24 nuclear bombs. Thankfully, it's a long way off.
There's a 1/2,700 chance asteroid Bennu could hit the Earth, and scientists think it could happen o…
Marianne Guenot
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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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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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Earth got its water and organic matter from asteroids, finds Japan's space probe
Water and organic matter was brought to Earth by asteroids, finds Japan's Hayabusa2 space probe. T…
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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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16 asteroids are set to fly past Earth in June — one that's more than twice the size of the Taj Mahal
June is a busy month for asteroids with over 17 asteroids that have already flown past the Earth wi…
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Potentially hazardous giant asteroid to skim past Earth on Thursday: NASA
According to the Centre, as they orbit the Sun, the NEOs can occasionally approach close to Earth. …