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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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Scientists think they've found the origin of the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs. It could help prevent a future mass extinction on Earth.
Thanks to the presence of an rare element called ruthenium, scientists think they know where the as…
Jenny McGrath
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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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NASA explains how it would alert the public of an apocalyptic asteroid strike
In the event an asteroid is headed for Earth, here's how NASA plans to alert the public of an impen…
Ellyn Lapointe
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Photos show the 3.86 billion-mile journey of NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample mission from start to finish
NASA's OSIRIS-REx traveled almost 4 billion miles to get a sample of the asteroid Bennu. Scientists…
Jenny McGrath
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NASA is finally advancing a space telescope that could track down dangerous asteroids before they strike Earth
Potentially hazardous asteroids often skim past Earth without warning. A space telescope that looks…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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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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Comet Neowise is a dazzling sight, but it's also a reminder of how woefully unprepared we are for dangerous asteroids
A NASA telescope spotted Comet Neowise by sheer luck three months ago. If the comet were a killer a…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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The Arecibo telescope tracked dangerous asteroids, broadcast to potential aliens, and starred in a Bond film. Here's what the world lost when it collapsed.
It also weathered hurricanes and earthquakes for years. But after Tropical Storm Isaias passed over…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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'Planet killer' asteroid hidden by the sun may threaten Earth in a few thousand years
Asteroids orbiting between Earth and the sun are especially hard to find, but NASA can't deflect ha…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA launches DART probe on a head-on collision course with an asteroid
NASA is testing a method it might one day use to save Earth from a city-killing asteroid. Ramming a…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA's first planetary defense test worked, successfully redirecting an asteroid by crashing the DART spacecraft into it
The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) has proved that NASA could potentially push a hazardous…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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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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NASA is intentionally crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid on Monday. Here's how to watch the collision live.
NASA's DART mission will crash into Dimorphos, a small asteroid 6.8 million miles away, to test our…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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Watch NASA launch a spacecraft to explore ancient asteroids that lead and trail Jupiter around the sun
The Trojan asteroids have barely changed since the birth of our solar system. NASA's Lucy mission a…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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See video of the moment NASA's DART spacecraft crashed itself into an asteroid and its livestream cut out
NASA tested its first method of deflecting a dangerous asteroid: crashing a space probe into it. DA…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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The asteroid NASA crashed into looks like a comet now, with a forked tail, Hubble image reveals
NASA is watching the asteroid Dimorphos closely since the DART spacecraft slammed into it. The come…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Telescopes and satellites captured clouds and spider-like plumes of debris after NASA smashed a spacecraft into an asteroid
NASA's DART spacecraft didn't survive the mission, but both ground-and space-based observations doc…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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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…