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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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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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A 3-billion-year-old meteorite might have sparked life on Earth, study asserts
A massive meteorite impact 3.26 billion years ago may have triggered environmental changes that hel…
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Bengaluru-based Pixxel Space plans to mine asteroids for building settlements in space
Satellites can look for ice on asteroids which can be used as fuel by splitting it into hydrogen an…
PTI
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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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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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One of India's ancient geological features might have helped kill off the dinosaurs millions of years ago!
The Deccan Traps are a series of lava flows that occurred at the end of the Cretaceous period, span…
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Earth is bracing for a 'severe' geomagnetic storm and it probably won't be the last for this year
The sun is entering solar maximum, which means we could see more severe geomagnetic storms this yea…
Ellyn Lapointe
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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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A Russian court hit Google with a fine larger than the world's GDP, stretching credulity
At the current exchange rate, the fine is equivalent to around $20.6 decillion, or about $20,604,60…
Joshua Nelken-Zitser
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Double Trouble: Sun hurls powerful coronal mass ejections at Earth; radio blackouts, GPS disruptions, auroras likely over the weekend!
The first CME is expected to hit our planet today, October 4, potentially sparking moderate geomagn…
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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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A 'severe' geomagnetic storm is forecast for Earth for the first time in years here's what to know about these storms
A 'severe' geomagnetic storm is forecasted to reach Earth this Friday for the first time in 20 year…
Ellyn Lapointe
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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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Major solar storm alert: Third CME this week to hit Earth on May 10-11, possibly affecting satellite communications, GPS and power grids
The Sun has spewed out six X-class flares in the past week, the last three whoppers clocking in at …
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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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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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The US economy teeters after it's hit by a triple threat: Middle East escalation, port closures, and Hurricane Helene
With Israel-Iran escalation, a port strike, and a hurricane, the US economy is balancing a fine lin…
Dan DeFrancesco
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Parts of the Earth could be shaking from earthquake aftershocks that began 200 years ago!
Significant earthquakes seldom occur in isolation, typically followed by dozens or even hundreds of…
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Huge US military 'Manta Ray' sea drone spotted on Google Earth at California naval base
Sea drones have redefined naval warfare in recent years. Their use in the Russia-Ukraine war has ga…