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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…

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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…

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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…

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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 sent a spaceship rocketing by an asteroid — and discovered the space rock has a little baby one dancing around it

NASA's Lucy spacecraft discovered that the asteroid Dinkinesh is actually a binary asteroid system.

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Asteroid 33 Polyhymnia is so dense it may actually contain elements never before seen on Earth, according to a new study

Researchers believe that an asteroid in our galaxy is denser than the densest element in the Period…

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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…

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‘God of Chaos’ asteroid Apophis won’t be crashing into Earth for at least another century

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has determined that the ‘God of Chaos’ ast…

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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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Adam Driver asked NASA how it plans to save Earth from world-ending asteroids

Adam Driver wondered how NASA would save the world if a giant asteroid were approaching. Three spac…

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The 10 biggest asteroids that pose a threat to Earth in 2020

There are swarms of millions of asteroids in the Solar System. Most of them keep to themselves as t…

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Eiffel Tower sized asteroid set to zoom past Earth today

Aside from the size, asteroid has impressive speed as well. Observations show that it will b…

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Not an asteroid but massive volcanic eruptions in India might have set off mass extinction 66 million years ago

"For the first time, we can provide insights into the distinct climatic and environmental …

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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…

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Asteroids contain metals worth quintillions of dollars — but mining them won’t necessarily make your richer than Bezos or Musk

There are over a million asteroids that are being tracked by astronomers, and getting your hands on…

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The asteroid NASA is about to strike poses no threat to Earth, but 60% of city-killer rocks fly under the radar

NASA's DART mission is about to practice deflecting an asteroid away from Earth. But NASA can't pro…

Morgan McFall-Johnsen   


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Five asteroids are set to fly past the planet today — two of them are bigger than the Eiffel Tower

Three of the asteroids are relatively small and pose a smaller threat to the planet if they were…

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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…

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We'd need 5 to 10 years' notice to stop a killer asteroid heading for Earth

In a recent NASA simulation, scientists had six months to stop a hypothetical asteroid from hitting…

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