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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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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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Ufologist claims the ‘God of Chaos’ asteroid will strike somewhere over Europe
Ufologist Michael Horn claims that the God of Chaos asteroid will strike somewhere between the Nort…
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In a NASA simulation of an asteroid impact, scientists concluded they couldn't stop a space rock from decimating Europe
Space agencies participated in a week-long NASA exercise in which they tried - and failed - to stop…
Aylin Woodward,Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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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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In the event of a killer asteroid, volcanic apocalypse, or nuclear holocaust, mushrooms could save humanity from extinction
That would not help in the aftermath of a catastrophe that puts humans at risk of extinction, he sa…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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It might not be 'dinosaur destroying' but it's only a matter of time before an asteroid hits Earth
But, considering their frequency, scientists believe it’s only a matter of time before one o…
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THE TUNGUSKA EVENT: This Is What Would Happen If Today's Flyby Asteroid Hit Earth
Scientists believe that a football field-sized, solid ice chunk of a comet entered Earth's atmosphe…
Sam Ro
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Werner Herzog's new film, 'Fireball,' explores the power and mystery of meteorites
Werner Herzog and Clive Oppenheimer directed the film, which premiered Friday on Apple TV+. Herzog …
Susie Neilson
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11 facts about NASA's epic nuclear-powered mission to Pluto that will completely blow your mind
Luckily the flyby was a success, and the event boosted the spacecraft's speed by 9,000 miles per ho…
Jessica Orwig,Kelly Dickerson
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After 8 years, residents of a ghost town soaked in radiation by the Fukushima nuclear reactor disaster are allowed back
The government, in tandem with the plant's owners Tokyo Electric Power Co., have been working cease…
Bill Bostock,Bill Bostock
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Astronaut says a neglected telescope is NASA's best chance of defending Earth from 'city killer' asteroids - 'for God's sake, fund it'
The NASA competition it was a part of, called Discovery, values scientific firsts - not ensuring hu…
Dave Mosher
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If India and Pakistan have a nuclear war, scientists say it could trigger Ice-Age temperatures, cause global famine, and kill 125 million people
Either way, enormous amounts of smoke would enter the air, the researchers write. A small portion o…
Aria Bendix
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This space mission could save Earth from killer asteroids - but NASA keeps hitting the snooze button
Take the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), for example, which is one of Earth's best current …
Dave Mosher
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Here's how Trump could replace Obama's asteroid catcher with a SpaceX-backed mission to Mars
But ARM's slipping deadlines, ballooning costs, redundancy with the recently launched asteroid-samp…
Dave Mosher
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An asteroid strike on Pluto hints that a giant, habitable ocean might exist below its icy crust
"Nitrogen is a critical element for life as we know it and Pluto's putative ocean could be a source…
Dave Mosher
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Astronomers Are Planning Dramatic Ways To Stop An Asteroid Collision
There are other approaches. The European Space Agency is working on a mission called Don Quijote th…
The Economist
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Over a million space rocks could strike Earth with more energy than a nuclear bomb, and we don't know where most of them are
According to a new report the agency released earlier this month - which is based on a 2016 report …
Jeremy Berke
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How antimatter engines could fly humans to other stars in just a few years
Antimatter isn't just a sci-fi trope. Ryan Weed has been working on designing an antimatter propuls…