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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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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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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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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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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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Millennials are hoarding cash. That could hurt them in the long run.
Millennials are holding onto a lot of cash instead of investing that money in the stock market. Tha…
Callie Cox
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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 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 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 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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Ukraine says it wiped a key Russian missile and artillery arsenal 'off the face of the earth' in long-range strikes
A source in the Security Service of Ukraine said drones attacked a large weapons warehouse in Russi…
Jake Epstein
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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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NYC area hit with aftershock after rare 4.8-magnitude quake. There could still be more.
An aftershock hit New York City just hours after the East Coast experienced a rare 4.8 magnitude ea…
Lloyd Lee
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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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A cluster of sunspots 15 times bigger than Earth could send a solar storm our way as early as Saturday
The cluster of sunspots could send solar weather our way as early as Saturday, though it's difficul…
Marianne Guenot
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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…