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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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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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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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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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The biggest asteroid of 2020 will zoom past Earth on April 29 — adhering to 'social distancing' and even wearing a mask
The biggest asteroid of the year doesn’t care that Earth is under lockdown — and it’s set to zoom p…
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The biggest asteroid of 2021 is going to zoom past Earth tonight flying as fast as 100,000 kmph
An asteroid twice as big as the Statue of Unity is set to zoom past Earth tonight flying at 100,000…
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Here’s how you can watch the biggest asteroid of 2020 live as it zooms past the Earth
The good news is that you don’t have to be an expert astronomer or scientist in order to catch t…
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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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An asteroid as big as the San Francisco bridge is set to whizz past Earth after Valentine’s Day
Within hours of Valentines Day coming to a close, Asteroid 2020 PZ39 is going to whizz past Earth.
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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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Two potentially hazardous asteroids have been ruled out as a threat to Earth — but a bigger one is on the way
Two asteroids are coming awfully close the planet on 14 September 2019 but the Planetary Defence Co…
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The 10 biggest asteroids that could crash into Earth in 2019
In order to keep that from happening, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Near Earth Orbit (NEO…
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Potentially hazardous giant asteroid to skim past Earth on Thursday: NASA
According to the Centre, as they orbit the Sun, the NEOs can occasionally approach close to Earth. …
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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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Astronomers spot the biggest cosmic explosion ever seen, and it's 100 times the size of our solar system
The blast, which is 2 trillion times brighter than the sun, may have been caused by a supermassive …
Marianne Guenot
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An asteroid flew closer to Earth than the Moon — but nobody knew till two days later
Asteroids come and go, but we normally know when they’ll be flying past the planet. However, last m…
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Asteroid Day — everything you need to know about the rocks in our solar system that could one day hit Earth
Asteroid Day is just around the corner and there are many questions that people have about asteroid…
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Asteroid Day is on June 30 — and it’s the one day no asteroid will be making its close approach
Asteroid Day is on June 30 and ironically no asteroid has any plans of flying anywhere close to Ear…