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The world's oldest asteroid struck Earth 2.2 billion years ago triggering one of the first global warming episodes in history
The world’s oldest asteroid struck 2.2 billion years ago and it might have been the reason why the …
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Asteroids the size of planes will fly past Earth today, within hours of each other
The fourth space object, Asteroid (2019 XY) was first spotted by astronomers on 3 December 201…
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Two asteroids bigger than the Japan tsunamis are coming eerily close to Earth today
Asteroids whiz past Earth on a regular basis but it’s rare to see two of them gunning for the plane…
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Asteroid flying faster than a bullet will shoot past Earth today
Asteroid 2019 SR8 will be flying past Earth today at a speed ten times that of the average rifle bu…
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It’s a record day for asteroids as three of them plan to fly past Earth
Aside from the fact that there will be three asteroids gunning for the planet, it's even rar…
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A 'potentially hazardous' asteroid will whiz past earth at 49,000 km/hr on Friday
When it blasts past Earth on 6 September 2019, it will be flying at a speed of 49,000 kilomete…
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What happens when an asteroid actually hits Earth
And it only seems more likely since, despite the Center of Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) a…
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Astronomers discover an asteroid that's closer to the Sun than any other
The semi-major axis is a useful way to measure how far an asteroid is from the Sun on aver…
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An asteroid that whizzed past Earth last week had its own Moon
Asteroids fly past Earth on a daily basis. More often than not, it’s more than one asteroid on any …
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A comet may have melted one of the world’s oldest civilisations to a crisp at more than 2,200 degrees Celsius
Abu Hureyra, one of the world’s oldest civilisations, might have been crushed by cosmic collisi…
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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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Dinosaurs dying off might not have be been the biggest mass extinction on Earth
Rocks found in Canada indicate that there might have been an even larger mass extinction befor…
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Asteroid Day is next week — top five things you need to know
Asteroid Day happens on June 30 every year to mark the anniversary of the most devastating impact i…
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Elon Musk deletes tweet claiming Tesla could be biggest firm in 'a few months'
In reply to a follower's tweet, Musk last week said, "I think there is a >0% (greater than ze…
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Jupiter and Saturn will reunite after 800 years on the shortest day of the year to form a rare 'Christmas star'
The winter solstice, set to occur on December 21, will see these two planets align for the first…
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Wavering NASA lander detects biggest Mars quake yet, even as dust drains its energy
NASA's InSight lander is fighting a layer of Mars dust that's covering its solar panels and causing…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Penguins as big as humans survived whatever killed the dinosaurs — as per fossils in New Zealand
The eroding banks of a river can hold many treasures — gold and gems. In New Zealand, prehistoric b…
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A giant asteroid flying past Earth on Halloween is the least of our nightmares
Right now NASA is preparing to send a spacecraft to an asteroid, and the agency hopes to eventually…
Kelly Dickerson
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Why Japan is landing hopping robots on an asteroid
The rovers have already achieved their first hop. Now, this may be the first time Japan has landed …
Nathaniel Lee,Jessica Orwig
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A 'Nation-Busting' Asteroid Could Hit Earth In 2036
Comets are different from asteroids for a number of reasons. The biggest difference is that asteroi…