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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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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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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…
Ellyn Lapointe
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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…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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The last major asteroid to hit Earth destroyed 500 square kilometers — and it could have been much worse
As many as 800 asteroids are hovering around Earth, posing many a risk. But, these are just th…
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'This is not good': The Arecibo telescope just suffered even more damage that will set back searches for asteroids and aliens
In August, a cable at the Arecibo Observatory snapped, tearing a hole in the reflector dish. On Fri…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs struck at a perfect angle to inflict maximum planetwide damage, a study found
The asteroid 66 million years ago that led to the extinction of the dinosaurs hit at a 60-degree an…
Aylin Woodward
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NASA has plans to smash a spacecraft into an asteroid, to test if it can change the course of killer asteroids in the future
The DART mission aims to crash a low-cost spacecraft into Dimorphos, an asteroid about the size of …
Matthew Loh
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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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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…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA has led 7 asteroid-impact simulations. Only once did experts figure out how to stop the space rock from hitting Earth.
Since 2013, NASA has been leading exercises in which experts confront a fictitious Earth-bound aste…
Aylin Woodward
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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…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Aylin Woodward
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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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Asteroid mining startup founded by ex-SpaceX and Virgin Orbit engineers books first test mission with SpaceX
AstroForge is scheduled to test its technology next year, using a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to get int…
Tasmin Lockwood
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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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A space telescope that could protect Earth from asteroids has been stuck in 'NASA mission limbo hell' - but it may finally escape
A telescope in orbit could track asteroids that may crash into Earth. But no such mission has moved…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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An asteroid half the size of Mount Everest is set to fly past Earth in April — but it's not going to end the planet
Bigger than most average asteroids, normally a few feet in size, the asteroid does not pose a th…
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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.