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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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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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How to make money from medical research and donations
You can make good money from donating plasma or sperm on a regular basis. Other donations and scien…
Hilary Brueck
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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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16 asteroids are set to fly past Earth in June — one that's more than twice the size of the Taj Mahal
June is a busy month for asteroids with over 17 asteroids that have already flown past the Earth wi…
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Earth has a new ‘mini-moon’ — and it’s not the first
The Moon isn’t the only space rock orbiting the Earth. A new mini-moon was spotted circling the pla…
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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…
Grace Eliza Goodwin
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An asteroid only turns into a meteor if it falls to Earth
Space agencies keep an eye out for these objects have come to realise that the asteroids having …
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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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The Earth did not get its water from asteroids — it may have had it all along
The prevailing theory on how the Earth got its water is that the planet was born dry and water was …
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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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Scientists claim they've found a perfectly preserved dinosaur fossil killed when the mass extinction asteroid hit the earth 66 million years ago
Dinosaur fossils found at Tanis in North Dakota are believed to date back to the mass extinction ev…
Marianne Guenot,Alia Shoaib
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Google Photos' most endearing feature is going out the window starting June next year
This undercuts one of the most endearing aspects of Google Photos — knowing that you always had …
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Shooting stars beckon in the New Year this weekend. Here's how to spot the fireballs of the Quadrantids meteor shower.
NASA says the Quadrantids are one of the best meteor showers. A bright moon may outshine some of th…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Comet Neowise is a dazzling sight, but it's also a reminder of how woefully unprepared we are for dangerous asteroids
A NASA telescope spotted Comet Neowise by sheer luck three months ago. If the comet were a killer a…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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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-…
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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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The dinosaurs may have already been going extinct before the cataclysmic space rock hit Earth, new findings suggest
Did dinosaurs go extinct after a space rock hit Earth 66 million years ago, or were they already de…
Aylin Woodward
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Here's what fireballs are and how to best spot them at the Perseid meteor shower's peak
Explore the celestial spectacle of fireballs during the Perseid meteor shower, set to peak this wee…
Hannah Getahun,Sebastian Cahi…
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A comet has been spotted among Jupiter's ancient asteroids for the very first time
A centaur flying into a bunch of trojans sounds like the beginning of a bad joke, but that is exact…