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An asteroid nearly half the size of Mount Everest might be on a collision course for Earth in less than a year
An asteroid that stretches for four kilometers, half the of Mount Everest’s height, could be on a c…
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Second mysterious interstellar space object to fly through our solar system has an official name
Now it officially has a name — 2I/Borisov. The 2I represents that it’s the second interstellar…
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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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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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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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For an asteroid to wipe out humans, it has to be bigger than the one that killed the dinosaurs
"But it does have the potential to be the most devastating natural disaster known to man," exp…
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Mystery solved: NASA confirmed the space object that just zipped past Earth is a 1960s rocket booster
Earth's gravity briefly captured the old Centaur booster, leftover from a failed moon mission. It's…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Airplane-size asteroid to cross Earth's orbit tomorrow
An asteroid the size of an airplane is set to cross the Earth's orbit on Wednesday, according to NA…
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A car-size asteroid flew within 1,830 miles of Earth over the weekend — the closest pass ever — and we didn't see it coming
The asteroid, known as 2020 GQ or ZTF0DxQ, flew so close to Earth that it's now the closest known e…
Dave Mosher,Morgan McFall-Joh…
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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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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 W…
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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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NASA has discovered 72 never-before-seen near-Earth objects
NASA has reported that they discovered 272 new near-earth-objects using a telescope which sees usin…
Delano Samuels
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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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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…