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4 asteroids — including one plane sized and two house sized objects — to approach the Earth today, NASA warns: here’s all we know

NASA is tracking several asteroids that will pass near Earth in October 2024, none pose any direct …

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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…

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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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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…

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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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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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Another unknown floating 'object' has been shot down over Lake Michigan

The object downed over Lake Michigan-Huron was the third suspicious object shot down by the US in t…

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NASA says a 'potentially hazardous' asteroid, which could be bigger than the Eiffel Tower, will shoot past Earth next week

A huge asteroid, known as 2021 KT1, will make a "close approach" to Earth on June 1 at about 10:24 …

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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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The US has shot down 3 suspicious flying objects in 3 days. Here's what we know about the UAP floating over North America.

Unidentified anomalous phenomena shot down over Alaska and Canada this weekend have not been offici…

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Hazardous 'forever chemicals' in water, food, and air won't disappear with new EPA rules. But 6 simple tactics can reduce your exposure at home.

PFAS may be impossible to avoid, but you can reduce the amount you inhale or ingest through regular…

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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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…

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NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is about to suck up asteroid rubble for the first time. Watch the risky maneuver live.

The NASA probe will attempt an intergalactic high-five with asteroid Bennu and use a robotic arm to…

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NASA gets $35 million to make sure asteroids don't destroy Earth

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) isn’t the only space agency tracking space…

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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…

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A 'potentially hazardous' asteroid bigger than Earth's tallest skyscraper is about to fly near our planet

"We have been tracking this asteroid for over 14 years and know its orbit very accurately," Paul Ch…

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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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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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NASA just filmed a 'potentially hazardous' asteroid flying near Earth, and it may be 2 times bigger than thought

A "planetary defense" mission may sound like the plot of a science fiction blockbuster, but NASA is…

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