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NASA Tracking Building-Sized Asteroid Nearing Earth
NASA is closely monitoring a building-sized asteroid as it makes its closest approach to Earth today, among a group of five ...
Historical first: Scientists discover the ingredients of life on asteroid
Unlocking the origins of life starts with understanding how simple space molecules turned into complex building blocks. To do ...
‘God Of Chaos’ Asteroid: It’s Exactly Four Years Until The Rarest Space Event Of Our Lives
On Friday, April 13, 2029, an asteroid will come closer to Earth than orbiting geosynchronous satellites in a ...
Asteroid 2024 YR may not hit Earth in 2032, but it — and others — will keep coming back
Asteroids’ orbits around the sun may put them in collision paths with inner planets. We may have had a near-miss, but ...
Rising odds asteroid that briefly threatened Earth will hit moon
A huge asteroid that was briefly feared to strike Earth now has a nearly 4% chance of smashing into the moon, according to ...
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Asteroid That Threatened Earth Shaped Like a Saucer, Scientists Find With Large Telescope
After taking another peek at the "city-killer" asteroid that once had a small but uncomfortable chance of smashing into our ...
Asteroid With 3.8% Chance of Hitting the Moon Originated From an Unusual Spot
Astronomers have traced the origin of asteroid 2024 YR4, which appears to have broken off from a larger space rock.
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A Near-Miss with a City-Killer Asteroid Highlights Gaps in Earth’s Defenses
The threat from near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 may have subsided, but discoveries of other hazardous space rocks are set to ...
Football-Field-Sized Asteroid That Won't Hit Earth, Still Has Chance of Striking Moon
The asteroid is shaped like a hockey puck and is about the size of a football field in diameter which is about 60m.
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Dangerous Asteroid That Might Hit The Moon Has A Very Unusual Origin
Despite a few months topping the hit list of the most dangerous asteroids, it is now certain that 2024 YR4 won’t hit our ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR may not hit Earth in 2032, but it—and others—will keep coming back
These special kinds of asteroids are dangerous, since they come back regularly ... inward and outward from the asteroid belt has already made 2024 YR4 cross Earth's orbit, giving it a chance ...
Big 140-ft Airplane-Sized Asteroid To Come Scarily Close To Earth Tomorrow At 30060 KMPH, NASA Warns: Check Size, Time, And Distance
NASA warns of massive 140-ft asteroid hurtling towards Earth at 30,060 kmph, here's what you need to know., Science News - ...