What we know about possible Nasa mission to ‘deflect’ asteroid heading for Earth
By April this year, scientists will start to decide whether to send a mission to intercept an asteroid that may hit Earth in ...
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THIS ‘City-Killer’ Asteroid May Hit Earth In 2032: Will It Cause Destruction Equivalent To 500 Hiroshima Bombs? Know In Detail
Last year on the day of Christmas, a football sized asteroid passed close to the earth. It was around double the distance ...
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China creates group of experts to protect Earth from asteroid threat
China has begun forming a team of experts to address the threats posed by asteroids and other celestial bodies, Azernews reports ...
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Researchers: Asteroid cut canyons into moon 3.8 billion years ago
New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons ...
Chances of 'country-killer' asteroid hitting Earth increased to 1 in 43
The chances of an asteroid hitting the Earth with enough force to destroy a small country have been increased to 1 in 43.
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City-killer asteroid heading towards Earth: NASA to evaluate situation
At the moment, the space rock has a 2% chance of striking the Earth. The probable date on which it will reach the solar ...
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What would happen if the OSIRIS-REx asteroid Bennu smashed into Earth in 2182?
Beyond the immediate impact damage, an asteroid impact would have long-lasting effects on Earth's atmosphere. What would ...
Here’s what an MIT scientist says about the asteroid that could hit Earth in 2032
Astronomers will have more information later this spring about the asteroid's path and its likelihood of hitting Earth.
Space telescope spots rare ‘Einstein ring’ of light around galaxy in our cosmic neighborhood
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Europe’s Euclid space telescope has detected a rare halo of bright light around a nearby galaxy, ...
Space Pizza: New Mexico middle schoolers work with NASA
It’s an out-of-this-world experiment for a group of Albuquerque middle schoolers working with NASA to send ingredients up to space to make pizza. “I feel ...
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Yes, the odds of an asteroid striking Earth have doubled. No, you don’t need to worry
At the end of 2024, astronomers detected an asteroid in the night sky. It was given the designation Y, since it was discovered in the last half of December, and R4 since it was the 117th rock to be ...
Chances of asteroid striking Earth in the next decade has nearly doubled, NASA says
The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has doubled in a matter of weeks, according to NASA ...