‘Potentially Hazardous’ Asteroid Will Zoom By Earth Tonight—But NASA Says It’s Safe: What To Know
A building-sized asteroid will coincidentally fly by Earth during September’s supermoon and partial lunar eclipse early ...
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The Age of Dinosaurs Ended With Not One but Two Asteroids, Scientists Now Say
Around 66 million years ago, the dinosaurs were killed by an enormous asteroid that hit what is today Chicxulub, Mexico. But a second asteroid struck during that same era at the Nadir crater off ...
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'God of Chaos' Asteroid May Suffer Dramatic Changes During Earth Flyby
Scientists predict that the asteroid Apophis may undergo significant surface changes when it makes its close approach to Earth in 2029, according to a new study. The asteroid, named after the ...
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There May Be Water On Psyche, The Asteroid ‘Worth $10,000 Quadrillion’
massive and heavily metallic body in the main asteroid belt. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has detected hydrated minerals on the surface of asteroid 16 Psyche. The asteroid is one of the ...
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If an asteroid were heading towards Earth, could you avert disaster?
Hiding somewhere in the gloom of space, there is a gigantic asteroid on a collision course with our planet. If we don’t spot it and somehow thwart its arrival, it will pierce Earth’s ...
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Asteroid Apophis Will Endure Quakes and Surface Shifts During 2029 Earth Flyby
A team of astronomers believe that our planet’s gravitational pull could alter the surface of Apophis, a near-Earth asteroid (NEA) set to make a close approach to Earth in five years’ time.
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The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs was not alone
The huge asteroid that hit Earth and wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago was not alone, scientists have confirmed. A second, smaller space rock smashed into the sea off the coast of West ...
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Space Mining Startup Confirms First Private Mission To An Asteroid
The mission will see its spacecraft, Vestri, dock on the company’s target near-Earth asteroid, whose identity remains unknown. The company announced the new mission alongside details of $40 ...
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Earth Has a Temporary Mini-Moon Until Thanksgiving: Here's What That Means
It's here to stay, or at least until Thanksgiving week. But it's not a moon. In fact, it's an asteroid named 2024 PT5. It entered Earth's orbit on Sept. 29 and will be taking up residency in our ...
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The cataclysmic origins of most of Earth’s meteorites have been found
Most of Earth’s meteorites can be linked to just a few collisions within the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, two new studies report, including a particularly cataclysmic impact event ...
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What Killed the Dinosaurs?
Did a collision with a giant asteroid or comet change the shape of life on Earth forever? It is widely agreed that such an object -- 10 kilometers across -- struck just off the coast of the ...