‘Doomsday Swarm’ Hides 14 Large Asteroids That Could Hit Earth In Future, Scientists Say
There aren’t as many potentially hazardous asteroids lurking near Earth as previously thought, according to a new study.
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The cataclysmic origins of most of Earth’s meteorites have been found
Just a few smashups in the asteroid belt may account for 70 percent of Earth’s meteorites, limiting what’s known about our solar system’s history.
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Meet NEO Surveyor, NASA’s near-Earth asteroid detector
Meet NASA’s NEO Surveyor, the space telescope identifying hazardous asteroids and comets within 48 million kilometres of ...
A huge 170-foot, airplane-sized asteroid, accompanied by two smaller asteroids, is heading towards Earth today
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is actively monitoring three asteroids making close approaches to Earth on 13 October ...
NASA Alert! One 170-foot asteroid, accompanied by two smaller ones speeding towards Earth
NASA, along with other space agencies, has developed an advanced network of telescopes and computational systems to identify ...
The Dino-Killing Asteroid May Have Actually Been a One-Two Punch
The end of non-avian dinosaur’s time on Earth is often depicted as one big, knockout blow delivered by the cataclysmic ...
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Earth unlikely to be destroyed by doomsday asteroid swarms, study explains
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — The end of the world won’t come from a swarm of deadly asteroid strikes, a new study explains.
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‘Mock asteroids’ deflected by X-rays in study that could help us protect Earth
Because the experiment was done here on Earth, rather than in space, the team also had to ensure that the targets were in ...
A spacecraft is on its way to a harmless asteroid slammed by NASA in a previous save-the-Earth test
A spacecraft has blasted off to investigate the scene of a cosmic crash. The European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft rocketed ...
Massive asteroid the size of the Golden Gate Bridge heads toward Earth
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has issued a notice regarding an asteroid approaching Earth today, measuring roughly ...
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Nearly All Meteorites That Smash Into Earth Came From These 3 Ancient Collisions
Over time, the meteorites that land on Earth will be able to tell the story of events happening 200 million miles away in ...