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 ...
600 Million Years Ago, an Asteroid Strike Shook the Planet – And Its Effects May Still Linger
Around 600 million years ago, Earth was home to strange, soft-bodied sea creatures, but a powerful asteroid impact in what is ...
Spinning through space: The astronomers watching the skies for asteroids
"Scientifically there's a huge amount we can learn from asteroids," says Alan Fitzsimmons, an astronomer at Queens University ...
European Space Agency spacecraft to steer asteroids away from Earth
Agency looking at ways to use planet-threatening rocks’ tiny gravitational fields to slightly alter their trajectories ...
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This asteroid might not hit Earth in 2032 after all—here’s how we know
But sometimes a space rock gets flagged as a potential threat because there is a slim chance that it may collide with Earth. A newly discovered near-Earth asteroid called 2024 YR4 is one possibly ...
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Could an asteroid hit Earth in 2032? Here's what to know about the potential "city killer."
An asteroid nearly the size of a football field now has roughly a 0.004% chance of hitting Earth in about eight years, NASA says — with the space agency saying it "no longer poses a significant ...
NASA Image Reveals How Asteroid Transformed a Mountain
The 700–1,300 feet-wide space rock deformed rocks more than six miles from the impact site when it hit 600 million years ago.
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How would an asteroid strike affect life on Earth?
New simulations reveal that the climate, atmospheric chemistry and even global photosynthesis would be dramatically disrupted ...
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NASA to launch asteroid hunting spacecraft in 2027
PASADENA, Calif. ( NewsNation) — As NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Earth on Tuesday, the space ...
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Will an asteroid hit Earth? Likely not. NASA gives 'all clear' as odds fall to near zero
The odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 will crash into Earth in seven years are now so low, they may as well be zero. The space rock between 130 and 300 feet long has caused quite a stir since ...
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Asteroid no longer a threat to Earth in 2032. The same can’t be said yet for the moon
Scientists have finally given the all-clear to Earth from a newly discovered asteroid. After two months ... an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation.
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Could an asteroid could hit Earth in 2032? Here's what to know.
An asteroid nearly the size of a football field now has roughly a 0.004% chance of hitting Earth in about eight years, NASA says — with the space agency saying it "no longer poses a significant ...