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Skyscraper-sized asteroid and 4 others speed past Earth on the same day
Four huge asteroids — and a fifth that's much smaller — are passing Earth on Thursday in their closest approaches to the planet ever recorded.
UAE: City-sized asteroid nears Earth; when to spot it in Dubai skies
A city-sized asteroid is approaching Earth this October, set to make its closest approach on October 27. Known as 1036 Ganymed, this is one of the largest near-Earth asteroids, with a diameter of approximately 37.
4 large asteroids, including a skyscraper-size 'city killer,' will zoom past Earth in a 12-hour span today (Oct. 24)
Four "potentially hazardous" space rocks, which are between 100 and 580 feet across, will all make their closest approaches to Earth within less than 12 hours of one another on Thursday (Oct. 24). Two of them were only discovered earlier this month.
4 large asteroids, including 1 the size of a skyscraper, speed past Earth
Four huge asteroids — and a fifth that's much smaller — are passing Earth on Thursday in their closest approaches to the planet ever recorded.
4 large asteroids, including a skyscraper-size 'city killer,' will zoom past Earth in a 12-hour span tomorrow (Oct. 24)
Four "potentially hazardous" space rocks, which are between 100 and 580 feet across, will all make their closest approaches to Earth within less than 12 hours of one another on Thursday (Oct. 24). Two of them were only discovered earlier this month.
Big asteroid quartet, including 'city killer,' to approach Earth
Four enormous asteroids, including one with the potential to wipe out an entire city off the map, are making a close flyby of Earth on Thursday. Deemed potentially hazardous, each will come within 30 miles of our planet in just a span of 12 hours.
'City killer' asteroid is one of four making close approach to Earth
Four huge asteroids, including one the size of a skyscraper, are making a close approach to planet Earth. Asteroids striking the Earth can have a devastating impact, but luckily, experts are able to gauge whether those heading in our direction pose an imminent threat.
‘City killer’ asteroid is one of 4 to graze Earth’s orbit today
NASA has announced that an airplane-sized “city killer” asteroid will skim past Earth today — one of four “hazardous” space rocks to graze our orbit in less than 12 hours. Dubbed 2002 NV16, the cosmic boulder is slated to pass within a minimum distance of 2.
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A near-Earth asteroid offers clues to one dark matter theory
Data from the OSIRIS-REx mission to Bennu place a ceiling on the strength of a hypothetical fifth force that could explain dark matter’s origins.
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Almost All Meteorites That Hit Earth Are Coming From the Same Three Places, Scientists Discover
Resaerchers have found that the vast majority of meteorites pummelling the Earth's atmosphere come from only three different ...
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Earth survived an asteroid impact in 1908 that most people don’t know about
On June 30 1908, a significant asteroid impact event in the Tunguska area of Siberia wiped out 80 million trees across 830 ...
Four large ‘potentially hazardous’ asteroids headed towards Earth – but it should be fine
Four large “potentially hazardous” asteroids – one the size of a skyscraper – are expected to pass by Earth on Thursday, ...
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Hera probe snaps its 1st images of Earth and moon on way to asteroid crash site
The Hera spacecraft successfully launched toward the asteroids Didymos and Dimorphos on Oct. 7, meant to follow up on NASA's ...
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What Happened At Chicxulub? The Asteroid Impact That Killed The Dinosaurs
Further study, together with the magnetic and gravity data, confirmed the site as an impact event, named for the nearby ...
En route to an asteroid, spacecraft snaps ghostly views of Earth
The first view below, taken by Hera's Asteroid Framing Camera, shows Earth's dominant white clouds over the sunlit Pacific ...
Astronomers Can Now Track Small Impactors Before They Hit Earth
With the help of advanced imaging cameras and software, astronomers are finally able to track even smaller incoming impactors ...
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Ancient Mega-Asteroid May Have Helped Life on Earth Flourish
Traditionally, giant space rocks colliding with Earth are seen as a bad thing for life. That's certainly true now, but the ...