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Risk of football pitch-sized asteroid hitting Earth doubles in a week
The risk of an asteroid hitting Earth has doubled in a week but there are no plans yet to build a spacecraft to deflect the ...
Asteroid Alert: NASA tracks three giant space rocks flying by Earth today at high speed
NASA has issued an alert for three near-Earth objects (NEOs) set to pass by Earth on 10 February 2025. While these asteroids ...
New NASA imagery shows large asteroid that could impact Earth in 2032
A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant, chance of impacting ...
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Scientists Are Taking Possibility Of Asteroid Slamming Into Earth Seriously
The newly-discovered Asteroid 2024 YR is being taken seriously by scientists at NASA who say it's got a legit shot at ...
Odds of impact of newly discovered asteroid rise increase slightly again
Initially, the probability of an impact was 1 in 83, which represented a 1.2% chance of collision. The odds have now increased to 1 in 43, or a 2.3% chance of impact.
NASA’s Asteroid Sample Reveals a Shocking Link Between Space and Earth’s Salt Lakes
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission uncovered a cosmic connection between asteroid Bennu and Earth’s Searles Lake. Both contain minerals formed by evaporating salty water, hinting that Bennu’s parent body once ...
Why the odds of an asteroid striking earth in 2032 keep going up (and down)
Astronomers are closely observing asteroid 2024 YR4, which has an increasing but still low chance of impacting Earth in 2032.
A Lake That Disappeared Holds Clues to Life Beyond Earth
Searles Lake has long been shaped by shifting water levels, volcanic minerals, and evaporite formation. In 2024, satellites ...
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'No, Cork is not going to be wiped out by a giant asteroid' expert explains
Many fear a newly discovered asteroid could cause major natural disasters and an explosion '500x bigger than Hiroshima' if it ...