Why asteroid 2024 YR4 is unlikely to hit Earth in 2032 and how scientists keep track
Scientists say the threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the world's telescopes ...
Expert shares key facts about asteroid that could hit Earth in 2032
The head of planetary defense at the European Space Agency discusses 2024 YR4, an asteroid with a small chance of striking ...
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Last fall, a hunk of interstellar material began orbiting the planet. What was it?
Last fall, the scientific community went into a minor frenzy. A hunk of interstellar material had been sucked into the ...
Worried about an asteroid hitting Earth in 2032? Here's why you shouldn't be
The internet is currently swimming with talk about an asteroid that could hit Earth in 2032. "Could" is a stretch, however, ...
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Grand canyons on the moon? Asteroid strike billions of years ago carved out 2 massive gorges
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a ...
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Asteroid blast on the moon sculpted giant canyons in 10 seconds, revealing ancient lunar history
Asteroid collision on the moon created massive canyons in just 10 minutes New research ... The curtain of debris resulting ...
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Astronomers Raise Odds of Asteroid Impact in 2032 to 2.3 Percent—Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Panic
Though that number’s rising, experts say further research could bring it to zero Margherita Bassi Daily Correspondent Last week, NASA reported that a newly identified asteroid has a more than 1 ...
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The Scariest Asteroid Event of Your Life
Five years after Jurassic World Dominion, an expedition braves isolated equatorial regions to extract DNA from three massive ...
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NASA's returned asteroid samples hold the ingredients of life from a watery world
It remains the biggest cosmic haul from beyond the moon. The two previous asteroid sample missions ... Desert and Africa's ...
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Astronomers have spied an asteroid that may be heading for Earth. Here’s what we know so far
We’ll be able to follow the asteroid as it recedes from Earth for another couple of months, by which time we’ll have a better idea of exactly where it will be on that fateful day in December ...
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Are we all aliens? NASA asteroid samples connect Earth to ancient water world
It remains the biggest cosmic haul from beyond the moon. The two previous asteroid sample missions ... would be stripped away if present in falling meteorites. “This discovery was only possible ...