Earth 1, asteroids 0: The next generation of planetary defense takes shape at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The NEO Surveyor fulfills a 2005 act of Congress ordering NASA to catalog 90% of near-Earth objects larger than 459 feet (140 ...
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'Potentially hazardous' pyramid-size asteroid will make its closest flyby of Earth for more than 100 years this Wednesday
The hefty space rock 2014 TN17 is large enough to wipe out a city, but it will pose no risk to our planet when it sails by ...
NASA Tracking Airplane-Sized Asteroid Nearing Earth
Asteroids of this size regularly pass through the Earth's neighborhood, often unnoticed, unless they are actively tracked by NASA and other space agencies. The continuous monitoring of near-Earth ...
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Shiv Nadar
Through the International Asteroid Discovery Project (IADP), Malik identified the asteroid “2023 OG40” and will have the opportunity to name it once NASA verifies the discovery. Daksh’s ...
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World’s Oldest Asteroid Crater Found in Australia
Credit: Graeme Churchard / CC BY 2.0 Researchers have confirmed the Yarrabubba crater in Australia as the oldest asteroid crater on Earth, dating back 2.229 billion years. This oldest asteroid impact ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 going to impact Earth and how much damage could it cause? NASA has the answer
Asteroid 2024 YR4 is between 40 and 90 meters in diameter, about the size of a large apartment block. The asteroid 2024 YR4, discovered in December last year, is moving towards Earth. A NASA expert ...
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Asteroid YR4
Quickly, quickly! You don't want to be out there. Don't you know that there's an asteroid coming? It's this one, over here. Asteroid 2024 YR4, and it could smash into Earth in 2032. NEWS SOUNDBITE ...
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NASA: Asteroid 2024 YR4 not a threat to Earth. But the moon is still in the region of uncertainty
NASA officials this week said recent calculations show a significantly smaller risk than previously believed that Earth could be annihilated in 2032 as a result of being hit by Asteroid 2024 YR4.
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Asteroid probe thought to be tumbling in space; CEO vows to try again
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. – The company behind a mission to examine a nearby asteroid reports that their spacecraft is likely tumbling in space after encountering significant communication issues ...
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Odin probe blasts off on SpaceX rocket to survey asteroid for possible mining mission
A privately-built spacecraft has embarked on an unprecedented deep space mission to scout out an asteroid's potential for mining. The probe, called Odin, was launched on a SpaceX rocket alongside ...
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What are the chances an asteroid will impact Earth in 2032?
For a few days in mid-February, headlines around the world buzzed about the potential for an asteroid to hit the Earth in 2023—specifically, asteroid 2024 YR4. The chance of this impact rose to ...