His aerospace company Blue Origin started a countdown on Jan. 13 ... NASA deliberately crashed a spacecraft into a harmless asteroid to practice thwarting a space rock, should a hazardous one ...

A colossal asteroid, known as 2014 TN17, is set to make a chillingly close pass by Earth this week, marking the nearest approach in over 100 years. This massive space rock, measuring an estimated ...

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Asteroid 2014 TN17 meets both these specifications set by Nasa, which constantly tracks space objects using powerful ground-based and space telescopes. Hypothetically, if 2014 TN17 were to impact our ...