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A "City Killer" Asteroid Approaching Earth: All You Need To Know About It
Some asteroids are given the title of "city killers" because they are capable of destroying an entire city if they collide with an inhabited part of Earth.
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Asteroid City Review: Playful And Profound, A Wes Anderson Film In Every Respect
Asteroid City Review: Scarlett Johansson stands out with a finely-tuned performance. The film has a host of other delightful turns, most notably from Bryan Cranston.
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Cannes 2023: Wes Anderson Says Pandemic Lockdown Helped Inspire Asteroid City
Asteroid City writer-director Wes Anderson claims that the COVID-19 pandemic had an impact on its filmmaking process. "Writing it during this pandemic, in the middle of the most locked-down lockdown, we were not sure we would ever go out again — so I think that's sorta in it,” he said at Cannes Film Festival. Asteroid City is set in a remote de...
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Giant Asteroid To Fly Close To Earth Tomorrow, Has The Potential To Wipe Out A City
Astronomers with the International Asteroid Warning Network are using this close approach to learn as much as possible about 2023 DZ2 in a short time period.
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Lyrid Meteor Shower To Be Witnessed In These Indian Cities Today
The Lyrid meteors according to NASA have been observed for the last 2,700 years and are well known to leave behind glowing dust trails and streaks in the night sky as they pass through.
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Killer Asteroids Abound. NASA Is Ready To Do Something About It
On a winter morning in 2013, a meteor the size of a four-story building screamed across the country, exploding near the city of Chelyabinsk and injuring more than 1,600 people amid widespread property damage.
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Asteroid Twice the Size of Big Ben to Skim Past Earth Today
Flying towards the planet at a speed of over 61,500 miles per hour, the Near-Earth Object (NEO) is big enough to destroy an entire city if collides with the Earth.
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Asteroid Collision With Earth Inevitable, Say Experts
An asteroid strike on Earth is just a matter of time and it could destroy major cities, experts have said. According to Alan Fitzsimmons from Queen's University Belfast in Britain, it is a case of when an asteroid collision will happen, rather than if it will happen.
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Delhi School Students 'Discover' Two Asteroids
Two new asteroids have been discovered by a team of students from two schools in Delhi as part of a nationwide campaign.
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1,000-Feet Wide 'Beast' Near Earth Tomorrow
It is time to thank your stars. A 1,000-feet wide "beast" at a speed of 50,400 km per hour - that could wipe out an entire city - will come within a range of a million miles of earth on Sunday.
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School students from Delhi, Gurgaon discover two asteroids
Four school students of Delhi and Gurgaon have discovered two asteroids which will soon be listed in world's official minor body catalogue maintained by International Astronomical Union (IAU), Paris.
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Delhi school students discover asteroid
A new asteroid has been discovered by two students from a Delhi school and the find has been confirmed by the international space community, an NGO for popularising space said Saturday.
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NASA tracking asteroid to whiz past Earth this evening
NASA is closely tracking an asteroid large enough to destroy a city that is set to whiz past Earth on Friday in what the US space agency says is the closest flyby ever predicted for such a large object.
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Coimbatore student discovers new asteroid
An engineering student of Karunya University in Coimbatore has discovered an asteroid, along with his Chinese friend.A communication was received by the University from International Asteroid Search Collaboration stating that Atul Felix Payapilly and his friend Zhang from China have discovered the 'Main belt Asteroid 2010 RR52,' during the recently...
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Delhi school boys discover new asteroid
Wonders never cease to exist. Two Delhi students have discovered a new asteroid as part of a unique astronomy project connected to the US space agency NASA.Amanjot Singh and Sahil Wadhwa, both Class 12 students of Ryan International School, discovered a main belt asteroid (2010 PO24) on Aug 6 as part of the All India Asteroid Search Campaign (AIASC...
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A "City Killer" Asteroid Approaching Earth: All You Need To Know About It
Some asteroids are given the title of "city killers" because they are capable of destroying an entire city if they collide with an inhabited part of Earth.
-
Asteroid City Review: Playful And Profound, A Wes Anderson Film In Every Respect
Asteroid City Review: Scarlett Johansson stands out with a finely-tuned performance. The film has a host of other delightful turns, most notably from Bryan Cranston.
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Cannes 2023: Wes Anderson Says Pandemic Lockdown Helped Inspire Asteroid City
Asteroid City writer-director Wes Anderson claims that the COVID-19 pandemic had an impact on its filmmaking process. "Writing it during this pandemic, in the middle of the most locked-down lockdown, we were not sure we would ever go out again — so I think that's sorta in it,” he said at Cannes Film Festival. Asteroid City is set in a remote de...
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Giant Asteroid To Fly Close To Earth Tomorrow, Has The Potential To Wipe Out A City
Astronomers with the International Asteroid Warning Network are using this close approach to learn as much as possible about 2023 DZ2 in a short time period.
-
Lyrid Meteor Shower To Be Witnessed In These Indian Cities Today
The Lyrid meteors according to NASA have been observed for the last 2,700 years and are well known to leave behind glowing dust trails and streaks in the night sky as they pass through.
-
Killer Asteroids Abound. NASA Is Ready To Do Something About It
On a winter morning in 2013, a meteor the size of a four-story building screamed across the country, exploding near the city of Chelyabinsk and injuring more than 1,600 people amid widespread property damage.
-
Asteroid Twice the Size of Big Ben to Skim Past Earth Today
Flying towards the planet at a speed of over 61,500 miles per hour, the Near-Earth Object (NEO) is big enough to destroy an entire city if collides with the Earth.
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Asteroid Collision With Earth Inevitable, Say Experts
An asteroid strike on Earth is just a matter of time and it could destroy major cities, experts have said. According to Alan Fitzsimmons from Queen's University Belfast in Britain, it is a case of when an asteroid collision will happen, rather than if it will happen.
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Delhi School Students 'Discover' Two Asteroids
Two new asteroids have been discovered by a team of students from two schools in Delhi as part of a nationwide campaign.
-
1,000-Feet Wide 'Beast' Near Earth Tomorrow
It is time to thank your stars. A 1,000-feet wide "beast" at a speed of 50,400 km per hour - that could wipe out an entire city - will come within a range of a million miles of earth on Sunday.
-
School students from Delhi, Gurgaon discover two asteroids
Four school students of Delhi and Gurgaon have discovered two asteroids which will soon be listed in world's official minor body catalogue maintained by International Astronomical Union (IAU), Paris.
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Delhi school students discover asteroid
A new asteroid has been discovered by two students from a Delhi school and the find has been confirmed by the international space community, an NGO for popularising space said Saturday.
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NASA tracking asteroid to whiz past Earth this evening
NASA is closely tracking an asteroid large enough to destroy a city that is set to whiz past Earth on Friday in what the US space agency says is the closest flyby ever predicted for such a large object.
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Coimbatore student discovers new asteroid
An engineering student of Karunya University in Coimbatore has discovered an asteroid, along with his Chinese friend.A communication was received by the University from International Asteroid Search Collaboration stating that Atul Felix Payapilly and his friend Zhang from China have discovered the 'Main belt Asteroid 2010 RR52,' during the recently...
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Delhi school boys discover new asteroid
Wonders never cease to exist. Two Delhi students have discovered a new asteroid as part of a unique astronomy project connected to the US space agency NASA.Amanjot Singh and Sahil Wadhwa, both Class 12 students of Ryan International School, discovered a main belt asteroid (2010 PO24) on Aug 6 as part of the All India Asteroid Search Campaign (AIASC...
