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Asteroid 2024 YR4 Has a 2.3 Percent Chance of Hitting Earth in 2032, Says NASA
Asteroid 2024 YR4, measuring 180 feet wide, has a 2.3% chance of impacting Earth on 22 December 2032, according to scientists. A smaller 0.3% risk of the asteroid colliding with the moon has also been noted. While the Earth impact could release energy equal to 8 megatons of TNT, a moon strike may create a visible crater. Researchers are using the J...
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Asteroid Apophis May Still Have a Small Chance of Hitting Earth in 2029, Study Reveals
Recent simulations suggest a very small chance that asteroid Apophis could be deflected onto a collision course with Earth before its close approach in 2029. Although current data points to a safe pass, the risk remains, especially if another space object were to strike Apophis. The odds are extremely low, but a final verdict won’t be available u...
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NASA's Hubble Telescope Captures Collision of DART With Asteroid Dimorphos
National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Hubble Space Telescope captured a series of photos of asteroid Dimorphos when it was deliberately hit by a 1,200-pound NASA spacecraft called DART on September 26, 2022, according to their statement. Hubble's time-lapse movie of the aftermath of DART's collision reveals surprising and remarkable, hour...
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Asteroid Hits Earth's Atmosphere North of Iceland Within 2 Hours of Being Discovered
A three-meter wide astroid entered Earth's atmosphere north of Iceland just two hours after bring discovered. Most of it was vaporised before reaching the surface.
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The Most Dangerous Asteroid Discovered in a Decade Won't Hit Earth, Says ESA
An asteroid which was believed to be on a collision course with Earth does not post a threat to the planet, according to the ESA. The 2022 AE1 asteroid is expected to pass by Earth at a safe distance of 10 million kilometres, more than 20 times Earth-moon distance.
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Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid May Have Hit Earth During Spring, Research Suggests
The extinction of dinosaurs took place about 66 million years ago but we are yet to know the full impact of the asteroid that wiped out this species. Scientists are still studying the disaster and continuously unearthing new aspects of the devastating impact. Now, researchers say that if the asteroid's trajectory had been slightly different, it wou...
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NASA to Crash Spacecraft Into Asteroid to Deflect Its Path Later This Month
NASA is gearing up for the launch of its first planetary defence test, which will involve a spacecraft intentionally crashing into an asteroid to impact its trajectory. The US agency has filled the spacecraft with fuel, performed some final tests, and is running rehearsals for the final mission. Named Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), the mi...
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What if an Asteroid Were Going to Hit Earth? NASA Expert Answers
What if a rock big enough to cause large-scale damage, say an asteroid, were to hit Earth? NASA asked one of its experts the question. Dr. Kelly Fast said it's important to find the asteroids “before they find us.” She, however, added there's no known threat to Earth.
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2021 NY1: 'Potentially Hazardous Asteroid' Will Be Closely Flying by Earth Later This Month
An asteroid named 2021 NY1 could come close to hitting the Earth this month. The asteroid has been classified as a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (PHA) by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). It has also been classified as a near-Earth object owing to its predicted close pass by our planet.
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Asteroid 2020 QL2, Bigger Than a Football Field, to Fly by Earth on September 14
Asteroid 2020 QL2 that could be up to 120 meters (393 feet) in diameter is expected to safely fly past Earth on September 14, as per NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS).
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Asteroid Bigger Than Burj Khalifa to Fly By Earth on April 29
A massive asteroid called 52768 (1998 OR2) will cross past Earth on April 29. However, NASA says that it won't hit us as the space rock will be 6.3 million km away from Earth.
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Asteroid Will Hit Earth, and We Currently Have No Defence: Elon Musk
A monster asteroid called 99942 Apophis -- named after an Egyptian "God of Chaos" -- will come dangerously close to the Earth in 2029.
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Earth Hit By More Asteroids Since Time Of Dinosaurs: Scientists
According to a new study, the number of asteroids colliding with the Earth and Moon has increased by up to three times over the past 290 million years.
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NASA Set To Grab A Piece Of Asteroid That May Hit Earth 200 Years Later
For the past two years, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has sailed across the solar system by the light of the stars. Like ancient mariners and the Apollo astronauts, it needed the constancy of the constellations to navigate the dark unknown. All that changed Monday, when the NASA probe finally reached its target, an Empire State Building-sized asteroid ...
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NASA Plans to Save Earth by Knocking Asteroid Off Its Orbit
NASA's target for the first-ever mission to demonstrate an asteroid deflection technique is an asteroid that will have a distant approach to Earth in October 2022.
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 Has a 2.3 Percent Chance of Hitting Earth in 2032, Says NASA
Asteroid 2024 YR4, measuring 180 feet wide, has a 2.3% chance of impacting Earth on 22 December 2032, according to scientists. A smaller 0.3% risk of the asteroid colliding with the moon has also been noted. While the Earth impact could release energy equal to 8 megatons of TNT, a moon strike may create a visible crater. Researchers are using the J...
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Asteroid Apophis May Still Have a Small Chance of Hitting Earth in 2029, Study Reveals
Recent simulations suggest a very small chance that asteroid Apophis could be deflected onto a collision course with Earth before its close approach in 2029. Although current data points to a safe pass, the risk remains, especially if another space object were to strike Apophis. The odds are extremely low, but a final verdict won’t be available u...
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NASA's Hubble Telescope Captures Collision of DART With Asteroid Dimorphos
National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Hubble Space Telescope captured a series of photos of asteroid Dimorphos when it was deliberately hit by a 1,200-pound NASA spacecraft called DART on September 26, 2022, according to their statement. Hubble's time-lapse movie of the aftermath of DART's collision reveals surprising and remarkable, hour...
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Asteroid Hits Earth's Atmosphere North of Iceland Within 2 Hours of Being Discovered
A three-meter wide astroid entered Earth's atmosphere north of Iceland just two hours after bring discovered. Most of it was vaporised before reaching the surface.
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The Most Dangerous Asteroid Discovered in a Decade Won't Hit Earth, Says ESA
An asteroid which was believed to be on a collision course with Earth does not post a threat to the planet, according to the ESA. The 2022 AE1 asteroid is expected to pass by Earth at a safe distance of 10 million kilometres, more than 20 times Earth-moon distance.
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Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid May Have Hit Earth During Spring, Research Suggests
The extinction of dinosaurs took place about 66 million years ago but we are yet to know the full impact of the asteroid that wiped out this species. Scientists are still studying the disaster and continuously unearthing new aspects of the devastating impact. Now, researchers say that if the asteroid's trajectory had been slightly different, it wou...
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NASA to Crash Spacecraft Into Asteroid to Deflect Its Path Later This Month
NASA is gearing up for the launch of its first planetary defence test, which will involve a spacecraft intentionally crashing into an asteroid to impact its trajectory. The US agency has filled the spacecraft with fuel, performed some final tests, and is running rehearsals for the final mission. Named Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), the mi...
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What if an Asteroid Were Going to Hit Earth? NASA Expert Answers
What if a rock big enough to cause large-scale damage, say an asteroid, were to hit Earth? NASA asked one of its experts the question. Dr. Kelly Fast said it's important to find the asteroids “before they find us.” She, however, added there's no known threat to Earth.
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2021 NY1: 'Potentially Hazardous Asteroid' Will Be Closely Flying by Earth Later This Month
An asteroid named 2021 NY1 could come close to hitting the Earth this month. The asteroid has been classified as a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (PHA) by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). It has also been classified as a near-Earth object owing to its predicted close pass by our planet.
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Asteroid 2020 QL2, Bigger Than a Football Field, to Fly by Earth on September 14
Asteroid 2020 QL2 that could be up to 120 meters (393 feet) in diameter is expected to safely fly past Earth on September 14, as per NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS).
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Asteroid Bigger Than Burj Khalifa to Fly By Earth on April 29
A massive asteroid called 52768 (1998 OR2) will cross past Earth on April 29. However, NASA says that it won't hit us as the space rock will be 6.3 million km away from Earth.
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Asteroid Will Hit Earth, and We Currently Have No Defence: Elon Musk
A monster asteroid called 99942 Apophis -- named after an Egyptian "God of Chaos" -- will come dangerously close to the Earth in 2029.
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Earth Hit By More Asteroids Since Time Of Dinosaurs: Scientists
According to a new study, the number of asteroids colliding with the Earth and Moon has increased by up to three times over the past 290 million years.
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NASA Set To Grab A Piece Of Asteroid That May Hit Earth 200 Years Later
For the past two years, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has sailed across the solar system by the light of the stars. Like ancient mariners and the Apollo astronauts, it needed the constancy of the constellations to navigate the dark unknown. All that changed Monday, when the NASA probe finally reached its target, an Empire State Building-sized asteroid ...
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NASA Plans to Save Earth by Knocking Asteroid Off Its Orbit
NASA's target for the first-ever mission to demonstrate an asteroid deflection technique is an asteroid that will have a distant approach to Earth in October 2022.
