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Giant Sun "Umbrella" Tied To Asteroid Might Help Fight Global Warming, Says Scientist
To help combat the effects of global warming, scientists have proposed an innovative idea to shield Earth from the sun with a spaceborne "umbrella" of sorts.
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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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Asteroid Bigger Than the Tallest Building on Earth Just Flew by Safely: Here's How People Are Reacting to It
An asteroid bigger than the tallest building on Earth safely flew by on January 19. The giant rock, named 7482 (1994 PC1), zipped past our planet, nearly 1.93 million kilometres away.
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Giant Asteroid To Pass By Earth Today, Says NASA. Here's How You Can Track It
A giant asteroid will whiz past the earth today, NASA has said. The asteroid, called 7482 (1994 PC1), measures more than a kilometre in width (approximately 3,450 feet)
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NASA Launches Spacecraft That Will Crash Into Asteroid. Why It's Important
NASA has launched a mission to deliberately smash a spacecraft into an asteroid -- a test run should humanity ever need to stop a giant space rock from wiping out life on Earth.
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NASA Launches DART Mission Aboard SpaceX Rocket to Kick an Asteroid Off Course
NASA is preparing a mission to deliberately smash a spacecraft into an asteroid — a test run should humanity ever need to stop a giant space rock from wiping out life on Earth.
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NASA To Launch Spacecraft To Kick An Asteroid Off Course
NASA is preparing to launch a mission to deliberately smash a spacecraft into an asteroid -- a test run should humanity ever need to stop a giant space rock from wiping out life on Earth.
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ESA Shares Photo Of One of The Biggest Impact Basins On Martian Surface
The European Space Agency (ESA) has shared stunning images of one of the biggest impact basins in the Solar System, located on Mars. Hellas, with a diameter of 1,430 miles (2,300km) and a depth of over 4.3 miles (7km), is believed to have formed between 3.8 billion and 4.1 billion years ago after a large asteroid hit the surface of Mars.
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Massive Meteor Shower "Hit Earth And Moon" 800 Million Years Ago
A giant meteor shower bombarded Earth and the Moon 800 million years ago with more than 30 times the force of the asteroid strike that killed the dinosaurs, new research showed Tuesday.
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How a Gigantic Collision in Space Triggered an Ice Age on Earth 466 Million Years Ago
Scientists on Wednesday said dust spawned by a gigantic collision in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter 400 million years earlier triggered an ice age on Earth that ushered in a significant increase in marine biodiversity.
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2 Giant Asteroids To Pop Up Near Earth Tomorrow, NASA Keeps Watch
Two large recently discovered asteroids will pass by Earth tomorrow, scientists at NASA's Centre for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) have said. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has been tracing their orbital path around the sun.
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Asteroid 2006 QQ23: Space Rock Bigger Than Empire State Building to Pass by Earth Today
A giant asteroid, known as 2006 QQ23, is moving towards Earth; however, it will sail past our planet today without causing any harm, NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) has said.
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NASA Funding Project To Turn Asteroids Into Spaceships: Report
NASA has recently announced it would give funds to a California-based 3D printing company for finding ways to turn asteroids into giant, autonomous spacecrafts, which could fly to outposts in space, the media reported.
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Amateur Astronomers Capture Footage Of A Space Rock Crashing Into Jupiter
Jupiter, the gas giant that may have obliterated most of our solar system's original set of planets, got a taste of its own medicine a couple of weeks back.
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Halloween Asteroid to Shave Past Earth, Astronomers Say
A big asteroid is hurtling toward Earth and will shave past our planet on Halloween, but astronomers say there's no need to be spooked it's definitely not on a collision course.
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Giant Sun "Umbrella" Tied To Asteroid Might Help Fight Global Warming, Says Scientist
To help combat the effects of global warming, scientists have proposed an innovative idea to shield Earth from the sun with a spaceborne "umbrella" of sorts.
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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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Asteroid Bigger Than the Tallest Building on Earth Just Flew by Safely: Here's How People Are Reacting to It
An asteroid bigger than the tallest building on Earth safely flew by on January 19. The giant rock, named 7482 (1994 PC1), zipped past our planet, nearly 1.93 million kilometres away.
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Giant Asteroid To Pass By Earth Today, Says NASA. Here's How You Can Track It
A giant asteroid will whiz past the earth today, NASA has said. The asteroid, called 7482 (1994 PC1), measures more than a kilometre in width (approximately 3,450 feet)
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NASA Launches Spacecraft That Will Crash Into Asteroid. Why It's Important
NASA has launched a mission to deliberately smash a spacecraft into an asteroid -- a test run should humanity ever need to stop a giant space rock from wiping out life on Earth.
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NASA Launches DART Mission Aboard SpaceX Rocket to Kick an Asteroid Off Course
NASA is preparing a mission to deliberately smash a spacecraft into an asteroid — a test run should humanity ever need to stop a giant space rock from wiping out life on Earth.
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NASA To Launch Spacecraft To Kick An Asteroid Off Course
NASA is preparing to launch a mission to deliberately smash a spacecraft into an asteroid -- a test run should humanity ever need to stop a giant space rock from wiping out life on Earth.
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ESA Shares Photo Of One of The Biggest Impact Basins On Martian Surface
The European Space Agency (ESA) has shared stunning images of one of the biggest impact basins in the Solar System, located on Mars. Hellas, with a diameter of 1,430 miles (2,300km) and a depth of over 4.3 miles (7km), is believed to have formed between 3.8 billion and 4.1 billion years ago after a large asteroid hit the surface of Mars.
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Massive Meteor Shower "Hit Earth And Moon" 800 Million Years Ago
A giant meteor shower bombarded Earth and the Moon 800 million years ago with more than 30 times the force of the asteroid strike that killed the dinosaurs, new research showed Tuesday.
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How a Gigantic Collision in Space Triggered an Ice Age on Earth 466 Million Years Ago
Scientists on Wednesday said dust spawned by a gigantic collision in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter 400 million years earlier triggered an ice age on Earth that ushered in a significant increase in marine biodiversity.
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2 Giant Asteroids To Pop Up Near Earth Tomorrow, NASA Keeps Watch
Two large recently discovered asteroids will pass by Earth tomorrow, scientists at NASA's Centre for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) have said. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has been tracing their orbital path around the sun.
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Asteroid 2006 QQ23: Space Rock Bigger Than Empire State Building to Pass by Earth Today
A giant asteroid, known as 2006 QQ23, is moving towards Earth; however, it will sail past our planet today without causing any harm, NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) has said.
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NASA Funding Project To Turn Asteroids Into Spaceships: Report
NASA has recently announced it would give funds to a California-based 3D printing company for finding ways to turn asteroids into giant, autonomous spacecrafts, which could fly to outposts in space, the media reported.
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Amateur Astronomers Capture Footage Of A Space Rock Crashing Into Jupiter
Jupiter, the gas giant that may have obliterated most of our solar system's original set of planets, got a taste of its own medicine a couple of weeks back.
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Halloween Asteroid to Shave Past Earth, Astronomers Say
A big asteroid is hurtling toward Earth and will shave past our planet on Halloween, but astronomers say there's no need to be spooked it's definitely not on a collision course.
