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Taurid Meteor Stream Unlikely to Contain Dangerous Asteroids, New Study Suggests
A recent study led by Quanzhi Ye, an astronomer at the University of Maryland, reveals that the Taurid Meteoroid Complex, a debris stream linked to past Earth impacts, poses less danger than previously thought. Ye's team found fewer large asteroids in the stream, reducing the risk of a catastrophic collision with Earth. While these findings offer r...
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A Snowman-Shaped Asteroid Tumbles Past Earth at Incredible Speed
Asteroid 2024 ON, a large, two-lobed object, passed safely by Earth on Sept. 17, 2024. Resembling a snowman in shape, the asteroid’s radar images were captured by NASA’s Goldstone Solar System Radar. Despite being classified as a potentially hazardous asteroid, 2024 ON did not pose a threat to Earth, passing at a distance of over 620,000 miles....
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Large Asteroid Hurtles Towards Earth, ISRO Warns Of "Worst Case Scenario"
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is monitoring a large asteroid called Apophis that is expected to come very close to Earth. The asteroid, which is named after the Egyptian God of Chaos, is hurtling towards the earth.
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NASA Captures Images Of Large Asteroids That Zipped By Earth
On June 27th, asteroid 2011 UL21 made its closest recorded approach to Earth, passing by at a safe distance of 17 times the Earth-Moon distance.
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"Potentially Hazardous" Asteroid Discovered, Said To Be Largest In 8 Years
An international team of astronomers on Monday announced the discovery of a large asteroid whose orbit crosses that of Earth, creating a small chance far in the future of a catastrophic collision.
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NASA Predicts Asteroid Larger Than Colosseum in Rome to Approach Earth on Wednesday, Here's How It Will Impact Us
An asteroid is approaching the planet Earth on Wednesday, June 8. The upcoming asteroid is raising eyebrows. An asteroid this large may have some palpable effect on our planet when it approaches on Wednesday.
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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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Researchers Locate Possible Origin of Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid
The researchers also say that the processes that deliver large asteroids to Earth from that region occur at least 10 times more frequently than previously thought
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Large Asteroid To Zip Past Earth At 124,000 kmph
The largest asteroid to pass by Earth this year will swing closest on Sunday, giving astronomers a rare chance for a good look at a space rock that formed at the dawn of our solar system.
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Large Asteroid to Pass by Earth on March 21: NASA
The largest asteroid to pass by Earth this year will approach within some 1.25 million miles (2 million kilometres) of our planet on March 21, NASA said.
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Large Asteroid To Pass By Earth On March 21, Says NASA
The largest asteroid to pass by Earth this year will approach within some 1.25 million miles (two million kilometers) of our planet on March 21, NASA said Thursday.
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NASA Working to Prevent Losing Too Much of OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample
NASA said Friday that its robotic spacecraft OSIRIS-REx had succeeded in collecting a large sample of particles from the Bennu asteroid this week -- but so much that it was leaking.
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NASA Works To Head Off Losing Too Much Osiris-Rex Asteroid Dust
NASA said Friday that its robotic spacecraft Osiris-Rex had succeeded in collecting a large sample of particles from the Bennu asteroid this week -- but so much that it was leaking.
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NASA OSIRIS-REx Probe to Touch Down on Asteroid Bennu on October 20
After a four-year journey, NASA's robotic spacecraft OSIRIS-REx will descend to asteroid Bennu's boulder-strewn surface on October 20, touching down for a few seconds to collect rock and dust samples, the agency said Thursday.
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Asteroid 1998 OR2 To Safely Fly Past Earth This Week
A large near-Earth asteroid will safely pass by our planet on Wednesday morning, providing astronomers with an exceptional opportunity to study the 1.5-mile-wide (2-kilometer-wide) object in great detail.
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Taurid Meteor Stream Unlikely to Contain Dangerous Asteroids, New Study Suggests
A recent study led by Quanzhi Ye, an astronomer at the University of Maryland, reveals that the Taurid Meteoroid Complex, a debris stream linked to past Earth impacts, poses less danger than previously thought. Ye's team found fewer large asteroids in the stream, reducing the risk of a catastrophic collision with Earth. While these findings offer r...
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A Snowman-Shaped Asteroid Tumbles Past Earth at Incredible Speed
Asteroid 2024 ON, a large, two-lobed object, passed safely by Earth on Sept. 17, 2024. Resembling a snowman in shape, the asteroid’s radar images were captured by NASA’s Goldstone Solar System Radar. Despite being classified as a potentially hazardous asteroid, 2024 ON did not pose a threat to Earth, passing at a distance of over 620,000 miles....
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Large Asteroid Hurtles Towards Earth, ISRO Warns Of "Worst Case Scenario"
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is monitoring a large asteroid called Apophis that is expected to come very close to Earth. The asteroid, which is named after the Egyptian God of Chaos, is hurtling towards the earth.
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NASA Captures Images Of Large Asteroids That Zipped By Earth
On June 27th, asteroid 2011 UL21 made its closest recorded approach to Earth, passing by at a safe distance of 17 times the Earth-Moon distance.
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"Potentially Hazardous" Asteroid Discovered, Said To Be Largest In 8 Years
An international team of astronomers on Monday announced the discovery of a large asteroid whose orbit crosses that of Earth, creating a small chance far in the future of a catastrophic collision.
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NASA Predicts Asteroid Larger Than Colosseum in Rome to Approach Earth on Wednesday, Here's How It Will Impact Us
An asteroid is approaching the planet Earth on Wednesday, June 8. The upcoming asteroid is raising eyebrows. An asteroid this large may have some palpable effect on our planet when it approaches on Wednesday.
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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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Researchers Locate Possible Origin of Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid
The researchers also say that the processes that deliver large asteroids to Earth from that region occur at least 10 times more frequently than previously thought
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Large Asteroid To Zip Past Earth At 124,000 kmph
The largest asteroid to pass by Earth this year will swing closest on Sunday, giving astronomers a rare chance for a good look at a space rock that formed at the dawn of our solar system.
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Large Asteroid to Pass by Earth on March 21: NASA
The largest asteroid to pass by Earth this year will approach within some 1.25 million miles (2 million kilometres) of our planet on March 21, NASA said.
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Large Asteroid To Pass By Earth On March 21, Says NASA
The largest asteroid to pass by Earth this year will approach within some 1.25 million miles (two million kilometers) of our planet on March 21, NASA said Thursday.
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NASA Working to Prevent Losing Too Much of OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample
NASA said Friday that its robotic spacecraft OSIRIS-REx had succeeded in collecting a large sample of particles from the Bennu asteroid this week -- but so much that it was leaking.
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NASA Works To Head Off Losing Too Much Osiris-Rex Asteroid Dust
NASA said Friday that its robotic spacecraft Osiris-Rex had succeeded in collecting a large sample of particles from the Bennu asteroid this week -- but so much that it was leaking.
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NASA OSIRIS-REx Probe to Touch Down on Asteroid Bennu on October 20
After a four-year journey, NASA's robotic spacecraft OSIRIS-REx will descend to asteroid Bennu's boulder-strewn surface on October 20, touching down for a few seconds to collect rock and dust samples, the agency said Thursday.
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Asteroid 1998 OR2 To Safely Fly Past Earth This Week
A large near-Earth asteroid will safely pass by our planet on Wednesday morning, providing astronomers with an exceptional opportunity to study the 1.5-mile-wide (2-kilometer-wide) object in great detail.
