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NASA on alert as airplane-sized ‘asteroid’ to pass near Earth

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced that the fast-moving asteroid XN1 will make a close approach to earth while traveling at an...

Likely asteroid debris found upon opening of returned NASA probe

After a seven-year wait, NASA scientists on Tuesday finally pried open a space probe carrying the largest asteroid samples ever brought back to Earth,...

NASA readies for dramatic return of asteroid sample to Earth

The climactic end of a seven-year voyage comes Sunday when a NASA capsule is due to land in the Utah desert, carrying to Earth...

Asteroid to come ‘extraordinarily close’ to Earth: NASA

The asteroid will pass just 2,200 miles (3,600 kilometres) from Earth's surface.

What Hollywood gets wrong (and right!) about protecting the Earth from asteroids

In the 1998 movie, “Armageddon,” an asteroid the width of Texas is about to hit Earth. The heroes who stop it in just the...

NASA’s DART spacecraft hits target asteroid in first planetary defense test

NASA's DART spacecraft successfully slammed into a distant asteroid at hypersonic speed on Monday in the world's first test of a planetary defence system,...

Asteroid, 10ft in size, hits earth near Iceland coast

An Asteroid, 10ft in width, struck Earth near Iceland. The asteroid was discovered by astronomers just two hours before it hit the earth. Impact! When...

Astronomers spot ‘dog-bone’ asteroid named Kleopatra in solar system

Kleopatra is closest to 125 million miles from the Earth

‘Potentially hazardous’ asteroid bigger than Eiffel Tower to fly past Earth on June 1

The asteroid is classified as 'potentially hazardous' after examining its size and distance from Earth, whereas, Newsweek said that it is expected to pass by safely near our planet.

Large asteroid to (safely) zip past Earth

In astronomical terms this marks a close encounter with the asteroid -- called 2001 FO32

NASA probe leaking asteroid samples after hearty collection

The robotic arm of the probe, OSIRIS-REx, on Tuesday night kicked up a debris cloud of rocks on Bennu, a skyscraper-sized asteroid some 200 million miles (320 million km) from Earth

ESA signs deal to make a spacecraft to deflect asteroid heading for Earth

ESA signed a deal worth 129 million euros to make a spacecraft for a joint project with NASA looking at how to deflect an asteroid heading for Earth

Could this year end with a bang?: NASA says asteroid headed for Earth

The celestial object is expected to pass near Earth on Nov 2

New images from asteroid probe offer clues on planet formation

Photographs snapped by a shoebox-sized probe that explored the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu have offered new clues about its composition, insights that will help scientists understand the formation of our solar system.

Japan’s asteroid probe Hayabusa2 set for final touchdown

Japan's Hayabusa2 probe began descending on Wednesday for its final touchdown on a distant asteroid,

Killer asteroid flattens New York in simulation exercise

As fictional months ticked by in the simulation, the probability of the giant space rock crashing into Earth rose to 10 per cent - and then to 100 per cent.

What if an asteroid was about to hit Earth? Scientists ponder question

Here's a hypothetical: a telescope detects an asteroid between 100 and 300 meters in diameter racing through our solar system at 14 kilometers per...

Japan probe Hayabusa2 lands on distant asteroid

Hayabusa2 touched down briefly on the Ryugu asteroid, fired a bullet into the surface to puff up dust for collection and blasted back to its holding position

Were dinosaurs killed off by asteroid or volcanoes?

Every school child knows the dinosaurs were killed off by an asteroid smashing into the Earth some 66 million years ago but scientists say the story may not be quite that simple

NASA probe finds signs of water on nearby asteroid

ORLANDO: NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has discovered ingredients for water on a relatively nearby skyscraper-sized asteroid, a rocky acorn-shaped object that may hold clues to...
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