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An Asteroid Will Fly By Earth in 4 Years. Scientists Are Racing to Uncover Its Secrets.
The asteroid 99942 Apophis is headed for a close flyby with Earth on April 13, 2029, and space agencies are coordinating ...
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Do you remember asteroid 2024 YR4? It has changed course, and has a new target
YR4 may hit the Moon after changing its path away from Earth. Learn what this means, how it happened, and what scientists are ...
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An Asteroid Is Going To Hit Earth! 💥
An asteroid is expected to hit Earth one day, and preparation is essential. 💥 #Asteroid #EarthImpact #SpaceSafety #PlanetaryDefense ...
NASA's Lucy spacecraft gets up-close look of strange peanut-shaped asteroid: See images
NASA's Lucy spacecraft recently got an up-close look at a strange peanut-shaped space rock floating through the cosmos in the ...
NASA's Lucy spacecraft to zoom past asteroid this weekend at 30,000 mph: "We don't know what to expect"
NASA's Lucy will venture as close as 596 miles to this asteroid, an estimated 2 ½ miles in length but much shorter in width.
NASA Tracking Bus-Sized Asteroid Approaching Earth
2025 HU isn't the only asteroid approaching the Earth today. NASA is also tracking an airplane-sized space rock known as 2025 GD1, which is estimated to be about 86 feet across and will zip past the ...
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The race to visit the asteroid making the closest pass by Earth
Space agencies from the US, Europe and Japan are all making plans to visit the asteroid Apophis when it makes an extremely ...
NASA spacecraft zooms by strange asteroid, beams back images
On April 20, the over 50-foot-wide Lucy spacecraft approached as close as some 600 miles from Donaldjohanson, which is aptly ...
Why the meteorites that hit Earth have less water than the asteroid bits brought back by space probes – a planetary scientist explains new research
Water-rich meteorites contain key ingredients for life, yet they barely appear in meteorite collections. Recent research ...
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There's a giant asteroid hurtling toward earth: Here's how to see it
A large asteroid is hurtling toward Earth -- but there's no need to duck and cover.The space rock, known by the very dull name of 2014 JO25 will safely fly by Earth on April 19, according to NASA.
65-million-year-old dinosaur fossils unveil its connection with a massive asteroid
In a major discovery, scientists have found fossilized remains that offer an incredible glimpse into the moments after the ...
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Molecules From Space May Have Sparked Life on Earth Billions of Years Ago
Learn about new evidence that suggests life on Earth may have started with the help of molecules that were delivered by ...