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Elephant-sized asteroid passes Earth in extraordinary 'near-miss'
1-29-2023 |
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The space rock passed us by at a distance of 2,200 miles - a fraction of the distance at which some satellites orbit the Earth.
'Planet killer' asteroids - could we one day miss one that's heading our way ?
11-12-2022 | 4
Astronomers recently detected a number of large (albeit benign) asteroids obscured by the glare of the Sun.
NASA confirms success of DART probe planetary defense test
10-14-2022 | 48
The space agency has confirmed that its recent mission successfully altered the trajectory of the target asteroid.
Largest ever asteroid impact dwarfed that which killed the dinosaurs
10-8-2022 | 0
The asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs was enormous - but it was by no means the largest ever to hit our planet.
NASA successfully smashes space probe into an asteroid
VIDEO 9-27-2022 | 48
The camera feed from the probe showed its last moments as it careened into the asteroid Dimorphos.
Scientists find evidence of a second dinosaur-killing asteroid
8-27-2022 | 2
It looks as though it might not have been one asteroid strike that killed off the dinosaurs, but two.
Well preserved dinosaur leg may be from the actual day of the asteroid strike
4-15-2022 | 9
Palaeontologists believe that they may have found one of the victims of the extinction event that ended the dinosaurs.
Shards of dinosaur-killing asteroid found preserved in amber
4-9-2022 | 2
Palaeontologists have discovered fragments of the asteroid that brought about the demise of the dinosaurs.
Just how realistic is the movie 'Don't Look Up' ?
VIDEO 1-17-2022 | 6
The popular Netflix movie might be fictional, but some of it may be closer to reality than we would like to think.
Probe to smash into an asteroid at 15,000mph
10-7-2021 | 5
NASA has announced more details of an upcoming mission that will attempt to redirect an asteroid.
NASA reveals revised risk of Bennu collision
8-12-2021 | 6
At a news conference yesterday, the space agency revealed how likely it is that the asteroid will hit us.
'Complex organic matter' found on asteroids
8-3-2021 | 2
Scientists have identified two unusual asteroids between Mars and Jupiter that shouldn't actually be there.
Osiris-Rex heads for home with Bennu samples
5-11-2021 | 1
NASA's Osiris-Rex spacecraft is now on its way back to Earth with samples collected from the asteroid Bennu.
NASA pretends to hit Earth with a large asteroid
VIDEO 5-2-2021 | 10
A planetary defense exercise at the weekend ended up 'destroying' an area of Europe around 100km wide.
Dino-killing asteroid also created the Amazon
4-5-2021 | 8
A new study has shown that the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs also gave birth to the Amazon rainforest.
Apophis flyby offers glimpse ahead of 2029
2-14-2021 | 2
Astronomers will have the opportunity to study the enormous space rock when it passes us by in March.
Dust and soil from asteroid Ryugu revealed
12-15-2020 | 5
Scientists in Japan have unveiled the contents of the Ryugu sample capsule which recently returned to Earth.
Mass extinctions follow 27-million-year cycle
12-14-2020 | 16
Scientists have determined that mass extinctions have occurred throughout history with striking regularity.
Is there a piece of our moon behind Mars ?
11-8-2020 | 5
Scientists have discovered that an asteroid trailing behind Mars could actually be a fragment of the Moon.
New study targets $10,000 quadrillion asteroid
10-29-2020 | 14
An asteroid with enough riches to make everyone on Earth a billionaire is the subject of a new Hubble study.
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