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Asteroid Alert: NASA Tracks Airplane-Sized Space Rock As It Approaches Earth
NASA is also tracking another aeroplane-sized asteroid, 2025 OX, which will fly past Earth on July 26 at a distance of 2,810,000 miles.
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Odds Of Asteroid The Size Of Football Field Colliding With Earth Increased Yet Again
The unassuming asteroid was first spotted in December by scientists at the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System station in Chile.
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This Asteroid Could Hit Earth In 2032, Threatening To Wipe Out A City
NASA has detected an asteroid called 2024 YR4, which has a 1 in 83 chance of impacting Earth in 2032, potentially releasing 8 megatons of energy and devastating a major city, although it's too small to end human civilization.
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Christmas Eve Asteroid Alert: 120-Foot Space Rock Racing Toward Earth
With a size of 120 feet and a close approach on December 24, this asteroid will pass safely at a distance of 4.48 million miles.
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Earth's 'Second Moon' Set To Disappear, Won't Return Until 2055
The space visitor is about 33 feet wide, which might sound scary - but Nasa notes that it "does not pose a hazard to Earth".
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Asteroid Strikes Earth Hours After Detection, 3rd 'Imminent Impactor' Of 2024
The asteroid was first observed on October 22 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) survey in Hawaii.
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6 Dangerous Asteroids On Collision Course With Earth, First One May Hit In October
Asteroid Bennu, discovered in 1999, currently poses the greatest risk of impacting our planet.
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220-Foot NF 2024 Asteroid Racing Towards Earth, NASA Alerts
NASA also tracks other near-Earth asteroids and is developing the DART mission to test asteroid deflection technologies.
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A 250-Feet Asteroid Coming Near Earth At 63,683 Kmph. All You Need To Know
Asteroid 2024 JB2 is a part of the Apollo group and has an astonishing speed of 63,683 kilometres per hour, NASA's CNEOS data stated.
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5 Asteroid To Skim Past Earth This Week, 2 The Size Of Airplane: NASA
These asteroids aren't expected to threaten the planet, the American space agency said.
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Potentially Hazardous Asteroid That Buzzed Earth Was Travelling With Its Own Moon
Radar images from the Arecibo Observatory have shown that the asteroid by the name of 2020 BX12 that passed Earth earlier this month was a binary asteroid. What this means is the big asteroid had a smaller asteroid orbiting around it.
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This Asteroid Almost Certainly Isn't Going To Crash Into Earth And Kill Us All
Earth, meet Bennu: In 2018, humankind will visit the asteroid with a spacecraft designed to bring samples home. If you believe what's trending on Google right now, you might think that Bennu is going to follow up and visit us just a few years or decades later. Spoiler alert: That's probably not going to happen.
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Asteroid Alert: NASA Tracks Airplane-Sized Space Rock As It Approaches Earth
NASA is also tracking another aeroplane-sized asteroid, 2025 OX, which will fly past Earth on July 26 at a distance of 2,810,000 miles.
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Odds Of Asteroid The Size Of Football Field Colliding With Earth Increased Yet Again
The unassuming asteroid was first spotted in December by scientists at the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System station in Chile.
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This Asteroid Could Hit Earth In 2032, Threatening To Wipe Out A City
NASA has detected an asteroid called 2024 YR4, which has a 1 in 83 chance of impacting Earth in 2032, potentially releasing 8 megatons of energy and devastating a major city, although it's too small to end human civilization.
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Christmas Eve Asteroid Alert: 120-Foot Space Rock Racing Toward Earth
With a size of 120 feet and a close approach on December 24, this asteroid will pass safely at a distance of 4.48 million miles.
-
Earth's 'Second Moon' Set To Disappear, Won't Return Until 2055
The space visitor is about 33 feet wide, which might sound scary - but Nasa notes that it "does not pose a hazard to Earth".
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Asteroid Strikes Earth Hours After Detection, 3rd 'Imminent Impactor' Of 2024
The asteroid was first observed on October 22 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) survey in Hawaii.
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6 Dangerous Asteroids On Collision Course With Earth, First One May Hit In October
Asteroid Bennu, discovered in 1999, currently poses the greatest risk of impacting our planet.
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220-Foot NF 2024 Asteroid Racing Towards Earth, NASA Alerts
NASA also tracks other near-Earth asteroids and is developing the DART mission to test asteroid deflection technologies.
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A 250-Feet Asteroid Coming Near Earth At 63,683 Kmph. All You Need To Know
Asteroid 2024 JB2 is a part of the Apollo group and has an astonishing speed of 63,683 kilometres per hour, NASA's CNEOS data stated.
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5 Asteroid To Skim Past Earth This Week, 2 The Size Of Airplane: NASA
These asteroids aren't expected to threaten the planet, the American space agency said.
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Potentially Hazardous Asteroid That Buzzed Earth Was Travelling With Its Own Moon
Radar images from the Arecibo Observatory have shown that the asteroid by the name of 2020 BX12 that passed Earth earlier this month was a binary asteroid. What this means is the big asteroid had a smaller asteroid orbiting around it.
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This Asteroid Almost Certainly Isn't Going To Crash Into Earth And Kill Us All
Earth, meet Bennu: In 2018, humankind will visit the asteroid with a spacecraft designed to bring samples home. If you believe what's trending on Google right now, you might think that Bennu is going to follow up and visit us just a few years or decades later. Spoiler alert: That's probably not going to happen.
