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'City killer' asteroid will make its closest approach to Earth for centuries this Friday (Feb. 2)
NASA has identified around 25,000 potentially hazardous asteroids, although a significant percentage of these are not as large as the impending space rock. One of these deadly asteroids is ...
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James Webb telescope spots more than 100 new asteroids between Jupiter and Mars — and some are heading toward Earth
Astronomers analyzing archival images from JWST have discovered an unexpectedly vast population of the smallest asteroids ever seen in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. The newfound ...
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Queen's University professor on mission to protect earth from potentially deadly asteroids
Blasting into deep space on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, Hera will seek to gather new data and insights about how to deflect ...
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How the U.N. plans to defend Earth from asteroids
This will be the main mission of the new International Asteroid Warning Group: To act as a clearinghouse of information from nations or groups that have found potentially deadly asteroids or other ...
New Netflix disaster series is based on chilling hypothesis of what could actually happen to the world
Netflix's new binge-worthy series La Palma reveals what would happen in a hypothetical eruption on the Canary Island - but could it actually happen?
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‘Planet killers’: Asteroids big enough to obliterate cities are lurking near the Sun
Asteroids like Aten, orbiting close to the sun, cross Earth’s path yet remain invisible in daylight, Carnegie scientist Scott Sheppard warns. These hidden objects may bring catastrophic impact ...