Asteroid 'as big as Manhattan' to brush past Earth - what would happen if it hit?
This Sunday, an asteroid larger than Manhattan – large enough it could end civilization, or at least wreck a country – is ...
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Enormous, mountain-size asteroid will be visible from Earth this weekend in rare 'once in a decade' event
Alinda has made its closest approach to our planet in decades, and it's about to peak in brightness in a rare ...
Hiker Reveals View From Inside the Best Preserved Meteorite Site on Earth
"I've never seen anything like it before," the hiker noted of the historic meteorite impact site in the viral TikTok clip.
Scientists Have a Radical Plan to Travel to the Nearest Star System Within a Human Lifetime
Traveling from one star to another is currently impossible to achieve within a human lifetime. But some projects are ...
Rare asteroid wider than Manhattan will make a close approach to Earth
Don’t space out or you’ll miss it. A once-in-a-generation asteroid broader than the width of Manhattan will be passing by the ...
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Does Planet Nine exist?
The newcomer replacing Pluto presently goes by “Planet Nine.” If and when it finally shows up, it will get the honor of a ...
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Asteroid larger than Manhattan to fly by Earth
An asteroid larger than Manhattan is flying close by Earth. The space rock - named (887) Alinda - is so large it should be ...
Once-A-Decade Event As 2.6 Miles-Wide Asteroid Hurtles Past Earth — How To See It
Alinda is one of the five largest near-Earth asteroids, coming closer than 9.3 million miles until the year 2200.
Asteroid, Comet…or Something Else? Mysterious Activity on “Oddball” Space Object Raises New Questions
UCF researchers utilized the James Webb Space Telescope to uncover unique characteristics of (2060) Chiron, a distant ...
NASA alert! Two large space rocks asteroid approaching Earth - check date, time, and other details
YW9 and 2024 PT5, will pass close to Earth on January 9, 2025. NASA confirms they are not a threat. The asteroids have been ...
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Rare 4-Kilometer-Long Asteroid 887 Alinda Makes A Spectacular Close Approach To Earth
A large asteroid is about to make its closest approach to Earth in 100 years. Over the coming days, it's so close you should be able to observe it yourself with only the aid of binoculars.