Killer Asteroid Will Miss Earth But Return for a Shot at Revenge
Remember the potential "city killer" asteroid we were all freaking out about, 2024 YR4? Initially predicted with a small but ...
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A Near-Miss with a City-Killer Asteroid Highlights Gaps in Earth’s Defenses
The threat from near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 may have subsided, but discoveries of other hazardous space rocks are set to ...
‘City-killer’ asteroid won’t hit Earth in 2032, but don’t worry— another threat is looming
Asteroid 2024 YR4 won’t hit Earth in December 2032, but that doesn’t mean we’re out of the woods forever. Researchers warn ...
'Potentially hazardous' asteroid the size of pyramid will skim Earth
TN17 is estimated to be around 540 feet in diameter, which is greater than the height of the Pyramid of Giza in Egypt (449 ...
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Meteorites: A geologic map of the asteroid belt
Where do meteorites of different type come from? In a review paper, astronomers trace the impact orbit of observed meteorite falls to several previously unidentified source regions in the asteroid ...
Asteroid 2024 YR may not hit Earth in 2032, but it—and others—will keep coming back
In late 2024, astronomers spotted asteroid 2024 YR4 on a trajectory that could potentially threaten Earth. This observation ...
Asteroid Bennu Holds Traces of Ancient Water – And Maybe Life’s Origins
Scientists at Lab are unraveling the mysteries of Bennu, a 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid, using cutting-edge technology. The ...
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European probe swings past Mars, snaps stunning photos of elusive moon Deimos during asteroid mission
But HERA will not reach the asteroid — which is 11 million kilometres (seven million miles) from Earth in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter — until late 2026 ... sent the chances of a direct ...
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Asteroid probe snaps rare images of Martian moon
But HERA will not reach the asteroid — which is 11mn km from Earth in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter — until ... sent the chances of a direct hit back down to nearly zero.
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Asteroid probe snaps rare pics of Martian moon
But Hera will not reach the asteroid -- which is 11 million kilometres from Earth in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter -- until late 2026 ... However further observations sent the chances of ...
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What is the probability of a huge civilization-ending asteroid impact?
in 1992 a huge asteroid impact did occur and was observed on Jupiter. If the asteroid, called Shoemaker-Levy 9, had hit Earth, it would have created a global atmospheric disaster similar to the ...
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Asteroids near Earth: are we in danger?
An asteroid is a metallic or rocky body that orbits the Sun within the asteroid belt, a region of space between Mars and Jupiter ... If it were to hit the Earth, a sufficiently large asteroid ...