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How Can We Know If an Asteroid Will Hit Earth?
Keep your eye on the ball” is a motto for many athletes—and for astronomers trying to find Earth-threatening space rocks ...
Chance of Major Asteroid Hitting Earth Is Small, But Going Up
It was initially believed the asteroid, first detected on December 27, had about a 1 percent chance of colliding with Earth, but by Thursday, that chance had risen to 2.3 percent. On Wednesday, NASA ...
How an ancient asteroid strike carved out 2 grand canyons on the moon
New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons ...
Asteroid the size of a 20-story building headed for Earth in 2032, astronomers warn
A large asteroid is headed towards Earth – and could collide with us in just a few years.Known as Asteroid 2024 YR4, the ...
NASA's returned asteroid samples hold the ingredients of life from a watery world
The findings provide the strongest evidence yet that asteroids may have planted the seeds of life on Earth and that these ...
Newly spotted asteroid has a tiny chance of hitting Earth in 2032
NASA and the European Space Agency said Wednesday that the chance of the asteroid impacting Earth is slightly more than 1%.