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NASA to probe $10,000 quadrillion asteroid
5-25-2017 |
10
The iron-rich asteroid 16 Psyche is so valuable that, if mined, it would collapse the global economy.
Extinction asteroid hit 'worst possible place'
VIDEO 5-15-2017 | 5
Scientists have been drilling in to the crater left behind by the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs.
Firm plans to build upside-down skyscraper
3-29-2017 | 27
The bizarre plan would see the world's tallest building being hung upside-down from an orbiting asteroid.
Asteroid narrowly avoids striking the Earth
1-10-2017 | 28
A previously unknown asteroid dubbed 2017 AG13 passed between the Earth and the Moon yesterday.
NASA announces two new asteroid missions
1-8-2017 | 0
Known as Lucy and Psyche, the new spacecraft will be studying two relics of the early solar system.
Earth 'unprepared' for killer asteroid strike
12-14-2016 | 13
A prominent NASA scientist has outlined just how vulnerable our planet is to threats from outer space.
Agencies carry out asteroid threat exercise
11-8-2016 | 8
NASA and FEMA officials got together last month to respond to a hypothetical doomsday asteroid scenario.
NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission launches
9-11-2016 | 8
The $1 billion space probe is set to collect samples from an asteroid and return them to the Earth.
Newly discovered asteroid just misses Earth
8-31-2016 | 13
An asteroid that was discovered only last week narrowly missed hitting the planet a few hours later.
NASA fears large asteroid could hit the Earth
8-1-2016 | 24
A huge space rock almost half a mile wide has the potential to hit our planet within the next 200 years.
Mystery still surrounds 1908 Tunguska event
7-10-2016 | 13
Did an asteroid strike the remote Siberian wilderness over a century ago or did something else happen ?
Killer asteroid almost wiped out mammals too
6-20-2016 | 3
The asteroid which wiped out the dinosaurs almost spelled disaster for the world's mammals as well.
Can asteroids be turned in to spaceships ?
6-11-2016 | 16
NASA is funding a new concept that could equip small asteroids with 3D-printed propulsion systems.
Dinosaurs 'in decline' before asteroid strike
VIDEO 4-19-2016 | 21
A new study has suggested that the dinosaurs had already been dying out long before the asteroid hit.
Deep-sea creatures survived the apocalypse
4-17-2016 | 4
Scientists have determined how deep-sea creatures survived the asteroid impact that killed the dinosaurs.
Scientists to drill in to 'dinosaur crater'
4-7-2016 | 6
A new expedition is aiming to drill in to the crater left by the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs.
Near-Earth asteroid 'very unlikely' to hit us
3-3-2016 | 13
Astronomers have moved to allay concerns over the possibility of an asteroid collision early next week.
Russia calculates how to nuke an asteroid
2-29-2016 | 20
Russian scientists have been determining how to use nuclear weapons to protect the Earth from asteroids.
NASA sets up new planetary defence office
1-13-2016 | 8
A new body has been set up to help co-ordinate efforts to protect the Earth from apocalyptic asteroids.
Are comets more dangerous than asteroids ?
12-24-2015 | 10
Our planet may be at higher risk from a large comet impact than from a conventional rocky asteroid.
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