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Watch live: asteroid set to pass close to the Earth later tonight
VIDEO May 18, 2026A space rock the size of a basketball court is due to make its closest approach of our planet later on this evening.
Does Dante's Inferno describe a catastrophic asteroid impact ?
May 14, 2026Researchers now suggest that the 14th-century religious epic may have had a much different underlying meaning.
Asteroid Apophis set for 'very rare' close encounter with Earth in 2029
Apr 17, 2026A large asteroid is set to make history when it passes within 20,000 miles of our planet before the decade is out.
Asteroid sample contains all the building blocks of DNA and RNA
Mar 18, 2026Material collected from the asteroid Ryugu has bolstered the idea that the building blocks of life arrived on Earth from space.
NASA's DART mission changed parent asteroid's trajectory, study finds
Mar 10, 2026A mission designed to change the trajectory of a small moonlet around an asteroid actually did more than expected.
Martian organisms might have hitched a ride to primordial Earth
Mar 7, 2026A new study has determined that certain life forms are capable of surviving a trip through space on an asteroid.
NASA offers final verdict on odds of asteroid striking the Moon in 2032
Mar 6, 2026An asteroid that was once thought to be heading for the Earth was later found to be heading toward the Moon instead.
Is it really possible to deflect an asteroid using nuclear weapons ?
Feb 8, 2026Scientists have used a new computer simulation to find out if nuking an asteroid could actually save us from catastrophe.
Were the dinosaurs really in decline before the asteroid struck ?
Oct 25, 2025New research has challenged the idea that the dinosaurs were already declining before their untimely extinction.
Astronomers taken by surprise as asteroid whizzes past Earth
Oct 7, 2025A space rock that nobody had noticed until after it had passed us by proved quite a surprise last week.
Scientists mull over plan to blow up Moon-bound asteroid with a nuke
Sep 28, 2025An asteroid that once posed a risk to the Earth may now be headed straight for the Moon instead.
$10,000 quadrillion asteroid may be rusting, JWST discovers
VIDEO Jul 7, 2025An asteroid comprised of precious metals worth an unimaginable sum of money is now thought to be rusting.
Asteroid with chance of hitting Earth might now hit the Moon instead
Apr 5, 2025While the odds of it hitting the Earth are now infinitesimally small, the odds of it striking the Moon are not.
Major update as odds revised on possible asteroid impact in 2032
Feb 25, 2025In recent weeks there had been concerns that a 200ft asteroid had a relatively high chance of striking the Earth.
200-foot asteroid has 1 in 83 chance of hitting Earth in 2032
Feb 5, 2025The space rock has a higher probability of an impact than any other asteroid we've seen in recent years.
Microbial life discovered in asteroid samples... but there's a catch
Nov 26, 2024Scientists were amazed to discover microbial life in samples that had been returned to Earth from the asteroid Ryugu.
Scientists find evidence of a second dinosaur-killing asteroid
Oct 6, 2024It looks as though it might not have been one asteroid strike that killed off the dinosaurs, but two.
A nuclear blast could be used to redirect a killer asteroid, study finds
Sep 28, 2024It is perhaps ironic that Earth's deadliest weapons of mass destruction could potentially save us all from catastrophe.
New study offers update on odds of 'killer' asteroid Apophis striking Earth
Mar 10, 2024When it was first discovered 20 years ago, it was thought that Apophis had a relatively high chance of colliding with us.
Bennu may have come from an ancient ocean world, analysis suggests
Feb 11, 2024Scientists have started analyzing the material samples returned to Earth by the OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission.
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