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Asteroid with chance of hitting Earth might now hit the Moon instead
4-5-2025 |
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While the odds of it hitting the Earth are now infinitesimally small, the odds of it striking the Moon are not.
Our fear of threats from outer space may be driving conspiracy theories
3-30-2025 | 8
From invasion by hostile aliens to apocalyptic asteroid strikes - are we right to fear the final frontier ?
Major update as odds revised on possible asteroid impact in 2032
2-25-2025 | 21
In 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
2-5-2025 | 21
The space rock has a higher probability of an impact than any other asteroid we've seen in recent years.
Asteroid Bennu reveals clues to how life on Earth may have been seeded
2-4-2025 | 2
Scientists have found the building blocks of life in samples collected from the asteroid by a spacecraft.
The final frontier: here are 2025's most exciting upcoming space missions
1-1-2025 | 0
From landing on the Moon to surveying the cosmos - there are plenty of new missions on this year's slate.
Microbial life discovered in asteroid samples... but there's a catch
11-26-2024 | 3
Scientists 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
10-6-2024 | 2
It 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
9-28-2024 | 5
It is perhaps ironic that Earth's deadliest weapons of mass destruction could potentially save us all from catastrophe.
Improvements in asteroid detection could save us from catastrophe
9-20-2024 | 6
Astronomers are getting better and better at detecting asteroids and this could one day save us all.
New study offers update on odds of 'killer' asteroid Apophis striking Earth
3-10-2024 | 6
When 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
2-11-2024 | 2
Scientists have started analyzing the material samples returned to Earth by the OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission.
Prehistoric 'Hell chicken' offers hint of Late Cretaceous dinosaur diversity
1-28-2024 | 0
A newly identified species of birdlike dinosaur has offered up a glimpse of life before the asteroid strike.
Could a nuclear missile be used to save the Earth from a killer asteroid?
12-23-2023 | 3
Scientists have developed a new modeling tool to help simulate the effects of a nuclear device on a large asteroid.
NASA launches mission to visit a $10,000 quadrillion asteroid
10-15-2023 | 14
The space agency's Psyche spacecraft will be the first ever to attempt to directly visit a metal asteroid.
Building blocks of life found in OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample
10-13-2023 | 1
An initial analysis of the sample collected from the asteroid Bennu has yielded some promising results.
Biblical city was destroyed by an asteroid, evidence suggests
9-30-2023 | 136
New excavations in Jordan have revealed evidence to suggest that the city of Sodom was destroyed by an asteroid impact.
NASA's Osiris-Rex capsule returns to Earth with asteroid samples
9-26-2023 | 21
The spacecraft touched down in the Utah desert after a seven-year journey to and from the asteroid Bennu.
NASA's Psyche mission may reveal the mysteries of Earth's interior
8-22-2023 | 0
Prof Jim Bell takes a look at the first ever spacecraft to journey to a metallic asteroid and what it could teach us.
Is the world's largest asteroid impact crater in New South Wales ?
8-11-2023 | 1
Scientist Andrew Glikson outlines the case for a 520km-wide crater situated deep beneath modern-day Australia.
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