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Scientists find evidence of a second dinosaur-killing asteroid
10-6-2024 |
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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.
Odds of 'killer' asteroid impact in next 1,000 years are 'very low'
5-20-2023 | 4
A reassuring new study has found that we may be safe from extinction asteroid impacts... at least for the time being.
Asteroid Ryugu found to contain one of the building blocks of life
3-28-2023 | 4
Scientists in Japan have found new evidence to suggest that the building blocks of life arrived on Earth from space.
Elephant-sized asteroid passes Earth in extraordinary 'near-miss'
1-29-2023 | 6
The space rock passed us by at a distance of 2,200 miles - a fraction of the distance at which some satellites orbit the Earth.
'Planet killer' asteroids - could we one day miss one that's heading our way ?
11-12-2022 | 4
Astronomers recently detected a number of large (albeit benign) asteroids obscured by the glare of the Sun.
NASA confirms success of DART probe planetary defense test
10-14-2022 | 48
The space agency has confirmed that its recent mission successfully altered the trajectory of the target asteroid.
Largest ever asteroid impact dwarfed that which killed the dinosaurs
10-8-2022 | 0
The asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs was enormous - but it was by no means the largest ever to hit our planet.
NASA successfully smashes space probe into an asteroid
VIDEO 9-27-2022 | 48
The camera feed from the probe showed its last moments as it careened into the asteroid Dimorphos.
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