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Asteroid Apophis set for 'very rare' close encounter with Earth in 2029
4-17-2026 |
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A 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
3-18-2026 | 4
Material 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
3-10-2026 | 0
A 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
3-7-2026 | 11
A 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
3-6-2026 | 4
An 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 ?
2-8-2026 | 2
Scientists 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 ?
10-25-2025 | 1
New research has challenged the idea that the dinosaurs were already declining before their untimely extinction.
Astronomers taken by surprise as asteroid whizzes past Earth
10-7-2025 | 5
A 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
9-28-2025 | 11
An 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 7-7-2025 | 4
An 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
4-5-2025 | 21
While 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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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