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‘Planet killer’ asteroids nearly a mile long detected after being hidden by the sun's brightness
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAstronomers have detected three asteroids in close proximity to Earth, two of which pose a potential...
Asteroid's sudden flyby shows blind spot in planetary threat detection
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNASA for years has prioritized detecting asteroids much bigger and more existentially threatening...
Mars might have an asteroid problem
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 13 hours agoStereo imaging will be an important tool on NEAR for geologic analysis of Eros, because it provides three-dimensional information on the asteroid's...
'Potentially hazardous' 600-foot asteroid detected near Earth after a year of hiding in plain sight
Live Science via Yahoo News· 9 months agoA skyscraper-size asteroid was revealed in year-old telescope data thanks to a new algorithm that...
4 big asteroids are flying by Earth this week, but don't worry. They aren't getting too close.
Space via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA large asteroid flying safely by Earth. A quartet of large asteroids are zooming by Earth this...
The Tunguska event was the biggest asteroid impact in recorded history. How did it vanish without a...
Live Science via Yahoo News· 12 months agoA burning meteor flying past Earth On June 30, 1908, an asteroid flattened an estimated 80 million...
Primordial asteroids are like giant space pillows and could be harder to destroy than previously...
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe rubble pile asteroid as imaged by the Hayabusa 1 probe in 2005. Dust collected from the surface...
Asteroid that exploded over Berlin was fastest-spinning space rock ever recorded
Live Science via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoScientists have calculated the rotational speed of asteroid 2024 BX1, which exploded over Berlin...
'Planet killer' asteroid hidden by the sun may threaten Earth in a few thousand years
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTelescopes in the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO), a program of NSF’s...
8 asteroid discoveries that rocked our world in 2023
Live Science via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThis year was one of the biggest ever for asteroid science, with NASA's triumphant return from asteroid Bennu, the grand reveal of organic molecules from...