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2,000-foot-wide 'potentially hazardous' asteroid has just made its closest approach to Earth — and...
Live Science via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe 2,000-foot-wide asteroid 2013 NK4 just made its closest approach to Earth in recorded history,...
Large asteroid to pass closer to Earth than many satellites in 2029
Cosmos· 4 days agoIn 2029 the asteroid once considered the most probable to strike the Earth will fly uncomfortably...
Large asteroid to safely pass Earth on Monday
EarthSky· 5 days agoA large space rock will safely pass our planet on April 15, 2024, and it’s even big enough to see using a small telescope. Its closest approach occurs on Monday, April 15, 2024, at 14:51 UTC ...
Watch the sky, the 'devil comet' is passing by the earth. Here's how to get a glimpse
Gannett via AOL· 3 days agoIts proximity to Earth is close enough for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to classify...
NASA Set to Launch Solar Sail for Sunlight-Propelled Space Travel
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoNASA’s experimental solar sail is ready to take flight in Earth orbit, using the pressure of...
2013 NK4: Potentially Hazardous Asteroid Passes Close Enough To Earth To See It
IFLScience· 3 days agoThe asteroid, first discovered in 2013 by the Siding Spring Survey, is between 400 and 1,000 meters (1,300 and 3,280 feet) across. At such a size, it is classed as a "potentially ...
Look up (with a telescope): 2,000-foot long asteroid to pass by earth Monday
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 4 days agoSent Into Space: From Stanley cups to Samsung phones, this duo launches almost anything into near...
Car-sized Asteroid Whizzes Past Earth, Narrowly Missing Collision
Gadgets 360· 5 days agoAstronomers had their hands full when a brand-new asteroid, 2024 GJ2, made an unexpected visit to...
Watch a tripod robot test its asteroid leaping skills
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 7 days ago[Related: NASA’s OSIRIS mission delivered asteroid samples to Earth.] “Until that moment, we had no...
Can NASA's Mars Sample Return Program Be Saved? Some Experts Think So
Inverse· 2 days agoOn Monday, NASA announced that the current MSR budget was too expensive, costing somewhere between...