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Asteroid headed toward Earth? NASA simulation explores how the nation might respond
MPR News· 4 hours agoImagine if scientists discovered a giant asteroid with a 72 percent chance of hitting the Earth in about 14 years — a space rock so big that it could not only take out a city ...
The Asteroid That Will Get Closer To Earth Than Any In Human History
Forbes· 1 day agoAsteroid Apophis is, at about 1,230 feet (375 meters) across, larger than 90% of space rocks. It...
NASA discussing asteroid-threat exercise today: Watch it live
SPACE.com· 1 day agoNASA will discuss the results of a recent asteroid-threat exercise today (June 20), and you can...
World's most powerful space telescope captures huge asteroids colliding
TweakTown· 1 day agoNASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured evidence of two massive asteroids colliding with each...
NASA, Partners Conduct Fifth Asteroid Impact Exercise, Release Summary - NASA
NASA· 1 day agoNASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office, in partnership with FEMA (Federal Emergency Management...
How Donald Sutherland’s ‘Animal House’ Deal Cost Him Millions
Forbes· 1 day agoLegendary actor Donald Sutherland died Thursday after a long illness at age 88, according to The...
Webb observations hint at giant asteroid collision in a nearby planetary system
CNN via Yahoo News· 5 days agoObservations made by two telescopes of the Beta Pictoris system, located 63 light-years from Earth,...
NASA Spots Several Plane-Sized Asteroids Hurtling Towards Earth
HotHardware· 3 days agoAccording to NASA, there are several airplane-sized asteroids hurtling toward Earth this week. The...
The World Will Soon Witness "One Of The Rarest Space Events Of Our Lives"
IFLScience· 21 hours agoThe decade has a few more treats in stall for us beyond that, including a visit from asteroid 99942 Apophis. When Apophis was first discovered in 2004, observations placed ...
The Sky This Week from June 21 to 28: Embrace June’s Strawberry Moon
Astronomy Magazine· 8 hours agoThe Moon covers dwarf planet Ceres, Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) hangs around after dark, and...