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Could scientists stop a 'planet killer' asteroid from hitting Earth?
Live Science via Yahoo News· 7 months agoWe see an enormous, fiery asteroid falling through Earth's atmosphere and very nearly hitting our...
Watch an Asteroid Vaporize Life on Earth in This Scary Simulation
Nerdist via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhat would happen if (when?) a 310-mile-wide asteroid collides with Earth? That’s the fun question...
Ancient asteroid which hit Earth was 15 miles wide
Yahoo News UK· 2 years agoThe impactor is bigger than was previously believed (Rochester) Rochester Two billion years ago, an absolutely massive lump of rock slammed into Earth,...
Asteroid Apophis will swing past Earth in 2029 — could a space rock collision make it hit us?
Space via Yahoo News· 3 months agoAn animation shows Apophis' 2029 path compared to the swarm of satellites orbiting Earth. The...
Scientists say they’ve traced the origins of a potentially hazardous near-Earth asteroid to the far...
CNN via Yahoo News· 1 month agoRare near-Earth asteroid Kamo’oalewa may have been created several million years ago when something...
Could a collision cause asteroid Apophis to hit Earth? New study says no
The Weather Network via Yahoo News· 3 months agoApophis will safely pass Earth at a very close distance in 2029, but what if some other space rock...
NASA just smashed a spaceship into an asteroid on purpose. Here are 13 facts about the mission and...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIllustration of DART approaching Dimorphos.NASA/Johns Hopkins APL NASA crashed a spacecraft into an...
‘Potentially hazardous’ skyscraper-sized asteroid to zoom past Earth on Friday
The Independent via Yahoo News· 4 months agoA “potentially hazardous” asteroid about the size of a large skyscraper is predicted to zoom past...
Asteroid sample incoming: OSIRIS-REx team preps for September landing of Bennu bits
Space via Yahoo News· 10 months agoa close-up view of an asteroid in deep space LITTLETON, Colorado — As NASA's first mission to...
Planetary defense: NASA's arsenal for protecting Earth from potential killer asteroids
Florida Today via Yahoo News· 2 years ago--- An asteroid the size of Texas hurtles straight toward Earth, threatening to kill most living...