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Asteroid Apophis will swing past Earth in 2029 — could a space rock collision make it hit us?
Space via Yahoo News· 2 months agoAn animation shows Apophis' 2029 path compared to the swarm of satellites orbiting Earth. The...
Barringer Crater may have been formed by a cosmic 'curveball,' asteroid simulations show
Live Science via Yahoo News· 4 months agoAsteroids with different spins and bonding strengths may be responsible for the vast variety of...
Study tracking asteroids for next 1,000 years finds rock with ‘greatest chance of collision’ with...
The Independent UK via AOL· 11 months agoAstronomers have mapped the trajectories of over 2,000 potentially hazardous asteroids for the next...
NASA crashes DART spacecraft into an asteroid, testing a tactic to bump space rocks away from Earth
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe surface of Dimorphos moments before NASA's DART spacecraft crashed into it.NASA NASA...
The Asteroid NASA Smashed Is Now Healing, Scientists Suggest
Futurism via Yahoo News· 2 months agoMighty Morphin Asteroid In September 2022, NASA intentionally smashed its Double Asteroid...
Could a collision cause asteroid Apophis to hit Earth? New study says no
The Weather Network via Yahoo News· 2 months agoApophis will safely pass Earth at a very close distance in 2029, but what if some other space rock...
Metal asteroid Psyche has a ridiculously high 'value.' But what does that even mean?
Space via Yahoo News· 7 months agoA large gray space rock with large craters on the surface and patches of brown material. . You might...
Asteroids Smashing into the Early Earth Boiled the Oceans and Might Have Kickstarted Life
SYFY via Yahoo News· 4 months agoA large enough asteroid could spell the end of life on our planet, or at least the end of our...
NASA's asteroid-impacting DART mission completely changed the shape of its target
Space via Yahoo News· 2 months agoWhen NASA's asteroid-diverting DART mission slammed into the tiny moonlet Dimorphos, it didn't just...
8 asteroid discoveries that rocked our world in 2023
Live Science via Yahoo News· 4 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...