A "potentially hazardous" asteroid bigger than a skyscraper reaches Earth next week
TechSpot· 1 day agoEarth, or about eight times the average distance of the moon, just before 9pm EDT on June 12....
Watch a 'potentially hazardous' asteroid zoom by Earth next week
FOX 10 Phoenix· 3 days agoA skyscraper-sized asteroid dubbed "potentially hazardous" will safely zoom by Earth this month, and...
A 'fake moon' has been following Earth around the sun since 100 BC, and astronomers just noticed
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThe asteroid is roughly 20 meters long, which is about the size of a semi-truck, and it comes within...
The asteroid that shadows the Earth
Newsweek· 3 days agoIts looping orbit around the Earth makes it a quasi-moon or quasi-satellite, of which there are only a few others. "It seems to be the longest...
How Likely Is a Terrible Asteroid Impact in Your Lifetime?
Mashable· 2 days agoOff the baking Interstate 40 in Arizona, the evidence is clear: From time to time, sizable asteroids...
Astronomers have discovered a new quasi-moon following Earth
MSN News· 5 hours agoAstronomers have discovered a new quasi-moon following Earth
Four plane-sized asteroids approaching Earth this weekend
Newsweek· 6 days agoAnother smaller asteroid named 2023 KZ2, around the size of a house, is also forecast to skim past...
What are meteorites? I visit and study the craters they've left across our planet
The Conversation· 4 days agoTens of thousands of asteroids – that we know of – are roaming our solar system. For the most part, the asteroids quietly orbit the Sun – but sometimes ...
NASA's Psyche asteroid probe on track for October launch after 1-year delay
Space via Yahoo News· 2 days agoNASA's Psyche asteroid mission is on track to hit its new launch target of October 2023, a year...
New 100 million-year-old dinosaur discovered in Utah with "beautiful" skull
Newsweek· 23 hours agoA previously unknown dinosaur species that lived around 100 million years ago has been discovered in...
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