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'Potentially hazardous' 600-foot asteroid detected near Earth after a year of hiding in plain sight
Live Science via Yahoo News· 9 months agoA skyscraper-size asteroid was revealed in year-old telescope data thanks to a new algorithm that...
Building-sized asteroid to buzz by Earth on Halloween — weeks after astronomers first spotted it
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA newly discovered building-sized asteroid will fly near Earth on Halloween, passing as close as...
Scientists discover near-Earth asteroid hours before it exploded over Berlin
Live Science via Yahoo News· 4 months agoFor only the eighth time in history, scientists detected an asteroid before it made its fiery...
New algorithm spots its first "potentially hazardous" near-Earth asteroid — and it's 600 feet long
CBS News via Yahoo News· 9 months agoAn algorithm designed to discover near-Earth asteroids has identified its first "potentially...
'Planet killer' asteroid hidden by the sun may threaten Earth in a few thousand years
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTelescopes in the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO), a program of NSF’s...
A small asteroid gave Earth a close but safe shave Thursday night
The Weather Network via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA small asteroid swung past Earth Thursday night, in one of the closest flybys we've ever seen. On...
Asteroid swoops past Earth just days after being discovered by Nasa
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAn asteroid has swooped past Earth – just days after it was first spotted. The object, known as 2022...
Could scientists stop a 'planet killer' asteroid from hitting Earth?
Live Science via Yahoo News· 6 months agoWe see an enormous, fiery asteroid falling through Earth's atmosphere and very nearly hitting our...
Key molecule found in all living beings detected in near-Earth asteroid
Press Association News via AOL· 1 year agoUracil, a key molecule found in all living organisms, has been detected in a near-Earth asteroid. An...
The asteroid NASA is about to strike poses no threat to Earth, but 60% of city-killer rocks fly...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIllustration of DART approaching Dimorphos.NASA/Johns Hopkins APL NASA is about to slam a spacecraft...