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NASA: Asteroid the size of the Brooklyn Bridge to pass near Earth on Thursday
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 11 months agoAn asteroid that is roughly as long as New York City's Brooklyn Bridge will pass within 2.6 million...
Astronomers have found 30,000 near-Earth asteroids – and half in the last six years
Yahoo News UK· 2 years agoAstronomers have now spotted more than 30,000 near-Earth asteroids (Getty Images) Naeblys via Getty...
An Asteroid Is Passing Earth Today, so Scientists Are Shooting It With Radio Waves
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA group of researchers is attempting to bounce radio signals off a 500-foot-wide asteroid during its...
Watch a house-size asteroid zoom past Earth live today (June 25)
Space via Yahoo News· 11 months agoA small asteroid the size of a three-story building will pass between Earth and the moon on Sunday...
Asteroid as large as 300 feet wide due to pass between Earth and the moon Saturday afternoon
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA newly discovered asteroid more than 200 feet wide will zoom in between Earth and the moon Saturday...
A massive asteroid’s ‘earth close approach’ Wednesday will still be pretty far from you
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNASA has cleared up previously unconfirmed reports of a massive asteroid supposedly hurtling closely...
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...
Ryugu asteroid mission suggests space rocks could have made life possible on Earth
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSpace rocks could have made life on Earth possible, according to a breakthrough new study that...
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...
A Truck-Size Asteroid Will Come 'Extraordinarily Close' to Earth Today
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAn asteroid is on its way to Earth, but don’t worry—the end is not here. The asteroid, dubbed 2023...