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NASA Tracking Bus-Sized Asteroid Approaching Earth
2025 HU isn't the only asteroid approaching the Earth today. NASA is also tracking an airplane-sized space rock known as 2025 GD1, which is estimated to be about 86 feet across and will zip past the ...
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Enormous asteroid the size of Germany which would wipe out all life on earth if it hit
An asteroid discovered over 200 years ago which is roughly the size of Germany would have catastrophic consequences for life on Earth if it ever hit the planet.
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Asteroid feared to be heading for Earth could hit the moon instead, says expert
The hefty asteroid 2024 YR4, once feared to hit Earth on December 22, 2032, could instead hit the moon, it is thought. New intel from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has suggested that the ...
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'City-killer' asteroid that might hit moon has 'unexpected' shape, astronomers say
and has a 0.00078% chance of hitting Earth in 2032 at the time of writing. However, there remains a risk for the moon — not ...
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Meteorite that once collided with Earth 'penetrated deep into atmosphere'
Twenty seven kilos of rocks were recovered, making this the largest fall of its ... 60 centimetres in diameter when it hit Earth's atmosphere. From the path it travelled through the atmosphere, ...
Why the meteorites that hit Earth have less water than the asteroid bits brought back by space probes – a planetary scientist explains new research
Water-rich meteorites contain key ingredients for life, yet they barely appear in meteorite collections. Recent research using shooting stars may explain why.
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Scientists finally unlock the secret to why carbon-rich asteroids don’t hit earth
The researchers reached the conclusion by studying 7,982 meteoroid trajectories and 540 potential meteorite falls.
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Astronomers: YR4 asteroid will not hit Earth in 2032, but has ~2% chance of moon strike
Despite being a scenario widely pondered by astronomers and Hollywood writers for decades, further observations have since determined YR4 will not impact the Earth in 2032 as originally predicted.