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The space rock will make its closest approach—at a cosmically slight 183,000 miles from our planet—later today, according to ...
NASA has confirmed asteroid 1997 QK1 will make its closest approach on 20 August. The rock measures about 990 feet wide and is travelling at 21,994 miles per hour.
NASA has a planetary defense project that identified possible threats in near our solar system that could cause another mass ...
Scientists have calculated the odds of a catastrophic asteroid impact compared to other causes of death—to surprising results ...
Asteroid 2024 YR4, which once appeared to be on a collision course with Earth, may hit the moon, which could create some problems for our planet.
The space rock came as close as within 4.15 million miles from our planet, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
According to NASA, asteroids are inactive bodies made of all the rocky, dusty and metallic materials left behind from the formation of our solar system. They are mainly concentrated within the main ...
The asteroid known as 2024 YR4 is out of sight yet still very much on scientists' minds. It now poses a threat to the moon, rather than Earth.
The bad news is that death by asteroid impact is more likely to happen to you than death by rabies. The worse news is that ...
Although it won’t hit Earth, an asteroid once labeled a “city killer” is now back in the spotlight — this time, because it ...
Most people are aware that an asteroid wiped out much of life on Earth around 65 million years ago, and this knowledge ...
Asteroid 2024 YR4, which once appeared to be on a collision course with Earth, may hit the moon, which could create some problems for our planet.