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NASA's DART: Redirecting An Asteroid To Protect Earth

The first flight mission for planetary defense, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) seeks to validate a method to ...

NASA says a plane-sized asteroid will pass Earth next week. Here's what to know.

NASA experts explain why a passing asteroid isn't cause for concern, while revealing how often Earth encounters space rocks ...

Meteorite fragment that crashed into a Georgia home is billions of years old — older than Earth itself: professor

University of Georgia geology professor Scott Harris determined that a meteorite fragment that crashed through the roof of a ...

The asteroid that will spare Earth might hit the moon instead. What happens if it does?

Asteroid 2024 YR4, which once appeared to be on a collision course with Earth, may hit the moon, which could create some ...

‘City Killer’ Asteroid Won’t Hit Earth, But What Happens If It Slams Into The Moon?

The latest data on asteroid 2024 YR4 has scientists confident that Earth is no longer in the bullseye. However the enormous ...

Meteorite that ripped through Georgia homeowner's roof is 20 million years older than Earth, scientist says

A mysterious fireball blazed across the sky in broad daylight on June 26, sparking hundreds of siting reports in Georgia and ...
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You're More Likely to Die From an Asteroid Than Rabies, Scientists Find

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 ...

How NASA found a ‘city killer’ asteroid’s new potential target: the moon

Although it won’t hit Earth, an asteroid once labeled a “city killer” is now back in the spotlight — this time, because it ...

NASA Tracking Plane-Sized Asteroid Approaching the Earth Today

The space rock came as close as within 4.15 million miles from our planet, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
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Large asteroid to fly between Earth and the moon on Saturday

The asteroid will pass by Friday and Saturday on a track that scientists suggest is slightly less than half the average distance to the moon from Earth — which is still 174,650 kilometers, or ...