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A football stadium-sized asteroid will blaze by Earth today. Here's how to watch the potentially hazardous 'city killer' live.

Watch live as a "potentially hazardous" asteroid the size of a football stadium whips past Earth to…

Ellyn Lapointe   


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From arid to green: What world can glean from Vijayapura's learnings this Earth Day

In less than 10 years, nature lovers have a lot going for them in Vijayapura. The district is now h…

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Earnings season is here. These are the biggest storylines the market is watching.

In today's big story, we're looking at what to expect during a critical earnings season.

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NASA explains how it would alert the public of an apocalyptic asteroid strike

In the event an asteroid is headed for Earth, here's how NASA plans to alert the public of an impen…

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Billionaires going to space aim to industrialize the moon, asteroids, and Mars. It's time to set some ground rules.

Billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have huge plans in space, but there are no laws or regul…

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NASA scientists calculated the exact date an asteroid could hit Earth with the force of at least 24 nuclear bombs. Thankfully, it's a long way off.

There's a 1/2,700 chance asteroid Bennu could hit the Earth, and scientists think it could happen o…

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Just Look Up: Giant asteroid the size of Qutub Minar to pass dangerously close to Earth

It is not just natural calamities and deadly viruses that may end the human race, giant asteroids h…

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A mystery 300-mile wide formation lurking beneath Australia may be the largest asteroid impact crater on Earth

Scientists think the asteroid impact may have occurred roughly 450 million years ago, when 85 perce…

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The biggest asteroid of 2021 is going to zoom past Earth tonight flying as fast as 100,000 kmph

An asteroid twice as big as the Statue of Unity is set to zoom past Earth tonight flying at 100,000…

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Five asteroids are set to fly past the planet today — two of them are bigger than the Eiffel Tower

Three of the asteroids are relatively small and pose a smaller threat to the planet if they were…

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Adam Driver asked NASA how it plans to save Earth from world-ending asteroids

Adam Driver wondered how NASA would save the world if a giant asteroid were approaching. Three spac…

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The biggest asteroid of 2020 will zoom past Earth on April 29 — adhering to 'social distancing' and even wearing a mask

The biggest asteroid of the year doesn’t care that Earth is under lockdown — and it’s set to zoom p…

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An asteroid as big as the San Francisco bridge is set to whizz past Earth after Valentine’s Day

Within hours of Valentines Day coming to a close, Asteroid 2020 PZ39 is going to whizz past Earth.

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The 10 biggest asteroids that pose a threat to Earth in 2020

There are swarms of millions of asteroids in the Solar System. Most of them keep to themselves as t…

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Here’s how you can watch the biggest asteroid of 2020 live as it zooms past the Earth

The good news is that you don’t have to be an expert astronomer or scientist in order to catch t…

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‘God of Chaos’ asteroid Apophis won’t be crashing into Earth for at least another century

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has determined that the ‘God of Chaos’ ast…

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Eiffel Tower sized asteroid set to zoom past Earth today

Aside from the size, asteroid has impressive speed as well. Observations show that it will b…

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Two tiny asteroids to zoom past Earth this Diwali — likely without any fireworks

While both of them are on the watch list of asteroids to track, it’s unlikely that they will b…

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Apophis, the ‘God of Chaos’ asteroid is speeding up — increasing the likelihood of it hitting Earth in 2068

This is when the asteroid speeds up because its thermal radiation is no longer uniform. Simply p…