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Asteroid 33 Polyhymnia is so dense it may actually contain elements never before seen on Earth, according to a new study
Researchers believe that an asteroid in our galaxy is denser than the densest element in the Period…
Grace Eliza Goodwin
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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…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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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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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…
Marianne Guenot
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Asteroid flying faster than a bullet will shoot past Earth today
Asteroid 2019 SR8 will be flying past Earth today at a speed ten times that of the average rifle bu…
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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…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Asteroids the size of planes will fly past Earth today, within hours of each other
The fourth space object, Asteroid (2019 XY) was first spotted by astronomers on 3 December 201…
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It’s a record day for asteroids as three of them plan to fly past Earth
Aside from the fact that there will be three asteroids gunning for the planet, it's even rar…
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Asteroid Day is on June 30 — and it’s the one day no asteroid will be making its close approach
Asteroid Day is on June 30 and ironically no asteroid has any plans of flying anywhere close to Ear…
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Earth got its water and organic matter from asteroids, finds Japan's space probe
Water and organic matter was brought to Earth by asteroids, finds Japan's Hayabusa2 space probe. T…
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An asteroid nearly the size of a skyscraper will whiz between the Earth and the moon on Saturday in a once-in-a-decade event
NASA said an asteroid this size passing so close to Earth happens once in a decade. The asteroid DZ…
Kelsey Vlamis
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Potentially hazardous giant asteroid to skim past Earth on Thursday: NASA
According to the Centre, as they orbit the Sun, the NEOs can occasionally approach close to Earth. …
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'Planet killer' asteroid hidden by the sun may threaten Earth in a few thousand years
Asteroids orbiting between Earth and the sun are especially hard to find, but NASA can't deflect ha…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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16 asteroids are set to fly past Earth in June — one that's more than twice the size of the Taj Mahal
June is a busy month for asteroids with over 17 asteroids that have already flown past the Earth wi…
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A massive asteroid the size of the Empire State Building is about to pass Earth. Here's how to track it.
The asteroid, which is about a half-mile wide, has been studied by scientists for decades and will …
Emily Walsh
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ISRO moves Chandrayaan-3 propulsion module to orbit around Earth in unique experiment
The Propulsion Module (PM) of Chandrayaan-3 has been moved from an orbit around the Moon to an orb…
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Astronomers discover an asteroid that's closer to the Sun than any other
The semi-major axis is a useful way to measure how far an asteroid is from the Sun on aver…
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Earth has a new ‘mini-moon’ — and it’s not the first
The Moon isn’t the only space rock orbiting the Earth. A new mini-moon was spotted circling the pla…
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe becomes the fastest artificial object ever, 180 times faster than our fastest plane!
At such incredible speeds, the probe could complete roughly 15 circumnavigations of the Earth in ju…
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Mercury's shrinking history revealed through surface craters: insights from the planet's shriveling past
While missions to explore the moon's surface are numerous, the same cannot be said for Mercury. How…