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Earth bids farewell to its temporary ‘mini moon' that is possibly a chunk of our actual moon
Current data suggest that during its 2055 visit, the sun-circling asteroid will once again make a temporary and partial lap around Earth. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Planet Earth is parting ...
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2,000-foot-wide 'potentially hazardous' asteroid has just made its closest approach to Earth — and you can see it with a telescope
also show that this is the asteroid's closest approach in at least 125 years. However, the same simulations show that it will make an even closer approach to Earth in 2055, when it will reach a ...
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Asteroid no longer a threat to Earth in 2032. The same can’t be said yet for the moon
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Scientists have finally given the all-clear to Earth from a newly discovered asteroid. After two months of observations, scientists have almost fully ruled out any threat ...
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Asteroid's odds of hitting Earth fluctuate as NASA tasked with studying it
An asteroid has a small chance of hitting Earth less than eight years from now, and astronomers are enlisting the help of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to study it. Characterized as a ...
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‘Mini moon’ bids Earth farewell
Current data suggest that during its 2055 visit, the sun-circling asteroid will once again make a temporary and partial lap around Earth.
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Earth’s 1st Asteroid Mining Prospector Heads to the Launchpad
AstroForge’s Odin mission to survey a potentially metallic asteroid is packed and ready to lift off. By Jonathan O’Callaghan Jonathan O’Callaghan reported on AstroForge in 2023 when its ...