NASA’s asteroid mission to Apophis: Key for Earth’s defense
REx mission has an historic opportunity to closely observe the asteroid Apophis and improve our ability to defend against ...
Asteroid 2024 YR4: Scientists warn of a football field-sized asteroid on a collision course with Earth
Throughout Earth's history, our planet has faced numerous incidents where it has faced experiences of close encounters or ...
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A VIEW OF THE WEEK: Keep your asteroid, Trump is already wrecking havoc on planet Earth
US President Donald Trump has been criticised for having his head in space, making friends with those who want to conquer other planets, and possessing an ego the size of a meteor ...
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Is a Big Asteroid Going to Hit Earth in 2032?
As of February 7, NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies calculates that the nearly 300-foot-wide asteroid 2024 YR4 now has a 2.3 percent chance of hitting Earth on December 22, 2032 ...
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Astronomers find asteroid with 1% chance of hitting Earth: Should we be worried?
But astronomers who are keeping a close eye on the asteroid, dubbed 2024 YR4, expect that the probability ... of hitting Earth,” Heidi Hammel, vice president of the Planetary Society’s board ...