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Four large ‘potentially hazardous’ asteroids headed towards Earth – but it should be fine
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Four large ‘potentially hazardous’ asteroids headed towards Earth – but it should be fine

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Four large “potentially hazardous” asteroids – one the size of a skyscraper – …

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Scientists find where most meteorites come from
2 months, 1 week ago

Scientists find where most meteorites come from

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Those families came about after collisions in the asteroid belt: one 5.8 million years ago, one 7.5 …

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Can nuclear blasts protect Earth from incoming asteroids? Scientists use X-rays in first successful test
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Can nuclear blasts protect Earth from incoming asteroids? Scientists use X-rays in first successful test

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Researchers in New Mexico used Sandia National Laboratory’s Z machine, the most powerful laboratory source …

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How to watch ‘planet killer’ asteroid big enough to ‘end civilization’ fly near Earth this week
5 months, 3 weeks ago

How to watch ‘planet killer’ asteroid big enough to ‘end civilization’ fly near Earth this week

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Two asteroids, including one large enough to end civilization, will hurtle past our …

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‘Planet Killer’ asteroid to fly close by Earth, How to watch it live?
5 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Planet Killer’ asteroid to fly close by Earth, How to watch it live?

Hindustan Times  

A mountain-sized space rock is set to fly past Earth on Thursday, June 27. Dubbed the “Planet Killer,” 2011 UL21 will be one of the closest asteroids to approach the Blue Planet. Planet Killer asteroid will fly by Earth on June 27 ‘Planet Killer’ asteroid to buzz past Earth The giant space rock was first discovered in 2011 and orbits …

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Nasa’s Dart mission changed path of asteroid: ‘A defender of the planet’
2 years, 2 months ago

Nasa’s Dart mission changed path of asteroid: ‘A defender of the planet’

The Independent  

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NASA's DART spacecraft hits target asteroid in first planetary defence test
2 years, 2 months ago

NASA's DART spacecraft hits target asteroid in first planetary defence test

The Hindu  

NASA's DART spacecraft successfully slammed into a distant asteroid at hypersonic speed on September 26 in a test of the world's first planetary defence system, designed to prevent a potential doomsday meteorite collision with Earth. Humanity's first attempt to alter the motion of an asteroid or any celestial body played out in a NASA webcast from the mission operations center …

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NASA’s asteroid-deflecting DART spacecraft nears its target
2 years, 2 months ago

NASA’s asteroid-deflecting DART spacecraft nears its target

The Hindu  

Ten months after launch, NASA's asteroid-deflecting DART spacecraft neared a planned impact with its target on Monday in a test of the world's first planetary defense system, designed to prevent a doomsday collision with Earth. Dimorphos and Didymos are both tiny compared with the cataclysmic Chicxulub asteroid that struck Earth some 66 million years ago, wiping out about three-quarters of …

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NASA warns that massive asteroid is headed towards Earth – but there’s no need to panic
3 years, 1 month ago

NASA warns that massive asteroid is headed towards Earth – but there’s no need to panic

The Independent  

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EXPLAINED: Meteor, Meteoroid, Meteorite. How They Are Different And What's The Danger From Space Rocks
3 years, 4 months ago

EXPLAINED: Meteor, Meteoroid, Meteorite. How They Are Different And What's The Danger From Space Rocks

News 18  

Residents of Oslo were greeted on July 25 night to a bright flash of light and loud bangs as a reported meteorite shrieked through the skies and landed in a forest near the Norwegian capital. However, US space agency Nasa says that asteroids can also be found in other parts of the solar system and “some asteroids orbit the Sun …

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