Odds of asteroid's impact keep going up — just as scientists expected
Here are today's general risks from asteroids or comets both tiny and very large. Importantly, even relatively small rocks can still be threatening, as the surprise 56-foot (17-meter) rock that exploded over Russia and blew out people's windows in 2013 proved.
The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has more than doubled in a matter of weeks, according to ...
The threat from space rock 2024 YR4 has surpassed that of Apophis, an asteroid feared by scientists 20 years ago. The danger ...
REx mission has an historic opportunity to closely observe the asteroid Apophis and improve our ability to defend against ...
The lander, Blue Ghost, fired its engines for four minutes Thursday to propel the spacecraft into lunar orbit ahead of a ...
An asteroid that orbited near Earth for a few months as a mini-moon may be a chunk of the moon that was blasted off by an impact thousands of years ago.
A recently discovered, sizable asteroid may come within striking distance of Earth in less than eight years. But although the ...
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