Mars Gets a Close-Up and a Photo Bomb as Europe’s Hera Mission Swoops Past
The Red Planet and its tiny moon Deimos were recorded at a very near distance as the asteroid-chasing spacecraft completed a flyby on Wednesday.
Should giant asteroid head for Earth, Hawaii is first line of defense
The asteroid, 2024 YR4, was detected by UH’s Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) and given a 3% probability ...
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Scientists discover Earth’s oldest meteorite crater, changing our planet’s history
Researchers from Curtin University have uncovered the world’s oldest known meteorite impact crater in Western Australia, ...
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World's oldest impact crater may be linked to the origins of life
Researchers found the world’s oldest impact crater in Western Australia. The crater was created by a massive meteorite impact ...
Designing Nuclear-Armed Rockets To Destroy Doomsday Asteroids
A White House science advisor recently war-gamed with space agency heads worldwide to devise a planet-saving defense to an ...
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NASA feared chances of deadly asteroid hitting Earth could rise past 20%
NASA was reportedly worried that the chances of a "city killing" asteroid striking Earth could breach the 20 ... comparable to the height of Big Ben. The giant space rock was immediately added ...
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Why the odds of a giant asteroid hitting Earth in 2032 keep changing
An asteroid that hit the Yucatan Peninsula in ... While the odds of a giant asteroid – Asteroid 2024 YR4 – hitting Earth in 2032 were hovering at around 3 per cent last week, they have now ...
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Chance of a giant asteroid hitting Earth in 2032 drops to near-zero
Scientists have nearly ruled out any threat from Asteroid 2024 YR4, which was previously believed to have a 3.1 per cent chance of hitting Earth ... the asteroid could hit the moon on 22 December ...
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Chance huge asteroid will hit Earth down to 0.001 per cent
The European Space Agency (ESA) has reduced the probability of asteroid 2024 YR4 striking Earth in 2032 to 0.001 per cent, down from a record-high 3.1 per cent last week. The asteroid, 40-90 ...
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Nasa feared giant asteroid had 20pc chance of hitting Earth
Nasa feared the chances of a deadly asteroid hitting Earth could rise past 20 per cent, but now believe it is more likely to collide with the Moon. The “2024 YR4” space rock, which is thought ...
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Chance huge asteroid will hit Earth down to 0.001 percent
The chance that a football field-sized asteroid capable of destroying a city will strike Earth in 2032 has fallen ... increasingly ruling out the odds of a direct hit. The ESA said the chance ...