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An Asteroid Will Fly By Earth in 4 Years. Scientists Are Racing to Uncover Its Secrets.
As the asteroid lines up for a planetary flyby in 2029, space agencies are coordinating to conduct some groundbreaking ...
NASA Tracking Bus-Sized Asteroid Approaching Earth
2025 HU isn't the only asteroid approaching the Earth today. NASA is also tracking an airplane-sized space rock known as 2025 GD1, which is estimated to be about 86 feet across and will zip past the ...
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NASA's Lucy probe flies by the asteroid Donaldjohanson on Easter Sunday
The first was a flyby of the asteroid Dinkinesh on Nov. 1, 2023. This Sunday, Lucy was expected to fly past her second target ...
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'City-killer' asteroid that might hit moon has 'unexpected' shape, astronomers say
The once-dubbed "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 has surprised scientists with its 'unusual' shape as it rapidly rotates ...
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Scientists Warn: An Asteroid Tsunami Could Devastate Coastal Cities!
If a large asteroid crashes into the ocean, could it trigger a massive tsunami capable of wiping out entire coastal cities?
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'Planetary defense is knowing what's out there and what could do harm to us.' Meet the scientist who helped build NASA's asteroid response plan
Lindley Johnson has been a pioneer in blueprinting warning and response scenarios to any potential impact of Earth by an ...
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Asteroid Named After Taiwanese Artist and 228 Incident Victim Chen Cheng-po - TaiwanPlus News
An asteroid discovered in 2007 has been named after acclaimed Taiwanese artist and 228 Incident victim Chen Cheng-po. The ...
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Lucy sends first pictures of 150 million-year-old asteroid Donaldjohanson
The team was surprised by the odd shape of the narrow neck connecting the two lobes, which looked like two nested ice cream ...