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Asteroid's Chance of Smacking Earth Drops Dramatically. Here's What to Know
NASA says Earth is in the clear from asteroid 2024 YR4, which had a small chance of impacting our planet in 2032.
Asteroid 2024 YR4 is going to miss Earth, but the story doesn’t end there
In reality, even as the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 was moving away, ground-based telescopes were able to gather enough ...
When the world freaked out in 1910: Fake news about Halley’s Comet drove people to terror and despair
The panic that ensued in 1910 following scientists' bizarre and baseless theories on Halley’s Comet is a testament to just ...
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NASA picks SpaceX rocket to launch asteroid threat hunter NEO Surveyor in 2027
NEO Surveyor will lift off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida's Space Coast no earlier than September 2027. The total value ...
Asteroid has a very small chance of hitting Earth in 2032, but a collision could devastate a city
In December 2024, astronomers in Chile spotted a new asteroid streaking through the sky, which they named 2024 YR4. What’s ...
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Amazing TimeLapse Of Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF Project
Gianluca Masi from the Virtual Telescope Project captured imagery of comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF). The comet's closest approach to Earth at 26.4 million miles (42.5 million km) away. Credit: Gianluca Masi / ...
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‘Threat-to-Earth’: SpaceX Falcon 9 to launch NASA’s asteroid hunter telescope
NASA has chosen SpaceX to launch an advanced asteroid hunter telescope that will detect and observe asteroids that could pose ...
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2025 Is a Year Full of Meteor Showers: The Next One Arrives This Week
2025 includes a full schedule of meteor showers. They come around every year like clockwork and that means planning shooting ...
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Asteroid ‘2024 YR4’ likely won’t hit Earth in 2032, but the odds will continue to change
Learn about asteroid 2024 YR4 and its potential impact on Earth in 2032. Explore the risks and predictions surrounding this ...
New study claims our solar system is home to millions of interstellar objects
Researchers claim that there could be at least 1 million interstellar objects hiding in the Oort Cloud at the edge of our ...