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Asteroids
A huge asteroid is hurtling towards Earth at devastating speed, and NASA intends to save the planet by blowing it up with a nuclear warhead, the Daily Star is reporting . However, it will be over …
If an asteroid the size of a small village were headed straight toward Earth, there isn't much we could do on short notice to prevent a major disaster – except blow it up, that is. Scientists are…
An asteroid has passed so close to earth it was within the ring of satellites and NASA only discovered six hours before it arrived, NASA has revealed. The rock, named 2017 EA, made its closest approa…
Yesterday, an asteroid estimated to be up to 100 feet wide made a close shave with Earth, as it soared past at a distance of just 27,000 miles above the surface – or, as some scientists have put it, …
In its early life, the Earth would have been peppered nearly continuously by asteroids smashing into our young planet. These fiery collisions made our world what it is today. It may seem like things …
Everyone knows that about 65 million years ago, a massive asteroid hit the Earth and wiped out all the dinosaurs. Except, well, not so much. Most species of dinosaurs went extinct in the aftermath of…
From galaxies that are 13 billion years old to changing colors of Jupiter’s great spot, we will take a look at seven objects in space that we just can’t explain. (Image: This enhanced image of SN1993…
A very gigantic asteroid which is almost larger than the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, will hurtle past our planet in nearly about almost two weeks’ time. The 2002 AJ129 asteroid ha…
An asteroid that bears a striking resemblance to a skull is set to pass Earth again next year, having last done so on Halloween in 2015. Called 2015 TB145, the asteroid is about 625 to 700 meters (2,…
Astronomers have predicted that a rouge star called Gliese 710 is coming straight towards our Solar System rapidly, and now they have also worked out exactly when it should reach our solar system. …
An asteroid that could potentially wipe out life as we know it is due to fly 'close' to Earth this Saturday. While NASA is keeping an eye on the space rock, which is 230 metres (755 feet) in…
In preparation for the upcoming Asteroid Day on June 30 – a day where scientists group together to discuss how to protect Earth from hazardous space rocks – one leading astrophysicist is warning that…
An experiment mimicking our early solar system reveals that the sugar ribose, the 'R' in 'RNA,' can arise in the icy grains of comets. The origin of life on Earth has been a ma…
