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NASA Tracking Plane-Sized Asteroid Approaching the Earth Today
The space rock came as close as within 4.15 million miles from our planet, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
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China's Tianwen 2 asteroid-sampling probe snaps gorgeous shots of Earth and the moon (video, photos)
China's Tianwen 2 probe has captured striking pictures of home as it heads out to a near-Earth asteroid to collect samples.
Remember the June fireball? Here's how scientists are classifying the meteorite that came crashing through a Henry county home
Harris, working with Henry County Emergency Management and the homeowner, examined the entry point and fragments of meteorite within the home. It left a clean entry hole through the roof, air ducts, ...
The Perseid meteor shower is underway. Here's when they'll peak in August
The Earth is currently edging into three active meteor debris fields: the Southern Delta Aquariids, the Alpha Capricornids ...
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Meteor impact may have triggered massive Grand Canyon landslide 56,000 years ago
A massive landslide would have dammed the Colorado River, forming a deep lake that has since dried up. A meteorite impact ...