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Asteroid day will draw eyes to the stars, but the more urgent threat may be under our feet
To be able to better calculate the statistics and narrow down concrete possibilities, astronomers need to detect as many ... any asteroid far ahead of impact is quite small. "There is no easy ...
New York Daily News12y
Massive Earth-destroying asteroids rare, easy to spot — but if a small one ever heads for Times Square ‘pray,’ says NASA
Posey pressed, drawing chuckles from the hearing room ... causing sharp explosions and reportedly injuring around 100 people, including many hurt by broken glass. NASA has identified and ...
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Nasa's audacious plan to catch an asteroid in a giant draw-string BAG and drag it back to Earth
Nasa is planning an audacious mission to catch an asteroid in a giant, draw-string bag and tow it to the Moon - close enough for human explorers to visit. The U.S. space agency is set to ask ...
Los Angeles Times4y
A pandemic, a presidential election, now an asteroid headed our way. But it, too, will pass
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — An asteroid the size of a school bus is headed our way, but in spite of swinging far closer than many of the satellites orbiting Earth, the space rock should zoom safely ...