Asteroid hitting earth

The asteroid system was the perfect target to test kinetic impact, which may be needed if an asteroid is ever on track to hit Earth. A briefcase-size CubeSat hitched a ride with DART and...
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Hitting an asteroid with a high-speed projectile nudges its orbit. For an asteroid headed toward Earth, that could be enough to change a direct hit to a near miss.
NASA is currently preparing for a hypothetical scenario where an asteroid has a 72 percent chance of impact with Earth in the next 14 years. This exercise, while not based on any …
A space rock the size of a cruise liner will have a close encounter with Earth in April 2029. While the asteroid Apophis won’t hit Earth, NASA and ESA are both …
CNN — Bennu is one of the most hazardous known asteroids in our solar system. Thanks to a visit by a NASA spacecraft, scientists have a much greater …
The most recent notable asteroid to strike Earth exploded in the skies over Chelyabinsk, Russia in 2013, releasing energy equivalent to about 440 kilotons of TNT …
It’s nowhere near the 12 km (7.5 mi.) wide asteroid—more than half the length of Manhattan—that wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. That’s the good …
Here’s the scenario: The government has confirmed NASA astronomers detected a never-before-seen asteroid speeding in the direction of Earth—and although …
A potentially dangerous asteroid called Bennu has a 1 in 1,750 chance of hitting Earth between now and the year 2300. That's according to the most precise …
An asteroid NASA's been tracking for nearly 25 years could impact Earth in the future, a new report reveals. First discovered in 1999, Bennu, the near-Earth …
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