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Scientists Identify Near-Earth Asteroid’s Birthplace
When scientists discovered the asteroid Kamo’oalewa in 2016, they almost immediately suspected it might have once been a part ...
Space.com on MSN13d
Car-size asteroid gives Earth a super-close shave with flyby closer than some satellites
It gets so close that the line on NASA's trajectory map for the asteroid actually passes through Earth as it crosses the ...
Minerals are in short supply on Earth. This startup wants to mine asteroids
The company already has a refinery in space, and this year it will launch a reconnaissance mission to a metallic asteroid in ...
NASA Says Giraffe-Sized Asteroid to Pass Incredibly Close to Earth Today
Some asteroids are also considered potentially hazardous asteroids (PHAs) or potentially hazardous objects (PHOs), and NASA ...
SpaceNews1d
Companies offer proposals for Apophis asteroid missions
Companies ranging from Blue Origin to a startup are proposing missions to visit an asteroid before it makes a very close ...
USA Today9d
Look up (with a telescope): 2,000-foot long asteroid to pass by earth Monday
A 2,000-foot asteroid is set to pass by earth Monday morning and if you don't catch it now, you'll have to wait more than a year to see it again. But you are going to need a telescope to see the ...
The Mirror4d
Huge 150m asteroid among three space rocks to fly past Earth this weekend
Nasa is tracking an asteroid which will fly past Earth this weekend, with the huge space rock estimated to reach speeds of more than 24,000mph and be between 67 metres and 150 metres in diameter ...
Yahoo News13d
Car-size asteroid gives Earth a super-close shave with flyby closer than some satellites
An asteroid discovered Tuesday (April 9) will make an extremely close, but harmless, pass by planet Earth today (April 11). Asteroid 2024 GJ2 is roughly the size of a car and, since its ...
Earth has a ‘second Moon’ as scientists identify giant lunar crater where it once lay – and there may be others too
AN asteroid is believed to have broken off the moon and scientists have found additional proof that it could have been ...
The Mirror4d
Huge 150m asteroid among three space rocks to fly past Earth this weekend
The space rock has been classified as a near-Earth object (NEO), with data published on Nasa's Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS). According to the website the asteroid, known simply ...