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A NASA scientist has revealed the list of cities that could be in danger if an asteroid dubbed the "city killer" collides with Earth in 2032. Scientists have revealed where the asteroid could hit. Cre
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NASA has revealed that the odds of an asteroid dubbed the "city killer" hitting Earth have increased - and it could happen pretty soon.NASA has increased the odds of a 'city killer' asteroid hitting E
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Santa Claus isn’t the only thing soaring past Earth this holiday season. NASA has issued a heads-up about a massive asteroid, 2024 XN1, which is set to zoom past the planet tonight.
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A "potentially hazardous" asteroid will fly past the Earth today, but don't worry, this isn't a world-ending event. Dubbed 2008 OS7, the celestial visitor will approach our planet from a distance of 1.7 million miles at precisely 14:41 GMT (09:41 ET), a safe seven times farther than the moon. The…
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NASA has launched a mission to intercept an asteroid called "God of Chaos" as it nears Earth's orbit. Every so often we hear about a world-ending event that we might need to prepare for, and - given that an asteroid was responsible for wiping out the dinosaurs - we are…
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Five asteroids are set to come dangerously close to the Earth this year, before a comet the size of Mount Everest is set to pass by next year. According to reports, five asteroids are due to pass by our planet before the end of the year, varying in size from…
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Scientists have predicted the date that an asteroid could hit Earth, and given that it's said to be "with the force of 22 atomic bombs", it might be time to get your affairs in order. It seems like every week there is a new threat to our planet, so it's…
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An Asteroid is set to hit Earth's atmosphere this week - but there's no need to flee to an underground bunker just yet. Asteroids have long been a point of fascination and destruction for our planet, with the dinosaurs meeting their end 66 million years ago at the hands of…
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NASA has revealed a newly-discovered asteroid has a one in 600 chance of hitting Earth as it's set to come dangerously close to the planet in the future. First detected on February 27, 2023, the asteroid - which is known as 2023 DW - is estimated to measure around 50…
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It's the stuff we would have only previously seen in Star Wars, a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away - last night, a NASA spacecraft zeroed in on an asteroid over 7 million miles away from Earth, crashing into it in the world's first attempt to shift…
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