Asteroids

LOOK, UP IN THE SKY!: Large Asteroid To Pass By Earth Today

Asteroid 2014 JO25 will zoom by our planet at a distance of 1.1 million miles.
By By Tom James, Reuters

Trump's NASA Budget Curtails Plan To Reroute A Near-Earth Asteroid

"We are not pursuing the Asteroid Redirect Mission with this budget proposal."
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Earth Doesn't Really Have Any Protections In Place From Asteroids

Recent close encounters with space rocks show just how vulnerable our planet is.
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Will NASA's New Asteroid Intruder Alert System Warn Us In Time Of Incoming Danger?

With 15,000 space rocks in our galactic vicinity, Earth is a sitting duck for an eventual collision.
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NASA Launches Probe On Unprecedented Asteroid Mission

The seven-year mission aims to bring back samples from the asteroid in hopes of unlocking mysteries of the origin of life.
By Reuters

How Worried Should We Be About A Huge Asteroid Hitting Earth?

An asteroid explorer answers 13 questions about scary space rocks.
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NASA Wants To Send Your Art, Poems, Haikus And GIFs To Space

Your creative expressions could exist in space for thousands of years.
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Man Could Be First Person In Centuries To Be Killed By Meteorite

Scientists are testing debris from a mysterious explosion in India that killed one person and injured three others.
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Asteroid's Upcoming 'Brush' Past Earth Is Nothing To Worry About

NASA says there’s no danger the space rock will slam into our planet.
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Scientists Say 'WTF' Space Object Will Crash Into Indian Ocean Next Month

The object does not pose a threat, but "the show will still be spectacular."
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