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Six asteroids ‘dangerous to Earth’ discovered – but could they really hit us?
Of these ‘six invisible threats’, three named 2020 SB, 524522, and 2020 CL1 ‘have a severe risk of collision’ as their orbits ...
'Asteroid hunter' could save Earth from 'potentially hazardous' space rock
Called Asteroid 2025 FA22, the space rock was placed at number three on the risk list by the agency for "possible impact" ...
ESA's new asteroid hunter opens its eye to the sky
The European Space Agency's (ESA) newest planetary defender has opened its "eye" to the cosmos for the first time. The Flyeye ...
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Massive Asteroid Bigger Than the Empire State Building is Racing Toward Earth
On June 5, 2025, a massive asteroid known as 424482 (2008 DG5) is set to pass by Earth. The asteroid, which measures ...
NASA's 'potentially hazardous' 690-metre asteroid is hurtling towards Earth
Called Asteroid 424482 (2008 DG5), the space rock was classified as a 'potentially hazardous asteroid' by NASA due to its ...
Venus may be hiding potential ‘city-killer’ asteroid, researchers claim
( NewsNation) — Venus could be hiding asteroids that would be deadly if they hit Earth, some experts say. A new study published in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics has shown that Venus has at ...
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After the Arecibo collapse in 2020, a lone NASA radar dish in the Mojave desert stepped up as a leading asteroid hunter
Of those, 112 were classified as potentially hazardous asteroids. While asteroids are more easily discovered with optical telescopes, radar images shine when it comes to details. Radar can help ...
Why China is going behind the asteroids with its Tianwen-2 Mission
China's Tianwen-2 mission, launched on May 28, 2025, aims to collect samples from the quasi-satellite asteroid 469219 ...
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House-size asteroid will miss Earth by just 72,000 miles today (video)
A newly discovered house-size asteroid ... NASA has catalogued close to 40,000 near-Earth asteroids since it began watching the skies for potentially hazardous objects back in the summer of ...