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What if the biggest asteroid hit Earth?

What if the biggest asteroid hit Earth? This video explores the potential consequences of a massive asteroid impact, ...

Simulation shows what would happen if asteroid hit ocean as scientists solve 20 year mystery

Simulation shows off what would happen if a giant asteroid hits the ocean as scientists solve a 20 year old mystery ...
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Can we stop a ‘planet killer’ asteroid from hitting Earth? A NASA experiment tested it

A new study shows NASA’s asteroid-smashing DART mission subtly changed an asteroid system’s orbit around the Sun.

NASA's DART mission didn't just change the orbit of asteroid it hit

NASA's DART mission didn’t just change the orbit of Dimorphos, the asteroid it hit. It changed the orbit of the larger ...
Scientific American

A 200-foot asteroid has a 4 percent chance of hitting the moon in 2032—and we could see it

This time last year, the world was gripped by reports that an incoming, nearly 200-feet-wide asteroid had a tiny, tiny chance of hitting the Earth in 2032. The sigh of relief that we weren’t on course ...
New Scientist

Is a deadly asteroid about to hit Earth? Meet the man who can tell you

Richard Binzel has been watching the skies for hazardous asteroids for more than 50 years. In 1995, he proposed the Near-Earth Object Hazard Index, later renamed the Torino scale, which rates ...
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Asteroid spotted 2 hours before it struck Earth

An asteroid hit Earth's atmosphere last Friday. Astronomers were able to precisely determine where it was going to strike. And despite seeing it just two hours before impact, its small size meant it ...