Asteroid the size of 3 million elephants zooms past Earth
The asteroid, called 2020 XR, made its closest approach today at approximately 12:26 a.m. EST (0526 GMT), passing just under six times the distance between Earth and the moon. The flyby came on the fourth anniversary of 2020 XR's discovery,.
"Asteroids are 'bits of a planet that didn't happen' that orbit the sun between Mars and Jupiter in the main asteroid belt," ...
XA1, struck Earth on Dec. 3, 2024, burning up over Siberia. It's the 11th detected before impact. No damage was reported.
A tiny asteroid struck Earth this morning, lighting up the dark sky over northern Siberia as it burned up. Measuring around ...
Research shows that some of Earth's largest asteroid impacts, despite their destruction, had minimal long-term climate ...
The massive space rock is large enough to wipe out a small city, and it's moving toward Earth at about 27,500 miles per hour, ...
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A terrifying simulation has revealed what would happen if the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs hit Earth now.
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Tiny asteroid detected hours before hitting Earth to become 4th 'imminent impactor' of 2024The asteroid, which has the temporary designation C0WEPC5, has now become the 4th "imminent impactor" discovered in 2024, ...
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