MIT Unveils Breakthrough in Detecting Tiny Asteroids, Boosting Planetary Defense
Researchers at MIT have developed a method to detect small asteroids in the main asteroid belt, significantly improving our ability to spot objects as little as 10 meters across. This new technique, ...
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The Five Most Dangerous Asteroids to Earth
Which asteroids pose the greatest threat to Earth? How likely are they to strike, and what level of destruction could they ...
Two Airplane-Sized Asteroids Flying Past Earth At Alarming Speed Today
Space enthusiasts are in for a major cosmic event on Friday as NASA said that two aeroplane-sized asteroids -- 2024 XW15 and ...
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2 huge asteroid strikes 36 million years ago didn't change Earth's climate over the long haul, study finds
The space rocks, both estimated to be no larger than 5 miles (8 kilometers) wide, impacted Earth within 25,000 years of each ...
'Vermin of the sky' asteroids the size of London buses found near Mars for first time
Over 100 new asteroids were found which are much smaller than the 1km wide ones we could previously spot – but still big ...
Two Giant Asteroids Slammed Earth 35 Million Years Ago – Then Nothing Changed
Two massive asteroid impacts 35.65 million years ago left significant craters but caused no long-term climate changes, ...
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James Webb Space Telescope finds smallest asteroids ever seen between Mars and Jupiter
By reverse-engineering James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) exoplanet data, a team of astronomers just spotted dozens of tiny ...
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NASA Tracking 'Potentially Hazardous' Empire-State—Sized Asteroids Incoming
The asteroids, named 447755 (2007 JX2) and (2020 XR), are each estimated to be roughly between 900 feet and 2,100 feet across ...
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The Smallest Asteroids Ever Detected Could Be a Game-Changer for Planetary Defense
For decades, astronomers have dismissed them as nuisances — small specks of rock streaking through telescope images, ...
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5 asteroids that may hit Earth: Names and collision odds
Large asteroids are considered a potential threat to the Earth. That's why scientists closely monitor them and record every ...