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Louisiana fossils reveal mosasaur life before dinosaur-killing asteroid impact
Millions of years before jazz filled New Orleans streets or fishing boats were harvesting shrimp in the Gulf, Louisiana was ...
A massive 130-foot asteroid to zoom past Earth today, NASA confirms
NASA confirmed asteroid 2025 OT4 is now approaching Earth. The space rock measures around 130 feet in diameter. It will fly ...
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You're More Likely to Die From an Asteroid Than Rabies, Scientists Find
The bad news is that death by asteroid impact is more likely to happen to you than death by rabies. The worse news is that ...
NASA says a plane-sized asteroid will pass Earth next week. Here's what to know.
NASA experts explain why a passing asteroid isn't cause for concern, while revealing how often Earth encounters space rocks ...
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Are You More Likely To Be Killed By An Elephant Or An Asteroid? Science Now Has The Answer
In a new paper, to get a better grasp on the risk of an asteroid impact and put it in context with other risks, astronomers ...
Scientists reveal how likely you are to be killed by an asteroid
The researchers used NASA data to work out that there is a one in 156,000 chance of an individual being killed by an asteroid ...
First asteroid sightings push Hera's camera to the limit
Otero and (18805) Kellyday. Though distant and faint, the early observations serve as both a successful instrument test and a demonstration of agile spacecraft operations that could prove useful for ...
Shocking Study Shows You're More Likely To Die From An Asteroid Than Rabies
A new study finds that dying from an asteroid impact is more likely than dying from rabies, though both are rare. The ...
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Small Asteroid Captured Hours Prior To Earth Impact
Small asteroid 2022 EB5 impacted Earth was discovered by Krisztián Sárneczky using the 0.60-m Schmidt telescope at Konkoly ...
The asteroid that will spare Earth might hit the moon instead. What happens if it does?
Asteroid 2024 YR4, which once appeared to be on a collision course with Earth, may hit the moon, which could create some ...
How NASA found a ‘city killer’ asteroid’s new potential target: the moon
Although it won’t hit Earth, an asteroid once labeled a “city killer” is now back in the spotlight — this time, because it ...
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How do scientists calculate the probability that an asteroid could hit Earth?
Any uncertainty in the calculation of the object’s orbit causes variations in the predicted solution. Instead of one precise ...