How Scientists Are Preparing for Apophis's Unnervingly Close Brush With Earth

In about five years’ time, a potentially hazardous asteroid will swing by Earth at an eerily close distance of less than 20,000 miles (32,000 kilometers). During this rare encounter, Apophis will be ... Read More

NASA Says Giraffe-Sized Asteroid to Pass Incredibly Close to Earth Today

An asteroid is expected to come extremely close to the Earth on ... It will fly past the Earth at a speed of around 32,167 mph, nearly 18 times the speed of a bullet. The impact probability ... Read More

9.4-foot space horror! This asteroid set to get as close as 18700 km to Earth today, says NASA

U S space agency keeps track of all near-Earth asteroids that wander anywhere close and one that is coming today, is going to get horrifically near to our planet. The reason why a ... Read More

Car-sized asteroid is giving Earth a really, really close shave. But don't worry.

An asteroid discovered ... to fly as close as 127,970 miles (205,947 kilometers) to us — 10 times further than today's flyby, and just over half the distance between Earth and the moon. Read More

Scary 170-foot asteroid set to fly close to Earth; NASA has all the details

And now, US space agency NASA has detected an asteroid that is a scary 170-foot monster and it will be approaching Earth in a very close encounter ... solar system was coming into shape some ... Read More

100-foot asteroid set to buzz Earth today; NASA reveals how close it will get

A day after two 100-foot asteroids came very close to Earth, another asteroid ... away, this asteroid’s approach is quite close. Read More: NASA wants to come up with a new clock for the moon ... Read More

This massive, 370-foot asteroid set to come within 3.8 mn miles of Earth today, says NASA

Among them is an asteroid that is a humongous 370-foot giant and it is well on way to making its closest approach to Earth on April 7. Asteroid 2024 FH2 will come close to Earth today, says NASA.( ... Read More

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To Accelerate Biosphere Science, Reconnect Three Scientific Cultures Apr. 22, 2024 — Researchers who study Earth's biosphere tend to operate from one of three scientific cultures, each with ... Read More

9.4-foot space horror! This asteroid set to get as close as 18700 km to Earth today, says NASA

US space agency keeps track of all near-Earth asteroids that wander anywhere close and one that is coming today ... such horror has been dubbed as Asteroid 2024 GJ2. NASA says an asteroid that ... Read More

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