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NASA is monitoring a giant space rock that is set to zoom past Earth next week – and it's bigger than the Leaning Tower of ...
NASA is collaborating with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on a space mission to launch a first-of-its-kind ...
This year, the alert system for defending the planet against incoming space rocks was activated for the first time. It won’t be the last ...
A stadium-sized asteroid, 2005 VO5, is set to approach Earth tomorrow morning. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory confirms its size at 1,200 ft.
Space officials estimate the rock is about 220 feet across, making it larger than the Leaning Tower of Pisa at 185 feet. 2025 ...
NASA reports a 95-foot asteroid, moving at over 11,000 mph, will pass Earth closely on July 31. Despite its size and proximity, it's not considered hazardous.
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Asteroid Day At 10: How The World Is More Prepared Than Ever To Face Celestial Threats Good news – we are better at planetary defense than we were a decade ago.
NASA is once again grappling with a leadership change as Makenzie Lystrup, the director of the Goddard Space Flight Center, ...
International Year of Asteroid Awareness and Planetary Defence is the unique occasion of the close approach of 99942 Apophis in 2029 for a worldwide campaign to raise awareness regarding asteroids ...
NASA asteroid defense setback prompts experts to warn about gaps in Earth’s planetary protection strategy. Length: 145 characters ...