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An asteroid about the size of one that blasted Siberia a century ago just buzzed by Earth.
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What’s on Tiny Tim’s table?
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A small asteroid was headed for a fiery but harmless dive into Earth’s atmosphere early Tuesday morning over Africa, astronomers said in a first of its kind...
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Astronomers say a small asteroid is about to make a fiery but harmless dive into Earth’s atmosphere early Tuesday morning over Africa.
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In 2004, people saw comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 smacking into Jupiter. It was pretty cool. Now, scientists are even more excited that an asteroid speeding at 8 miles per...
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Scientists at the European Space Agency’s Operations Center say the deep space Rosetta satellite has stopped sending its signal.
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Scientists at the European Space Agency are preparing for the first fly-by of a comet by their deep-space explorer, Rosetta, on a mission to solve the mystery of the...
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The asteroid, Apophis, is estimated to be perhaps 270 metres across and it will pass close to Earth in 2029, well inside the orbit of the Moon and closing in to the...
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The possibility of a collision between Mars and an approaching asteroid has been effectively ruled out, according to scientists watching the space rock.Tracking...
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The possibility of a collision between Mars and an approaching asteroid has been effectively ruled out, according to scientists watching the space rock.Tracking...
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Scientists tracking an asteroid approaching Mars say that an impact with the Red Planet has become less likely. Refined estimates of the asteroid’s orbit were...
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The chance of a football field-sized asteroid plowing into Mars next month has been increased to 4 percent, scientists said Friday after analyzing archival data.Though...
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Mars could be in for an asteroid hit. A newly discovered hunk of space rock has a 1 in 75 chance of slamming into the Red Planet on Jan. 30, scientists said...
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NASA took aim at the heart of the asteroid belt Thursday, launching a spacecraft on a nearly decade-long journey that will include two never-before-attempted close...
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NASA is about to embark on an unprecedented asteroid-belt mission with a spacecraft aptly named Dawn. The 3 billion-mile, eight-year journey to probe the earliest...
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An asteroid named Apophis may get too close to the Earth and can even strike our planet on April 13, 2036.
We all know about the deadly force that an asteroid packs in...
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A single, gigantic asteroid slammed into Earth 65 million years ago, dooming the dinosaurs and many other species, scientists said on Thursday in a new study rebutting...
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What if a space rock ever took aim at our planet? This is something we only see in Hollywood movies. But, NASA has taken the matter damn seriously many years ago and...
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A huge asteroid is hurtling toward Earth! But, there is a hope as astronomers expect it to miss the planet narrowly. The space rock — discovered in December 2004...
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An asteroid has been newly spotted in Neptune’s orbit. This asteroid indicates the existence of a much larger cloud of rocks in that region, though it is not seen...
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With all efforts and perseverance, the Japanese still failed to collect the first-ever samples from an asteroid, even after collecting it. The Japan Aerospace...
made popular Dec 8 2005
After a series of alternate successes and failures, the Hayabusa probe was claimed to have collected samples from the Itokawa asteroid. It was the first probe ever to...
made popular Nov 30 2005
At last the operation went without failure. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s space probe was successful. The Hayabusa spaceprobe has snatched samples from...
made popular Nov 29 2005
It was on a mission to bring back the world’s first rock samples from an asteroid. Yes, it was, as the Japanese space probe failed to touch down on Sunday on its...
made popular Nov 24 2005
It was on a mission to bring back the world’s first rock samples from an asteroid. Yes, it was, as the Japanese space probe failed to touch down on Sunday on its...
made popular Nov 21 2005
It was on 9 of this month, Japan’s Hayabusa spacecraft successfully completed a practice approach to asteroid Itokawa. With all disappointment, Japan’s...
made popular Nov 16 2005
After the disappointing failure of 4 November, the Japanese astronauts did not lose heart. It was on 9 of this month, Japan’s Hayabusa spacecraft successfully...
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Hayabusa has performed well. Arriving at the target asteroid Itokawa on September 12th of this year it has made detailed scientific observation so far by varying its...
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