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Asteroid hits Earth only hours after being spotted in third close call this year
An asteroid hit Earth hours after it was detected, evading NASA's early warning system, in the third close call of its kind ...
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An asteroid hit Earth just hours after being detected. It was the 3rd 'imminent impactor' of 2024
Last month, an asteroid impacted Earth's atmosphere just hours after being detected — somehow, it managed to circumvent ...
Asteroid enters Earth's atmosphere and bursts over the Pacific Ocean; What happens next is surprising
Asteroids continue to closely approach Earth, with 10 atmospheric entries recorded this year. The latest, 2024 UQ, entered on ...
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Meet NEO Surveyor, NASA’s near-Earth asteroid detector
Meet NASA’s NEO Surveyor, the space telescope identifying hazardous asteroids and comets within 48 million kilometres of Earth’s orbit ...
Asteroid Enters As Fireball Over California Skies Right After Its Discovery; Video Surfaces
Earlier on September 4, an asteroid just one metre wide entered the atmosphere as a brilliant fireball. Named 2024 RW1, the asteroid was discovered just a few hours before its impact. Several videos ...
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Earth's second moon, a mini-moon, will drift away in a few days and never return
On September 29, 2024, Earth captured a tiny asteroid named 2024 PT5, turning it into a temporary mini-moon. It won't be around much longer.