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The 13 biggest asteroids to ever hit planet Earth
While Earth was famously hit by a meteor that killed off the dinosaurs, many others have also hit our planet, many of them ...
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What if the largest asteroid struck Earth today?
Some seriously large asteroids have threatened Earth before. Some of these asteroids have little chance of hitting us but ...
Scientists initially proposed two possibilities. Either the meteorite entered in an extremely unusual way, or it was moved by ...
A large asteroid is expected to pass by Earth on the first full day of spring, March 21. At 1,300 to 2,230 feet wide, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory says 2001 FO32 is the largest asteroid predicted ...
The asteroid Apophis, also known as 99942 Apophis, will have its historic close approach to Earth on Friday, the 13th of ...
The moon is pummeled by asteroids nearly every day, creating new craters constantly that can range from a few feet to many miles across. The asteroid impacts, when they’re large enough, create flashes ...
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An asteroid estimated to be a kilometer (3,451 feet) wide will fly by Earth on January 18. The video in the media player above is from a related report. It will pass within 1.2 million miles of our ...
Asteroid 2024 YR4 is about 60 metres long, may hit the Moon in December of the year 2032. Scientists assured that Earth is ...
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