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NASA has been tracking an asteroid the size of Great Pyramid of Giza which is travelling at 29,000mph. PUBLISHED: 05:11, Mon, Aug 12, 2019 | UPDATED: 08:46, Mon, Aug 12, 2019 The asteroid, dubbed [...]

This was only the size of a kitchen table.  Fair warning, what? Time we took this science seriously. The asteroid 2012 DA14 which came within orbiting satellites’ distance in our Southern [...]

An asteroid that exploded in the Earth’s atmosphere with the energy of three Hiroshima bombs this month has reignited fears about our planet’s defences against space impacts. On 8 October, the [...]

Space Rock 2009 DD45 Buzzes Earth Sky and Telescope by Kelly Beatty, March 1, 2009 Late word out of the IAU’s Minor Planet Center: a small asteroid will pass close to Earth tomorrow (March [...]

PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 24 (UPI) — An asteroid believed about 500 feet to 2,000 feet in size is being closely monitored by the U.S. space agency as it approaches Earth for a Tuesday fly-by. [...]

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 Thursday. “These odds are [...]

Focusing sunlight onto an asteroid with space-based mirrors is the best way to deflect Earth-bound space rocks, a new study finds. The mirrors beat out nuclear blasts and “gravity tractors” in [...]

Three nights of skywatching by an Australian astronomer have confirmed predictions that an asteroid almost half a kilometre wide will miss the Earth on Monday by 430,000 kilometres. However, it [...]

A newly discovered asteroid is now the biggest thing known with a possibility of hitting the Earth in this century—and it is also the one that could hit the soonest. But the odds of impact [...]

PEOPLE throughout WA were left in awe last night when a spectacular meteorite fireball shot through the sky. The Sunday Times was flooded with calls from many who witnessed the show from vantage [...]