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A small asteroid just hit Earth near Australia in one of the rarest space events ever recorded

An asteroid only about 80 centimetres wide was detected in space just hours before it entered Earth’s atmosphere, giving ...

A small asteroid just hit Earth near Australia: Should you be worried? Here’s what NASA says

CERNQ52, a diminutive asteroid, streaked into Earth's atmosphere over the Indian Ocean, detected by astronomers merely hours ...

So, What Happened With That Asteroid That Almost Hit Australia?

An asteroid brushed Australia's northwest on Sunday, September 6. So, how often do they hit Earth and how different are they ...
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Chances of asteroid striking Earth in the next decade rises to 2.6%, NASA says

(ABC NEWS) — The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has more than doubled in a matter of weeks, according to NASA astronomers. The asteroid, discovered just after Christmas ...

Is the ‘doomsday asteroid’ Apophis going to hit Earth? NASA now has a definite answer (and the specific time)

Is asteroid Apophis ever going to hit Earth? For a while, people had reason to worry. When astronomers first spotted it back in 2004, their early calculations showed a small, but ...
Physics World

‘Lid’ of asteroid dust smothered and burned the dinosaurs, say scientists

At some level, this dust layer likely produced a cooling effect, much as large volcanic eruptions do today. Indeed, a ...