News tagged with "asteroid"

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  NASA: No danger of collision with Apophis asteroid in near hundred years (Video)

  Administrator • 2021-03-27 19:31:59

  NASA reassured that in the next hundred years there is no danger of Earth's collision with the asteroid Apophis, the Associated Press reported.
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  Largest for 2021 asteroid passed near Earth

  Administrator • 2021-03-22 21:02:24

  The largest asteroid passing off Earth in 2021 approached on Sunday to our planet about 2 million kilometres away, France Press reported, citing NASA.
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  Largest for 2021 asteroid to pass near Earth next week

  Administrator • 2021-03-12 19:32:54

  The largest asteroid to pass off Earth in 2021 will approach our planet about 2 million kilometres on March 21, France Press reported, citing NASA.
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  Astrophysicist: Asteroid could fall to Earth a day before US election

  Administrator • 2020-10-19 20:57:58

  An asteroid the size of a huge refrigerator could fall to Earth one day before the US presidential election, claims US astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson.
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  Earth and moon were subject to asteroid 'bombardment' 800 million years ago

  Administrator • 2020-07-23 23:15:09

  Large craters on the surface of our natural satellite testify that 800 million years ago the Earth-Moon system became the subject of a powerful asteroid “bombardment,” UPI reported, citing a magazine publication. Nature Communications.
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  The 2002 NN4 asteroid flies off Earth. Is there a danger?

  Administrator • 2020-06-03 02:06:20

  A potentially dangerous asteroid with the number 2002 NN4 measuring between 250 and 570 meters will fly in a few days close to Earth, NASA said.
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  NASA warned of approaching Earth asteroid

  Administrator • 2020-06-02 23:33:47

  An asteroid of the “potentially dangerous” category will approach Earth on June 6, TASS reported, citing a NASA announcement.
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  The asteroid that destroyed the dinosaurs fell at the deadliest possible angle

  Administrator • 2020-05-26 19:56:11

  Excavations at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico have helped geologists establish that the giant asteroid that destroyed flora and fauna during the Mesozoic era fell to Earth at a very large angle, which is why the consequences of the collision were apocalyptic, according to the newspaper. Nature Communications.”