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Bus-Size Asteroid Flew Closer Than The Moon - Watch The Orbit Animation
Asteroid 2024 DW flew about 139,000 miles (224,000 km) away from Earth. The space rock was estimated to be about 43 feet wide ...
NASA Monitors As Bus-Sized Asteroid Approaches Earth Today
The asteroid, named 2024 VX3, will pass us at a distance of 92,100 miles, closer than the moon's 238,900-mile orbit.
Earth's mini moon could be a chunk of the big moon, scientists say
A mini moon that will bid farewell to Earth soon may in fact be a small hunk of the big moon — the one that has loomed far ...
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Europe's Hera asteroid probe heads for Mars after engine burn
The Hera mission is headed for the Didymos binary asteroid system. NASA's Double Asteroid Redirect Mission (DART) smashed ...
You only have a few days left to see the Earth’s ‘second moon’
No, it’s obviously the Earth’s famous second moon. Asteroids generally do one of three things when they get a but too close ...
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Earth’s second moon discovered
Jacksonville, Fl – In an extraordinary celestial event, Earth has been hosting a “mini-moon” the size of a city bus for the ...
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Hera asteroid probe 'waves goodbye' at Earth and moon from 2.3 million miles away (image)
DART's goal was to examine how well a planetary defense strategy in moving a threatening space rock away from Earth. Hera will examine the collision from a nearby vantage point, providing a different ...
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An asteroid could be our doom. Should we worry? | GUEST COMMENTARY
After learning about this most recent asteroid, the one that arrived on Sept. 29, I reached out to a friend who used to work ...
School-Bus-Sized Asteroid to Whiz Past Earth Closer Than the Moon
A school-bus-sized asteroid will pass by Earth this Wednesday, November 13, 2024, coming closer than the moon.
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Spacecraft watches lonely Earth and moon fade into the distance
Earth is a profoundly isolated rock. The European Space Agency's Hera craft, en route to an asteroid, recently captured ...
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Hera asteroid probe 'waves goodbye' at Earth and moon from 2.3 million miles away (image)
Credit: ESA/JAXA Goodnight room, goodnight moon. The Hera spacecraft, speeding on to an asteroid, took a look back at Earth's moon — and in a new animation, you can see our neighbor shrinking as ...
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NASA Monitors As Bus-Sized Asteroid Approaches Earth Today
An asteroid the size of a school bus is due to zip past our planet on Wednesday, coming closer to us than the moon. The asteroid, named 2024 VX3, is forecast to skim past the Earth at a distance ...