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Louisiana fossils reveal mosasaur life before dinosaur-killing asteroid impact

Millions of years before jazz filled New Orleans streets or fishing boats were harvesting shrimp in the Gulf, Louisiana was ...

Look Up! An asteroid taller than a 30-story building and another the size of a jumbo jet to pass Earth. Here’s what NASA says

NASA reports two asteroids will closely approach Earth on August 8, 2025. Asteroid (2025 OJ1) is about 300 feet wide.

What is Chiron? The asteroid currently in retrograde

Chiron went into retrograde (that is, apparent retrograde motion) on July 30, 2025, and will go back to normal on January 2, 2026. But unless you have a telescope or do some long-exposure photography, ...

NASA Warns Of Giant 100-ft Asteroid To Come Scarily Close To Earth On Rakshabandhan: Are We Safe?

Rakshabandhan this year coincides with an alert from NASA regarding asteroid 2025 OY12, a 100-foot object set to pass Earth ...
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You're More Likely to Die From an Asteroid Than Rabies, Scientists Find

The bad news is that death by asteroid impact is more likely to happen to you than death by rabies. The worse news is that ...

NASA monitors asteroid 2025 OT7 as it approaches Earth on August 5: Size, speed and flyby distance revealed

Space is an active place. Asteroid 2025 OT7 will fly by Earth in August 2025. It is about 170 feet wide. It will travel at ...

Shocking Study Shows You're More Likely To Die From An Asteroid Than Rabies

A new study finds that dying from an asteroid impact is more likely than dying from rabies, though both are rare. The ...

Scientists reveal how likely you are to be killed by an asteroid

The researchers used NASA data to work out that there is a one in 156,000 chance of an individual being killed by an asteroid ...

The asteroid that will spare Earth might hit the moon instead. What happens if it does?

Asteroid 2024 YR4, which once appeared to be on a collision course with Earth, may hit the moon, which could create some ...

See ESA Hera Spacecraft's Trajectory To The Didymos Asteroid System

ESA’s Hera mission is two-year flight to the Didymos binary asteroid system. See its trajectory here. Credit: ESA - European ...

Massive 300-ft Asteroid Ready For Close Encounter With Earth Tomorrow: NASA Issues Warning

An asteroid, designated 2025 OJ1, is approaching Earth, set to pass closely on August 8, 2025, at 2:36 PM IST. NASA reports ...

A massive 130-foot asteroid to zoom past Earth today, NASA confirms

NASA confirmed asteroid 2025 OT4 is now approaching Earth. The space rock measures around 130 feet in diameter. It will fly ...