asteroid
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Asteroid 2023 BU Is a ‘Near-Earth’ Asteroid
On Friday, Jan. 27, Asteroid 2023 BU will buzz by the earth. The asteroid is small, less than five meters wide, but it’s coming in close. The space rock will be passing by at around 3,505 km above the atmosphere — a near miss in cosmic terms — and will be closest to us at…
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How to Watch NASA Crash a Spaceship Into an Asteroid
In a first-of-its-kind mission, NASA is planning to crash a spacecraft into an asteroid on September 27 (Earth time), and you’ll be able to stream it live.
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NBD, There’s Just a Massive Asteroid Hurtling Past Earth This Month
Giant asteroids don’t collide with our planet very often, but they do hurtle by within a relatively close distance at times, only to disappear into the cosmic void. Case in point: Another asteroid is primed to careen within what scientists call a “potentially hazardous” distance of the planet later this month, and the vast majority…
