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No, a huge asteroid probably won't wipe out humanity
A future in which an asteroid crashes into Earth and destroys the planet — or all life on it, in the case of the dinosaurs — is prevalent in popular culture: Bruce Willis sacrificed himself to stop in...
View ArticleHow to watch a spectacular meteor shower and solar eclipse this month
Get ready to see two of the most spectacular cosmic events of this year. This is how to watch the meteor shower and solar eclipse of August, 2017.Follow Tech Insider: On FacebookJoin the conversation...
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The most spectacular meteor shower of the year peaks this weekend — here's...
The Perseid meteor shower occurs each year in late summer.This year, the astronomical event peaks on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.A bright moon will make seeing the meteors more challenging, but NASA...
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Video shows a meteorite exploding in the sky near Detroit with the force of a...
The US Geological Survey confirmed that a meteorite had exploded in the sky near New Haven, Michigan, about 40 miles northeast of Detroit, on Tuesday night.The USGS said the explosion caused enough...
View ArticleA meteor exploded so close to Michigan that it shook houses and lit up the...
A meteor swept across Michigan and parts of Canada. It lit the sky blue before quickly burning up and disappearing in a flash. Local residents claimed to have heard the explosion three minutes after...
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Meteors have finally started hitting the ground in Fortnite — take a look
On Thursday, "Fortnite: Battle Royale" players started seeing meteorites hitting the ground in the game. These are the first reported impacts of the meteors making contact with players, after the game...
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A huge change just hit 'Fortnite' — the big meteor struck, and it brought...
The much-anticipated meteor shower kicking off season four of "Fortnite" has arrived.The meteor shower has reshaped the main island, altering some regions and (bizarrely) adding a few new ones.Season...
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An asteroid the size of the Statue of Liberty is set to narrowly miss Earth...
An asteroid the size of the Statue of Liberty is set to pass within half a moon's distance of Earth on Tuesday evening.The asteroid, dubbed 2010 WC9, will come closer to our planet than any asteroid of...
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The White House is considering nuking asteroids, according to a NASA report
NASA and US government agencies have released plans for dealing with Near Earth Objects.The plan outlines options for deflection and disruption.A disruption plan raises the possibility of using nuclear...
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Mystery meteor reportedly exploded with 2.1 kilotons of force above a US...
Credible reports of a meteor exploding with 2.1 kilotons of force above a US Air Force early-warning radar at Thule Air Base in Greenland have surfaced.The Air Force has been silent on the event.Data...
View ArticleWhat you're really seeing during a meteor shower
Why are meteor showers like the Perseids so common? Turns out, space isn’t as empty as you might think. It’s littered with debris that forms those spectacular meteor shower we look forward to each...
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NASA will attempt to knock an asteroid out of orbit for the first time in 2022
If an asteroid were to head toward Earth in the foreseeable future, we would be quite defenseless.To change that, NASA has approved a mission to throw a "small" asteroid off course in October 2022.The...
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Footage of the weekend’s 'super blood wolf' lunar eclipse shows a meteoroid...
A meteoroid struck the moon during the super blood wolf lunar eclipse on January 20 and 21.The Griffith Observatory's live feed showed the quick, bright strike, which can be seen at the below video's...
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A meteor exploded over Earth with the force of 10 nuclear bombs, and nobody...
A gigantic meteor blew up in the Earth's atmosphere with ten times the force of the Hiroshima nuclear bomb in December, but went largely unnoticed until now, according to NASA.NASA said that a meteor...
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NASA chief warns that people need to take the threat of a meteor crashing...
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine called on people to take the threat of a meteor crashing into Earth seriously."We have to make sure that people understand that this is not about Hollywood. It's not...
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NASA simulated the terrifying scenario of a 260-meter-wide asteroid hurtling...
NASA ran a terrifying simulation to see how it would prevent an asteroid from hitting the planet.Participants managed to deflect it but knocked a chunk off that headed toward New York.The fragment was...
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Video captured a brilliant fireball lighting up the Australian sky. And NASA...
A NASA research center confirmed that a massive fireball landed on Tuesday in the Great Australian Bight just off the coast of South Australia. People in parts of Victoria and South Australia reported...
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An amateur astronomer accidentally recorded a rare flash on Jupiter. The...
An amateur astronomer accidentally captured video of a massive collision on Jupiter in August.A new analysis of that video reveals that the flash came from a 450-ton meteorthat hit the planet,...
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Comet Neowise, a meteor, and a mysterious aurora-like phenomenon called STEVE...
A spectacular photo shows Comet Neowise hanging amid the aurora borealis, with a mysterious atmospheric phenomenon called STEVE and a meteor streaking overhead.Farmer Donna Lach snapped the...
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The Lyrid meteor shower will leave 'glowing dust trains' across the sky on...
Summary List PlacementThe first meteor shower of spring is peaking Thursday morning.The Lyrid meteor shower, which happens in late April each year, occurs when the Earth passes through the tail of a...
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