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Scientists Warn: An Asteroid Tsunami Could Devastate Coastal Cities!
If a large asteroid crashes into the ocean, could it trigger a massive tsunami capable of wiping out entire coastal cities?
NASA Tracking Bus-Sized Asteroid Approaching Earth
2025 HU isn't the only asteroid approaching the Earth today. NASA is also tracking an airplane-sized space rock known as 2025 GD1, which is estimated to be about 86 feet across and will zip past the ...
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City-Killer Asteroid Won't Harm Earth, But It May Hit the Moon Instead
Learn about the latest update on asteroid 2024 YR4, which now has a 3.8 percent chance to impact the Moon.
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'Planetary defense is knowing what's out there and what could do harm to us.' Meet the scientist who helped build NASA's asteroid response plan
Lindley Johnson has been a pioneer in blueprinting warning and response scenarios to any potential impact of Earth by an ...
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Meet the researchers testing the “Armageddon” approach to asteroid defense
A nuclear explosion might eventually be Earth’s only way to protect itself from a dangerous asteroid. But preparing for that ...
City-killer asteroid won’t hit earth, but might slam into moon in 2032
YR4, once considered a potential Earth threat, now poses a 3.8% chance of hitting the Moon in 2032. Initially, NASA flagged a ...
Dinosaurs Weren’t Fading Before the Asteroid—We Just Suck at Finding Their Fossils
New analysis shows several families of dinosaurs were likely thriving in North America in the latter days of the dinosaur era ...
NASA Reveals Measures to Monitor and Protect Earth from Giant Asteroid Impacts
The Earth is constantly at risk of collisions with celestial objects, including asteroids and comets, which are present in vast numbers in space. To mitigate these risks, NASA is actively engaged in ...
Were dinosaurs headed for extinction even before massive asteroid strike? Scientists offer new clues
An analysis of North America’s fossil record for the 18 million years before dinosaurs disappeared suggests the prehistoric ...