Two more asteroids heading towards Earth, alerts NASA
It looks like it’s showering asteroids in September. Two more asteroids—2020 GE and 2024 RO11—are set to pass by Earth on ...
Nasa’s terrifying list of asteroids that could wipe out life on Earth – the worst is like dropping 75bn tonnes of TNT
ASTEROIDS are constantly passing Earth – and every once in a while some make a direct hit. Fortunately, the latter are all ...
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What is the Difference between Asteroid, Comet, and Meteor?
It's Albert's birthday the day after tomorrow, and Darian doesn't know what to get him as a gift. He wants to make sure it's something special and meaningful, but he's running out of ideas. He only ...
Earth will get a second moon this month — but not for long
Earth's orbit will capture a bus-sized asteroid later this month, giving us a second moon for about two months.
Scientists Find Evidence Earth Used to Have a Ring Like Saturn
From Grace Earth may have had its own ring system that formed around 466 million years ago, lasting for tens of millions of ...
Earth will get a 'mini-moon' this month, but it's only visiting
An asteroid will pass so close to Earth on Sept. 29 that it will temporarily be captured by gravity and be our planetary ...
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Did Earth Once Have a Ring Like Saturn? Geologists Find Evidence for a Halo of Orbiting Space Rocks 466 Million Years Ago
A ring could explain a mysterious arrangement of impact craters near the equator and might even have caused an ice age, ...
New Research Suggests Ancient Earth Had Rings
The Earth: a ringed planet, much like Saturn, surrounded by a hula hoop of asteroids. The summit of Mount Everest: a tropical ...
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Earth May Have Once Had a Saturn-Like Ring, New Study Says
The new study asserts that Earth's ring formed around 466 million years ago, and stuck around for around 40 million years ...
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Rare Celestial Event on the Horizon; Planet Earth’s “New” Moon?
The Earth has pulled in moons of this type before but none have ever stuck around as long as the moon we know.
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Asteroids, comets and Kuiper belt articles from across Nature Portfolio
Asteroids, comets and Kuiper belt are bodies smaller than planets that orbit the sun. Asteroids are composed of metals and rock, whereas comets also contain ice and dust. The Kuiper belt is a ...
Stadium-sized asteroid deemed 'potentially hazardous' by NASA, is expected to move 'relatively close' to Earth
A stadium-sized asteroid is passing relatively close to Earth on Tuesday, NASA announced. Its distance from Earth and its ...