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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 ...
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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 ...
How will you die? Scientists reveal the odds of being killed by everything from an asteroid strike to an elephant attack
Scientists have revealed just how much you need to worry about everything from elephant attacks and lightning strikes to ...
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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 ...
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Are You More Likely To Be Killed By An Elephant Or An Asteroid? Science Now Has The Answer
In a new paper, to get a better grasp on the risk of an asteroid impact and put it in context with other risks, astronomers ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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Did You Know NASA Once Tried to Redirect an Asteroid? Find Out What Happened
Remember back in 2022 when NASA conducted its Double Asteroid Redirect Test or Dart mission? It was a success, however, experts now say that some 3 million little bits of asteroid were ejected from ...
First asteroid sightings push Hera's camera to the limit
Otero and (18805) Kellyday. Though distant and faint, the early observations serve as both a successful instrument test and a demonstration of agile spacecraft operations that could prove useful for ...