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Asteroid half the size of Mount Everest set to fly by Earth next month – but is not expected to hit

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An asteroid half the size of Mount Everest is heading towards Earth next month, but scientists say it is not expected to collide with us. The object, called 52768 (1998 OR2), is 1 to 2.5 miles wide and will pass within 3,908,791 miles, moving at 19,461 miles per hour. The asteroid was first discovered by … Read more

Asteroid the size of Mount Everest set to fly by Earth next month – but is not expected to hit us

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An asteroid the size of Mount Everest is heading towards Earth next month, but scientists say it is not expected to collide with us. The object, called 52768 (1998 OR2), is one to 2.5 miles wide and will pass within 3,908,791 miles, moving at 19,461 miles per hour. The asteroid was first discovered by NASA … Read more

NASA shares GIF of a new black hole 30,000 light-years away seen by students studying at an asteroid

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NASA shares GIF of a new flaring black hole 30,000 light-years away that was discovered by students studying an asteroid Students using  NASA’s OSIRIS-REx to study an asteroid found a new black hole It sits 30,000 light-years away and was spotted by its X-ray emissions The team found it just a week after Japan’s MAXI telescope … Read more

Earth’s new mini-moon seen in full color, but experts questioning if the asteroid is space junk 

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It was revealed in a grainy black and white photo, but astronomers have just released the first colored image of Earth’s new mini-moon. Called 2020 CD3, the asteroid has been orbiting our Earth for three years and was spotted on February 15 using the Catalina Sky Survey (CSS) in Arizona. The recent image was created … Read more

Tiny asteroid confirmed to be a mini-moon that has been orbiting Earth for the past three years 

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Earth has a new mini-moon: Asteroid the size of a washing machine has been orbiting Earth for the past three years  Astronomers tracked an asteroid in the sky and found it is orbiting Earth The asteroid, seen on Feb. 15., has now been confirmed as a mini-moon  It is six to 12 feet in diameter and … Read more

MIT scientists create doomsday AI that will take over if it detects an asteroid heading toward Earth

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A team of scientists at MIT have developed a computer program that will help humans decide how to best deal with the end of the world, so long as that comes in form of a catastrophic asteroid collision.  Experts say there as many as two or three new asteroids, sometimes called ‘Near Earth Objects,’ discovered … Read more

The Sun’s light will be SUPERCHARGED when it dies and destroy the asteroid belt, study finds

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When our Sun dies it will take the Solar System’s asteroid belt with it. A new study suggests that when a star’s life ends, its luminosity increases ten-thousand-fold – which is strong enough to obliterate the asteroid belt into small dust particles. Researchers believe this event will occur ‘quickly and violently’ with all but the … Read more