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Rock that crashed through New Jersey home may be 4.6 billion-year-old chunk of Halley's Comet
By Stephanie Pappas last updated
An apparent meteorite crashed into a bedroom in Hopewell Township, New Jersey, on Monday (May 8). A scientific analysis confirmed its extraterrestrial origin.
How to watch the Eta Aquarid meteor shower — a burst of 'shooting stars' left by Halley's Comet — peak this weekend
By Jamie Carter published
An outburst of 'shooting stars' from Halley's Comet could result in a dazzling Eta Aquarid meteor shower on May 5 and 6 — if the full moon doesn't get in the way.
'Potentially hazardous' asteroid as tall as the Eiffel Tower will zoom by Earth today
By Harry Baker published
The hefty space rock, known as 2006 HV5, is around 1,000 feet wide and will hurtle past our planet at around 39,000 mph.
'Potentially hazardous' skyscraper-size asteroid will zip past Earth Thursday
By Brandon Specktor published
The potentially hazardous asteroid 2023 FM is larger than a 40-story building and will zoom within 7.5 lunar distances from Earth on Thursday, April 6, according to NASA.
Potentially hazardous asteroids: How dangerous are near-Earth objects?
By JoAnna Wendel published
Potentially hazardous objects, are large space rocks that orbit closely to Earth and could cause widespread damage to our planet.
Extinction-level asteroid impacts could be far more common than we thought, controversial study suggests
By Stephanie Pappas published
New research claims that giant space rocks hit Earth far more often than has been estimated. But some scientists are skeptical.
Skyscraper-size asteroid will get closer to Earth than the moon on Saturday
By Stephanie Pappas published
Asteroid 2023 DZ2 will zip between Earth and the moon's orbit on March 25 and may be visible with the right telescope.
Key building block for life discovered on distant asteroid Ryugu — and it could explain how life on Earth began
By Ben Turner published
Scientists have found uracil, one of the key building blocks for RNA, on the 200 million-mile-distant asteroid Ryugu
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