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Potentially hazardous asteroids: How dangerous are near-Earth objects?
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
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
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
Scientists have found uracil, one of the key building blocks for RNA, on the 200 million-mile-distant asteroid Ryugu
Asteroid feared to hit Earth in 2046 will almost certainly miss, NASA says
An asteroid that was initially given 1-in-600 chance of wiping out an entire city on Valentine's Day 2046 is now expected to almost definitely whizz past us without incident.
Newly discovered asteroid the size of a swimming pool has a 1-in-600 chance of colliding with Earth, NASA says
The newly discovered asteroid 2023 DW could collide with Earth in February 2046, although the odds of an impact are low.
What's the smallest known asteroid? What about the largest?
Not all asteroids are planet-killers — most are tiny and others are huge. So what are the largest and smallest asteroids in the solar system?
NASA confirms success of DART mission, proving humanity can deflect killer asteroids with rockets
Four new studies confirm that NASA's DART mission, which crashed a rocket into the asteroid Dimorphos, changed the asteroid's trajectory and could potentially save Earth one day, given enough time to prepare.
