The Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid May Not Have Been As Deadly as We Thought
Scientists have reevaluated the catastrophic impact of the Chicxulub asteroid that struck 66 million years ago, revising the ...
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The asteroid that wasn’t
Astronomers recently discovered an asteroid hurdling towards Earth. Sadly, it was just Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster. Starman's ...
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Earth's recent asteroid visitor might've been a piece of the moon
Earth's temporary asteroid friend last year was a chunk of its real moon that had been blasted into space thousands of years ...
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Astronomers just deleted an asteroid because it turned out to be Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster
The case of mistaken identity was quickly resolved, but astronomers say it shows the need for transparency around craft in ...
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What If The Solar System Had a Super-Earth? Here's What Would Happen.
Simpson and Chen ran mathematical models looking at how differently sized Earth-like worlds would have affected the rest of ...
Study finds that Earth's small asteroid visitor is likely a chunk of moon rock
A near-Earth object was likely ejected into space after an impact thousands of years ago. Now it could contribute new ...
Risky mix-up: Tesla's space roadster passes for an asteroid
A supposed asteroid turned out to be a Tesla model flying through space as a PR stunt. Such mix-ups are increasingly becoming ...
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It’s Not Sci-Fi: Americans Support Asteroid Defense Spending
In the United States, funding for planetary defense has long had strong bipartisan support both inside and outside of ...
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Earth Had a Tiny Second Moon for a Few Months. It Might Be A Chunk of the Moon
For a few months, Earth had a second moon — a tiny asteroid that may have been a piece of our own Moon ...
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"Hopefully there's no traffic": Internet in splits as Elon Musk confirms his car Roadster is floating in space "orbiting Earth and Mars"
"Hopefully there’s no traffic! [laughing emoji]." Check out even more hilarious reactions below: "Imagine you’re flying ...