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NASA, Asteroid and Earth

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NASA Monitoring 39-Foot Asteroid Nearing Earth

"Asteroids are 'bits of a planet that didn't happen' that orbit the sun between Mars and Jupiter in the main asteroid belt," astronomer Jay Tate said.

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NASA engineer reflects on asteroid that burned over Russia

A small asteroid moved toward Earth before burning out above far northeastern Russia. NBC News' Gadi Schwartz speaks to NASA Engineer Davide Farnocchia about the asteroid detection and impact.

Did an asteroid hit Earth last night? Where did NASA track it to?

If you happened to be in Russia’s far eastern Yakutia region on Tuesday night and glanced up at the sky, you might have caught an unexpected cosmic show. Residents there reported a brilliant fireball lighting up the night – an asteroid blazing into Earth’s atmosphere. The big question: Did it make it to the ground, and if so, where?

Asteroid lights up Russian sky, producing a fireball

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Asteroid Heading Toward Earth Blazes Across Sky in Fireball Over Siberia

NASA Asteroid Watch shared in an alert on X that the asteroid “was first observed with the University of Arizona's Bok telescope” and that the “impact prediction” was made by the Scout system at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Center for Near-Earth Object Studies.

Asteroid lights up the Russian sky, producing a fireball

According to officials, an asteroid lit up the sky in Russia, near the far eastern region of Yakutia. It produced a fireball before burning up in the atmosphere.

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

Falling Asteroid Lights up Sky in Russia's Remote Yakutia

An asteroid lit up the sky in Russia's remote far eastern region of Yakutia early on Wednesday, producing a fireball before likely burning up in the atmosphere, officials and scientists said. The emergencies ministry in Yakutia said all official bodies had been placed on alert as the asteroid approached but that no damage had been reported after its descent.

Asteroids pass by each day. Luckily, large asteroid crashes are uncommon.

The likelihood of the "God of Destruction" asteroid Apophis striking Earth in 2029 is more than 1 in 2 billion, according ...

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Asteroid due to hit Earth's atmosphere in just hours - but Nasa says space rock 'poses no threat to humans'

A newly-discovered asteroid is set to enter Earth's atmosphere in just hours, Nasa has said. The space rock, named COWECP5, ...

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Asteroid nearly hits Earth in Siberia, with a 2nd massive asteroid passing this week

The asteroid entered Earth's atmosphere at 11:15 a.m. ET over Yakutia in northeastern Siberia, creating a massive fireball.

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Asteroid burns up before hitting Earth creating 'fireball in the sky': See video

A "harmless" asteroid burned up Tuesday night above northern Siberia in Russia, creating a blazing fireball in the sky ...

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Small asteroid misses Earth, another on the way: ‘Incoming!’

A small asteroid raced toward Earth on Tuesday morning, creating a fireball across the skies above eastern Russia, according ...

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Asteroid the size of 2.5 chinchillas impacts over Russia, no damages reported - NASA, ESA

The asteroid is the 11th to have been detected by scientists before impacting Earth. However, due to its small size, it did ...

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DART Asteroid Impact Aftermath Caught On Webb and Hubble Space Telescopes

NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impacted the 'moonlet' Dimorphos in the Didymos asteroid system. NASA's Hubble ...

Behold! These gorgeous never-before-seen space images are from a NASA space telescope that should have died long ago

NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) spacecraft launched to Earth orbit in 2009 and was placed in hibernation in ...

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