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An asteroid will hit Earth — are we ready?

An asteroid is expected to eventually hit Earth, highlighting the importance of preparing for such an event. This video ...

NASA tracking bus-sized asteroid nearing Earth today

Measuring around 41 feet in diameter, the asteroid is speeding towards our planet at more than 38,500 miles per hour.
NBC 10 Philadelphia

NASA says that, yes, an asteroid buzzing by in 2032 could hit Earth

An asteroid that measures up to 300 feet across could smack into Earth in 2032, and while NASA says the chances of a collision are “extremely low,” the probability has been increasing since the space ...
SETI

Lunar Impact? Asteroid 2024 YR4 and the Risk to the Moon

The range of possible locations – represented by yellow points – of 2024 YR4 on Dec. 22, 2032. The range decreased from April to June as we gained more data and improved our certainty of the ...

Impact Earth: Of Meteors and Buckyballs

Of Meteors and Buckyballs Aired February 23, 2001 - 7:40 a.m. ET . THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED ...
NBC New York

An asteroid might be heading for the moon. Should we nuke it?

If an asteroid is on a collision course with the moon, what should humanity do? Try to nudge the space rock out of the way before it strikes? Obliterate it with a nuclear explosion? Such a cosmic ...
PRIMETIMER

Asteroid impacts and early Earth chemistry may explain how RNA first formed

New research shows how RNA, a key molecule for life, may have formed on early Earth using simple chemistry and materials delivered by asteroid impacts, linking space science with the origins of life ...