NASA is tracking a big asteroid flyby today
Astronomers are preparing to study a space rock as it harmlessly passes by Earth on May 31st.
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NASA: meteor spotted Friday in Virginia was a boulder-sized asteroid
The Friday fireball was spotted from the Mid-Atlantic through the Northeast.
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NASA: What exploded over Russia?
This was not a crashing plane or a rocket attack. It was the most powerful meteor strike in more than a hundred years.
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Using Science Museum kugel to explain asteroid flight by Earth
David Hagan, a scientist at the Science Museum of Virginia, has a visual way of explaining just how close the asteroid will get to earth using an object called a “kugel.”
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Will the asteroid affect cell phone service?
NASA scientists have repeatedly said that it is not possible for the asteroid approaching Friday to hit the Earth. But what about communication satellites?
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NASA: Asteroid will safely skim by Earth February 15
The flyby of asteroid 2012 DA14 on February 15, 2013, will be the closest known approach to Earth for an object its size.
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Asteroid to miss Earth in 2040
The asteroid, which is 140 meters (460 feet) in diameter, will get no closer to Earth than 890,000 kilometers (553,000 miles), or more than twice the distance to the moon, NASA said.
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NASA: “Name That Asteroid!” contest
NASA asks youth younger than 18 to help name asteroid “1999 RQ36.”
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Close, but no cigar: Asteroid 2011 AG5 should avoid Earth-impact in 2040
NASA releases findings on Asteroid AG5 discovered in 2011.
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