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Very Important Study Calculates Your Chance of Being Killed by an Asteroid vs Several Other Scary Things
In the new study, researchers set out to calculate just how likely it is that an asteroid could hit Earth during the average ...
Louisiana fossils reveal mosasaur life before dinosaur-killing asteroid impact
Millions of years before jazz filled New Orleans streets or fishing boats were harvesting shrimp in the Gulf, Louisiana was ...
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You're More Likely to Die From an Asteroid Than Rabies, Scientists Find
The bad news is that death by asteroid impact is more likely to happen to you than death by rabies. The worse news is that ...
NASA monitors asteroid 2025 OT7 as it approaches Earth on August 5: Size, speed and flyby distance revealed
Space is an active place. Asteroid 2025 OT7 will fly by Earth in August 2025. It is about 170 feet wide. It will travel at ...
Massive 300-ft Asteroid Ready For Close Encounter With Earth Tomorrow: NASA Issues Warning
An asteroid, designated 2025 OJ1, is approaching Earth, set to pass closely on August 8, 2025, at 2:36 PM IST. NASA reports ...
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Are You More Likely To Be Killed By An Elephant Or An Asteroid? Science Now Has The Answer
In a new paper, to get a better grasp on the risk of an asteroid impact and put it in context with other risks, astronomers ...
NASA Alerts: A giant 130-foot asteroid 2025 OT4 to fly past Earth on August 7
NASA has confirmed the asteroid is on a set path. It measures about 130 feet in total width. It will fly past Earth on August ...
A massive 130-foot asteroid to zoom past Earth today, NASA confirms
NASA confirmed asteroid 2025 OT4 is now approaching Earth. The space rock measures around 130 feet in diameter. It will fly ...
Shocking Study Shows You're More Likely To Die From An Asteroid Than Rabies
A new study finds that dying from an asteroid impact is more likely than dying from rabies, though both are rare. The ...
Scientists reveal how likely you are to be killed by an asteroid
The researchers used NASA data to work out that there is a one in 156,000 chance of an individual being killed by an asteroid ...
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Small Asteroid Captured Hours Prior To Earth Impact
Small asteroid 2022 EB5 impacted Earth was discovered by Krisztián Sárneczky using the 0.60-m Schmidt telescope at Konkoly Observatory in Hungary. Credit: Space.com | footage: Krisztián Sárneczky / or ...