After the asteroid, the earliest bird ancestors thrived in Antarctica
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Rsearchers say an ancient asteroid strike carved out 2 grand canyons on the moon
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A Deadly Asteroid May Strike Earth — What To Know
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An Asteroid Has a 1-in-63 Chance of Hitting Earth in 2032—Here’s What That Means
A dive into probabilities, asteroid impact modeling, and what sort of damage an approximately 180-foot asteroid could cause ...
Asteroid impact on moon blasted two grand canyons in 10 minutes
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New analysis of asteroid dust reveals evidence of salty water in the early solar system
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An Asteroid Sample Just Changed What We Know About Life in Our Solar System
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Asteroid impact on moon blasted two grand canyons in 10 seconds
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Newly detected near-Earth asteroid has astronomers’ full attention
The risk of impact is likely to drop to zero as observations of Asteroid 2024 YR4 continue.
A "city-killer" asteroid has a slim chance to crash into Earth. Here's what to know.
"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," the European Space Agency said.