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Asteroid

detour

Phew! The asteroid that was briefly feared to strike Earth may now hit the Moon instead

3 Apr

12.8k

not so deep impact

Good news! Nasa dramatically reduces the chances that 'city killer' asteroid will hit Earth

20 Feb

11.4k

Quiz

Quiz: How much do you know about asteroids, meteors and comets?

8 Feb

18.8k

2024 YR4

A 'city-killer' asteroid has a 1 in 63 chance of hitting Earth in December 2032

5 Feb

24.8k

Asteroid 2008 OS7

'Potentially hazardous' asteroid the size of football pitch to pass Earth on Friday

31 Jan 2024

16.4k

Outer Space

Nasa to release first images of largest asteroid sample ever collected in space

11 Oct 2023

10.6k

European Space Agency

Large asteroid to safely zoom between Earth and Moon this evening in once-in-a-decade event

25 Mar 2023

21.4k

near-Earth object

Lorry-sized asteroid to come 'extraordinarily close' to Earth but NASA says it poses no danger

26 Jan 2023

14.3k

disaster prep

NASA launches spacecraft to kick an asteroid off course

24 Nov 2021

11.7k

Bennu

Odds of asteroid Bennu hitting Earth now higher, but still very slim

12 Aug 2021

36.1k

now what

Large asteroid to pass by Earth next week

12 Mar 2021

43.0k

Bennu

'I can’t believe we pulled this off': Nasa craft lands on asteroid to collect rubble as part of rare space mission

21 Oct 2020

18.1k

1998 OR2

Mile-wide asteroid set to pass within 3.9m miles of Earth today

29 Apr 2020

48.1k

ideal touchdown

Japan probe lands 300 million km away in hunt for clues to origin of life

22 Feb 2019

14.8k

not armageddon

An asteroid the size of your house will give Earth a close shave tomorrow morning

11 Oct 2017

24.3k

close one

Largest asteroid in over a century flies by Earth

1 Sep 2017

27.1k

2014-JO25

A massive asteroid is going to come 'very close' to Earth today

19 Apr 2017

21.5k

dark side of the moon

Large asteroid to hurtle past Earth tomorrow

18 Apr 2017

26.9k

Australia

Scientists find evidence of giant asteroid that would have triggered huge earthquakes and tsunamis

18 May 2016

15.4k

TX68

An asteroid is going to swoop uncomfortably close to Earth

13 Feb 2016

29.4k

mar ref

A Cork man thinks a meteor is coming to kill us all after the Yes vote

26 May 2015

6.4k

Outer Space

This Irish student just got an asteroid named after him

15 May 2015

16.0k

don't wanna miss a thing

Video: An asteroid the size of a cruise ship passed over Ireland last night

27 Jan 2015

9.4k

flyby

An asteroid the size of a mountain is passing us by right now

26 Jan 2015

14.3k

Meteorite

Did you see the 'giant fireball' over the east of the country last night?

19 Nov 2014

44.5k

Voyager

Asteroid hunting probe to travel four years to potato-shaped space rock

2 Sep 2014

5.0k

apocalypse now?

Guardian reader's letter poses VERY good question

7 Mar 2014

4.8k

sitdown sunday

Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads

24 Feb 2013

10.5k

Space

VIDEO: Asteroid glances by earth

20 Feb 2013

13.7k

Asteroid

LIVE: NASA coverage of a giant asteroid sweeping past Earth

15 Feb 2013

33.7k

Asteroid

Asteroid to pass Earth at 'remarkably close distance'

11 Feb 2013

14.6k

Armageddon

Could a nuclear bomb save us from a giant asteroid?

7 Aug 2012

6.0k

Look out below!

What do you mean you missed it? An asteroid just flew past Earth

27 Jan 2012

6.5k

Evening Wrap

The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock.

8 Nov 2011

2.5k

Near miss

Asteroid comes close to Earth - but what would happen if it hit us?

8 Nov 2011

13.6k

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Nine things to know this morning…

8 Nov 2011

2.8k

Asteroid

Asteroid to pass between the earth and the moon

4 Nov 2011

1.5k

Space

We are not alone - asteroid discovered in Earth's orbit

29 Jul 2011

1.0k

Duck!

Earth set for near miss from asteroid - but greater danger ahead

5 May 2011

15.9k

Space

Amateur astronomer captures ‘near-miss’ asteroid (video)

12 Oct 2010

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