Scientist: Asteroid may hit Earth in 2029
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There&#39;s a 1-in-300 chance that a recently discovered asteroid, believed to be about 1,300 feet long, could hit Earth in 2029, a NASA scientist said Thursday, but he added
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Failing to prepare is preparing to die AAAS Moves are afoot in the astronaut community to hustle the UN into adopting a treaty which would set a deflection mission in motion if Earth was threatened by a large asteroid impact.â¦
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Scientists expect to detect a lot more asteroid threats with new technology, but it's still not clear what anyone will do about them. Randy Dotinga reports from the AAAS meeting in San Francisco.
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Science & environment: Billionaire and former colleague donate $30m for telescope that can provide early warning of asteroid crash
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Scientific curiosity is going to cause a minor collision in space. On January 12, 2004, NASA is scheduled to launch a spacecraft named Deep Impact.
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This summer, NASA will launch a robotic probe to visit two stange and giant asteroids -- one is covered with ice while the other may have been blasted by an ancient supernova. The tales these asteroids tell may reveal the true beginnings of our solar system.
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A recently discovered 1,300 feet long asteroid -- 2004 MN4 --has a slim chance of hitting Earth in the year 2029, according to the statements of NASA.
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and possibly help future scientists determine how to keep such space rocks from colliding with Earth. impactor on July 4, 2005, and the comet&#39;s rocky part will hit it at a speed of 23,800 miles an hour (10.
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Earth is heading for a cloud of comet dust that could produce an outburst of Leonid meteors on Nov. 19th.
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The risk that an asteroid capable of wiping out humanity will crash into Earth is minuscule, new calculations suggest, but the chances of a smaller one destroying a city or setting off a catastrophic tsunami remain unclear and may be higher than previous estimates.
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Scientists discuss their prefered targets for the next multi-billion-dollar
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HOLLYWOOD predictions of a rogue asteroid colliding with Earth and threatening life as we know it has become a real possibility according to a new warning from NASA.
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A MASSIVE asteroid heading for Earth has a 1-in-300 chance of smashing into the planet in 2029, say boffins. The space rock is believed to be more than 1,300ft long and was only rediscovered
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The giant potato-shaped asteroid 4179 Toutatis zoomed past earth just after 8:30 am Wednesday afternoon in the closest approach of any known asteroid of comparable size this century.
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The possibility of a collision between Mars and an approaching asteroid has been effectively ruled out, according to scientists watching the space rock
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An unmanned &quot;tractor spacecraft&quot; could eventually be used to drag an asteroid off course before it slams into Earth with catastrophic consequences, experts have said.
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THIS week Earth will get its closest known shave this century from a big asteroid, a monster big enough to extinguish billions of lives were it ever to collide with the planet.