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Asteroid headed toward Earth (Getty Images/Science Photo Library/ANDRZEJ WOJCICKI)

Increased odds of asteroid hitting Earth

Matthew Rozsa
Asteroid approaching planet Earth (Getty Images/dzika_mrowka)

Life ingredients discovered on asteroid

Matthew Rozsa
Solvent extractions of the Ryugu samples on a clean bench (ISO6, Class 100) inside a clean room (ISO5, Class 1000) performed by Hiroshi Naraoka at Kyushu University in Japan. (JAXA/NASA)

Asteroid bacteria not aliens after all

Matthew Rozsa
Yuichi Tsuda, project engineer of the Hayabusa2 mission from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) points at an image showing the surface of the asteroid Ryugu before touchdown by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft during a press conference in Sagamihara on February 22, 2019. (JIJI PRESS/JIJI PRESS/AFP via Getty Images)

Asteroid sample upends theories on life

Matthew Rozsa
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Illustration of Pteranodon sp. flying reptiles watching a massive meteor approaching Earth's surface. (Getty Images/MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY)

Did climate change kill most dinosaurs?

Matthew Rozsa
This image shows the “moonrise” of the satellite as it emerges from behind asteroid Dinkinesh as seen by the Lucy Long-Range Reconnaissance Imager (L’LORRI), one of the most detailed images returned by NASA’s Lucy spacecraft during its flyby of the asteroid binary. (NASA/Goddard/SwRI/Johns Hopkins APL/NOAO)

NASA finds a surprise asteroid

Matthew Rozsa
This mosaic of Bennu was created using observations made by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft that was in close proximity to the asteroid for over two years. (NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona)

NASA finds a surprise on an asteroid

Matthew Rozsa
Asteroid approaching earth (Getty Images/dzika_mrowka)

Bennu asteroid may strike Earth in 2182

Matthew Rozsa
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Planet Earth and asteroid in the space, concept (Getty Images/buradaki)

Asteroid to swing by Earth on Wednesday

Matthew Rozsa
Psyche asteroid in space (Getty Images/24K-Production/NASA)

What NASA’s Psyche mission may reveal

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Steve Buscemi, Will Patton, Bruce Willis, Michael Clarke Duncan, Ben Affleck, and Owen Wilson walking in NASA uniforms in a scene from the film 'Armageddon', 1998. (Touchstone/Getty Images)

"Armageddon" at 25: An anti-science epic

Matthew Rozsa
Morgan Freeman giving a speech at The White House in a scene from the film 'Deep Impact', 1998. (Paramount Pictures/Getty Images)

"Deep Impact" turns 25 — and it holds up

Matthew Rozsa
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Asteroid passing earth (Getty Images)

High-risk asteroid due in 2046

Troy Farah
Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) was discovered by astronomers using the wide-field survey camera at the Zwicky Transient Facility this year in early March. (NASA/Dan Bartlett)

How to see a comet coming close to Earth

Troy Farah
Meteorite from outer space, falling toward planet Earth (Getty Images/dottedhippo)

Apocalyptic asteroid found near Venus

Matthew Rozsa
A slice of the El Ali meteorite (Courtesy of University of Alberta Meteorite Collection)

A space rock harbors unknown minerals

Troy Farah
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Asteroid Heading to Planet Earth (Getty Images/ronib1979)

Scientists spot "planet killer" asteroid

Matthew Rozsa
This illustration depicts NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft prior to impact at the Didymos binary asteroid system. (NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben)

NASA asteroid crash a smashing success

Troy Farah
This illustration depicts NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft prior to impact at the Didymos binary asteroid system. (NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben)

NASA spacecraft collides with asteroid

Troy Farah
Artist rendition of an asteroid pair, shortly after separation. Over millennia these objects will drift apart and become harder to identify. At 300 years old, the asteroid pair 2019 PR2 and 2019 QR6 are the youngest found to date. (UC Berkeley/SETI Institute)

The youngest asteroids ever found

Nicole Karlis
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Asteroid and swarm of meteorites flying towards Earth (Getty Images/Mike Mareen)

NASA's asteroid deflection spacecraft

Matthew Rozsa
Asteroid passing earth (Getty Images)

A massive asteroid grazes Earth

Matthew Rozsa
Asteroid (Getty Images)

Election Day asteroid: Harmless!

Nicole Karlis
(Getty/puchan)

Ocean pH levels killed dinos. Now us?

Nicole Karlis
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