When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. On June 27, 1997, NASA's NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft flew by an asteroid named 253 Mathilde ...

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Asteroid 2024 YR4 currently has a 2.3% chance of striking the Earth on Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2032, according to experts from NASA and the International Asteroid Warning Network (IAWN).. In an IAWN ...

We just learned where the asteroid that ended dinosaurs came from. SCIENCE. This dinosaur dug its own grave. SCIENCE. Rare fossils reveal a stunning scene from the final days of the dinosaurs.

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