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Asteroids are small space rocks, or cosmic leftovers from the solar systems formation about 4.5billion years ago. During the formation of Jupiter small objects started to collide with each other, leading to fragments. There are more than 18,000 near-Earth asteroids.

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Scientists plan 'Armageddon' nuclear strike from inside doomsday asteroids to save Earth
Asteroids
Experts have come up with a plan to explode an asteroid from the inside just in case earth is ever in the Armageddon style event of a meteor set for a collision course with planet Earth
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Meteorite that smashed into a house contains 'salty' fluids that may be building blocks of life
Meteor
Scientists say a meteorite that crashed through a Hillsborough, New Jersey home after a July 16, 2024 sonic boom over New York contains salt rich fluids and organic compounds
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Asteroid strike levelled 830 square miles of forest as scientists rate chances of a repeat
Asteroids
How much do you know about the millions of planetoids floating between Mars and Jupiter? Weve got the facts for International Asteroid Day
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Dinosaur-killing asteroid made Earth smell like 'rotting veg' in hellish end for beasts
Asteroids
Experts have revealed how the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs sparked a hellish apocalypse of supersonic winds, acid rain and a foul stench of rotting veg
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FBI probing deaths and disappearances of 10 top scientists linked to UFO investigation
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Bureau director Kash Patel says agents are 'going to look for connections' and should they uncover 'nefarious conduct or conspiracy' they will make arrests
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Humanity 'at risk' from killer asteroids as NASA's defence 'not enough' to protect us
Asteroids
As asteroid Apophis is set to make a near-miss of Earth in 2029, California startup ExLabs wants to use the flyby as a real-world planetary-defence test, arguing NASA funding is too low
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NASA confirms exact date Apophis 'God of Chaos' asteroid will fly by Earth
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The Apophis asteroid, named after the ancient Egyptian God of evil and destruction, will safely pass within 20,000 miles of Earth on Friday, 13th April 2029 closer than any asteroid of its size in recorded history
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All you need to know as asteroid as big as Eiffel Tower heading towards Earth
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Boffins say the event will be "an amazing and totally unprecedented opportunity to learn much more about Apophis and similar near-Earth asteroids" as it is such a rare occurrence
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Mystery deaths of boffins linked to UFO secrets as ninth scientist joins grim list
Nasa
Numerous top NASA scientists with ties to UFO secrets and missile technology have either died, been murdered or gone missing in suspicious circumstances over the last several years
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All you need to know about Jeff Bezos' space shield protecting us from city-killer asteroids
Asteroids
Blue Origin is partnering with NASA to launch a mission, using a Blue Ring spacecraft to deflect city-killer asteroids and protect our planet
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Jeff Bezos building space shield to save Earth from city-killer rocks keeping NASA up at night
Asteroids
The billionaire's Blue Origin firm is joining NASA to launch 'Blue Ring' - a high-tech shield designed to deflect city-killer asteroids and save Earth from a space disaster
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Asteroid found carrying all the building blocks of DNA in breakthrough discovery
Nasa
Boffins have made a massive discovery after finding the 'letters' needed to create DNA on an asteroid in space. The 'letters' contain important chemistry relating to the origin of life and DNA
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Cleveland 'meteor' sees 'loud boom' rock state as fireball object seen in the sky
Asteroids
Cleveland and the surrounding areas have reportedly heard an explosion-like sound today as some have captured video footage of what appears to be a meteor flying through the sky
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NASA's kamikaze mission knocks asteroid off course in major win for human survival
Asteroids
NASA's DART mission successfully shifted an asteroid's solar orbit, proving we can deflect threats, though experts warn we lack a permanent defence system
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All you need to know as study claims humans 'may have come from Mars'
Asteroids
Groundbreaking research has shown how the single-celled microbes that would eventually evolve into all life on Earth could have survived a journey from the Red Planet on an asteroid
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Thousands of 'city killer' asteroids could destroy Earth as boffin admits it 'keeps me up at night'
Asteroids
Scientists warn that we don't yet have the means to protect our planet if a deadly space rock heads our way because there is a lack of 'planetary defence' funding in space agencies
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More and more scientists now believe aliens exist this is what convinced them
Science
Following speculation that comets could have been alien spacecrafts, more and more experts in the field are convinced that alien life is real and we need to find it
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Majority of experts in space biology think aliens exist in the Universe
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Many experts believe that aliens exist in the universe, with the key elements needed to sustain life found on comets, asteroids and distant worlds
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UN confirms observation of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as it passes by our solar system
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The mysterious interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is hurtling through space towards Jupiter, and now the UN think the Earth's planetary defences might be about to catch a glimpse
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Real life Armageddon fears as space experts probe record 40,000 'near-Earth' asteroids
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European Space Agency says there is a chance up to 2,000 of them could hit Earth and only 30% are thought to have been spotted - leaving 70% swirling around in space
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'Freckle' found on the face of the Moon and it could help shape future missions
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The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera team has identified a new 22m diameter crater and say it's vital for moon landings as it helps identify safer landing zones
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NASA confirms Earth has a second moon and it will be with us until 2083
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The object - which can't be seen with the naked eye - is known as a 'quasi-moon' that has an Earth-like orbit and was first announced by experts in Hawaii last month
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Retro arcade machines are making a comeback as Pac-Man and Shredder make Xmas list
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No insertion of coins are needed with these retro arcade cabinets bound to be on many people's Christmas wish lists this year - some are considered time travel machines to the 80s
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NASA plan to nuke 'city-killer' asteroid just like film Armageddon
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NASA are planning to use nuclear weapons to destroy a giant asteroid that could collide with the moon within the next seven years - and it's just like the film Armageddon
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