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The rock is hurtling through our cosmic neighborhood at a zippy 8,768 miles per hour, according to the space agency.

NEW YORK — A large asteroid will zip past Earth this weekend, but don’t worry: It poses no danger. The space rock — 1997 NC1 ...

Our solar system is a celestial shooting gallery, chock-full of flying projectiles that one day could threaten Earth—so what ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. NASA is currently tracking a plane-sized asteroid set to zip past the ...

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To truly understand what an asteroid is made of, we need to send a probe to it. Remote sensing from ground-based telescopes, or even orbiting observatories, can only do so much. A new white paper ...