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A meteor hits one location – so why did all of Earth’s dinosaurs disappear?

Sixty-six million years ago, a single asteroid hit Earth in the Yucatán Peninsula and killed off the dinosaurs. The disaster ...

Skywatch: Jumpin’ Geminids

Next weekend you can catch one of the best meteor showers of the year. It’s the annual Geminid meteor shower, and if the ...

NASA Tracking Bus-Sized Asteroid Approaching Earth This Week

Asteroid 2025 XF1 is hurting through the solar system at nearly 8,000 miles per hour, according to the spacy agency.
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Surprise asteroid nearly hit Earth. No one saw it coming.

Earth just had two close calls... and one went completely unnoticed. A small asteroid passed just 266 miles above Antarctica—closer than many satellites—before anyone even spotted it. Less than a ...
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Meteorite hit Mercer County home, The College of New Jersey confirms | See new photos

"We are excited to be able to confirm that the object is a true chondrite meteorite," said the chair of TCNJ's physics department. HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP, New Jersey -- Experts at The College of New ...