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First Trojan asteroid circling sun in Earth's orbit discovered NASA’s Wide—field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission has discovered a long—hidden companion of the Earth — the first Trojan asteroid circling the sun in the Earth’s orbit. Trojans are asteroids that share an orbit with a...

The 50-metre-long rock could have destroyed a small country An asteroid as powerful as 15 atomic bombs has whizzed past the earth at a distance about 10 times that of the moon. Astronomers first spotted the cigar—shaped object, identified as Asteroid 2011 GP59, spinning through space a...

It's official: An asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs It's official: An asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs - Yahoo! News LONDON (Reuters) – A giant asteroid smashing into Earth is the only plausible explanation for the extinction of the dinosaurs, a global scientific team said on Thursday...

Russia may send spacecraft to knock away asteroid...

An asteroid discovered just weeks ago has become the most threatening object yet detected in space. A preliminary orbit suggests that 2002 NT7 is on an impact course with Earth and could strike the planet on 1 February, 2019 - although the uncertainties are large. Astronomers have...