An asteroid large enough to destroy a city has passed between the orbits of the Earth and the Moon - luckily for us, missing both.
As predicted by scientists, it passed within 175,000km of the Earth on Saturday after flying past the Moon.
'65' star Adam Driver asks NASA about asteroid threat to Earth (video) | Space
The extinction of the dinosaurs more than 65 million years ago is a striking example of the devastation that an asteroid can wreak when it slams into Earth.
A newly released movie from Sony Pictures, fittingly titled "65," plays on the epic disaster.
In a new video posted to NASA's YouTube channel (opens in new tab) , Driver asks agency experts some questions about asteroids and the danger they pose to Earth — and to humanity.
A Race Against Time: NASA Readies for Historic Asteroid Sample Delivery
By Rani Gran, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center March 25, 2023 NASA's OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Recovery crews are responsible for securing the sample return capsule's landing site and helicoptering it to a portable clean room located at the range. Additionally, crews will collect soil and air samples all around the landing capsule.
Massive asteroid to pass by Earth on weekend https://t.co/KrcuGLk0dH BBCWorld (from London, UK) Fri Mar 24 14:02:26 +0000 2023
An asteroid large enough to destroy a city has passed between the orbits of the Earth and the Moon - luckily for us… https://t.co/JAm1GMCUNk radionz Sat Mar 25 23:46:49 +0000 2023
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