There's a small chance an asteroid could hit Earth within the next decade, says NASA
A large asteroid could be heading toward Earth within the next decade, and there's a small chance it could strike the planet, according to NASA.
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When is an asteroid not an asteroid? When it's Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster, it turns out.
The wannabe asteroid, announced on Jan. 2 as 2018 CN41, is actually a Tesla Roadster launched into space years ago by SpaceX ...
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An Amateur Astronomer Seemingly Spotted a New Asteroid. It Turned Out to Be a Tesla in Space
The car, launched in 2018 on a SpaceX rocket’s upper stage, is one of many human-made objects in deep space that could ...
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Newly Discovered Asteroid Has Over 1% Chance Of Earth Impact
NASA and other space agencies are tracking 2024 YR4, a near-Earth asteroid with a small chance of impacting our planet in ...
Planet Labs signs $230 million satellite deal with unidentified Asian-Pacific partner
Planet Labs Wednesday announced a new $230 million multi-year partnership extension with an unidentified Asian-Pacfic ...
Police officers injured making arrest
Four High Point Police Department officers were injured Thursday while arresting a man who was acting erratically at a fitness center in the northern part of the city. Someone called 911 about 12:30 a ...
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Newfound Asteroid May Hit Earth in 2032, Scientists Say
The possibility of the asteroid 2024 YR24 impacting our planet might not be ruled out until 2028, raising the prospect we’ll need to prepare for the worst ...
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Scientists admit to mistakenly identifying Elon Musk's car for an asteroid
Researchers have admitted to mistakenly identifying Elon Musk's car as a near-Earth asteroid, highlighting the importance ...
Planet Fitness opens New Milford location ahead of schedule, fills former space TJ Maxx space
The fitness center franchise Planet Fitness opened a new location in New Milford in the former TJ Maxx space on Route 7 in ...
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Earth-Size Planet Found In TOI 700 System's Habitable Zone
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has been used to discover Earth-size planet TOI 700 e. It is "orbiting within the habitable zone of its star – the range of distances where liquid ...
NASA Tracks Skyscraper-Sized Asteroid With a 1% Chance of Earth Impact in 2032
An asteroid the size of a skyscraper, 2024 YR4, has caught NASA’s attention due to a slight chance — just over 1% — of impacting Earth in 2032. While this sounds alarming, history shows that similar ...