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October 21, 2015

Huge asteroid to fly safely by Earth Monday

An asteroid the size of three football fields is set to make a close brush of Earth on Monday.

October 21, 2015

NASA photos show gas bursting from potential 'comet of the century'

A comet that could put on a dazzling show when it zooms through the inner solar system later this year is already blasting out huge amounts of gas and dust, new observations by a NASA spacecraft show.

October 21, 2015

Ancient Egyptians made jewelry from meteorites

An ancient Egyptian iron bead found inside a 5,000-year-old tomb was crafted from a meteorite, new research shows.

October 21, 2015

'Virgin' comet may hit Mars in 2014

A newfound comet is apparently on course to have an exceedingly close call with the planet Mars in October 2014, and there is a chance — albeit small — that the comet may even collide with the Red Planet.

October 21, 2015

Remember that big asteroid that could hit Earth in 2036? Astronomers say never mind

Upon further review, a big scary-sounding asteroid is no longer even a remote threat to smash into Earth in about 20 years, NASA says.

October 21, 2015

Close pass with 'doomsday' asteroid Apophis

The asteroid Apophis has crossed Earth's path. Now, astronomers will return to their calculators to find out what danger it poses in the future.

October 21, 2015

Very close encounter: Enormous asteroid to zip between Earth and moon Wednesday

An asteroid 100 feet wide is set to squeak past the Earth early Wednesday evening, soaring fewer than 218,000 miles from our planet -- slightly closer than the orbit of the moon itself.

October 21, 2015

Watch live: Asteroid the size of three football fields to hurtle past Earth

A gigantic asteroid nearly 900 feet wide will race past planet Earth tonight, a harmless but sobering reminder of the dangers posed by such interplanetary visitors.

October 21, 2015

Rest in pieces: Comet ISON officially dead, Sun chief suspect

Comet ISON, once optimistically called the comet of the century, is dead, the victim of a way-too-close brush with the sun. It was barely a year old.

October 21, 2015

Russian fireball shows meteor risk may be bigger than once thought

Scientists studying the terrifying meteor that exploded without warning over a Russian city last winter say the threat of space rocks smashing into Earth is bigger than they thought.