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NASA discovers a massive asteroid heading towards the Earth

The asteroid is as wide as 21 buses parked end to end.

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Near-Earth asteroid, computer artwork.

A meteor shower will light up Australian skies tonight. Here’s how to watch

The meteor shower considered one of the most reliable is set to put on an epic show this week.

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Geminids meteor shower of 2015

NASA warns huge asteroid will pass Earth in ‘close approach’

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Nasa has revealed that an asteroid will pass roughly 2.3 million kilometres of Earth

New Hubble Telescope image shows ‘unexpected development’ in daring asteroid mission

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Two tails of dust ejected from the asteroid hit in the DART mission are visible in a new Hubble Telescope image.

How to see ‘the best meteor shower of the year’ in the night sky on Thursday

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Star gazers are in for the “best meteor shower of the year” as the Perseid meteor shower lights up the night sky throughout August.

Asteroid has close call with Earth - and nobody knew it was coming

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Asteroid 2021 UA1 came within 3000 kilometres of Earth - which is further than where the International Space Station orbits but closer to our planet than a number of communications satellites.