This weekend, two enormous asteroids will whizz past our planet, NASA has revealed. The first asteroid, called 2010 C01, is estimated to be around 120 to 260 metres in diameter. At the higher end of that estimate, that’s about the same size as the QE2. Meanwhile, the second asteroid, called 2000 QW7, is estimated to […]
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The idea of a huge asteroid smashing into Earth may sound like the plot of a science-fiction blockbuster, but according to the European Space Agency (ESA) , it could soon become a reality. ESA estimates that there are currently 878 asteroids in the ‘risk list’ for hitting Earth. The space agency explained: “This ESA catalogue
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A view of the Hera mission’s spacecraft arriving at Didymos (Image: ESA) As much as we all go on about hating humanity, there’s little doubt we’re the best thing about Planet Earth. So it would be a dreadful shame if a whopping great space rocket smashed into our homeworld and send us into extinction. Luckily,
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