Large asteroid to fly between Earth and the moon
The asteroid will pass by Friday and Saturday on a track that scientists suggest is slightly less than half the average distance to the moon from Earth
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Osiris-Rex: Nasa probe risks losing asteroid sample after door jams
A Nasa probe sent to collect rock from an asteroid several hundred million kilometres from Earth has grabbed so much that samples are spilling out.
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Asteroid as tall as Burj Khalifa to skim past Earth on September 14
On September 14, an asteroid will pass by Earth that's larger than some of the tallest buildings on the planet.
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Earth at risk of entering ‘hothouse’ state from which there is no return
Climate change made European heatwave ‘more than twice as likely’
While it is unclear how likely this scenario is, experts agree that were it to happen the runaway warming after this tipping point would be an existential threat to humanity.![Climate change made European heatwave ‘more than twice as likely’]()
