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Sound of meteorite hitting Earth recorded first time ever

A couple captured the sound of a meteorite hitting Earth for first time ever - on their home security camera. Laura Kelly and ...
NBC Bay Area

An asteroid might be heading for the moon. Should we nuke it?

If an asteroid is on a collision course with the moon, what should humanity do? Try to nudge the space rock out of the way before it strikes? Obliterate it with a nuclear explosion? Such a cosmic ...
AOL

An Asteroid Known as a ‘City Killer’ May Be Heading to the Moon — and Scientists Are Wondering If Earth Should Nuke It

A group of scientists recently published a paper that considers options for dealing with the asteroid — one of which includes a nuclear “disruption” An asteroid may hit the moon in 2032 — and some ...
Yahoo

Surprise asteroid nearly hit Earth. No one saw it coming.

Earth just had two close calls... and one went completely unnoticed. A small asteroid passed just 266 miles above Antarctica—closer than many satellites—before anyone even spotted it. Less than a day ...