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# Asteroid

This year
2024
'Potentially hazardous' asteroid the size of football pitch to pass Earth on Friday
Last year
2023
Nasa to release first images of largest asteroid sample ever collected in space
Large asteroid to safely zoom between Earth and Moon this evening in once-in-a-decade event
Lorry-sized asteroid to come 'extraordinarily close' to Earth but NASA says it poses no danger
All time
NASA launches spacecraft to kick an asteroid off course
Odds of asteroid Bennu hitting Earth now higher, but still very slim
Large asteroid to pass by Earth next week
'I can’t believe we pulled this off': Nasa craft lands on asteroid to collect rubble as part of rare space mission
Mile-wide asteroid set to pass within 3.9m miles of Earth today
Japan probe lands 300 million km away in hunt for clues to origin of life
An asteroid the size of your house will give Earth a close shave tomorrow morning
Largest asteroid in over a century flies by Earth
A massive asteroid is going to come 'very close' to Earth today
Large asteroid to hurtle past Earth tomorrow
Scientists find evidence of giant asteroid that would have triggered huge earthquakes and tsunamis
An asteroid is going to swoop uncomfortably close to Earth
A Cork man thinks a meteor is coming to kill us all after the Yes vote
This Irish student just got an asteroid named after him
Video: An asteroid the size of a cruise ship passed over Ireland last night
An asteroid the size of a mountain is passing us by right now
Did you see the 'giant fireball' over the east of the country last night?
Asteroid hunting probe to travel four years to potato-shaped space rock
Guardian reader's letter poses VERY good question
Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads
VIDEO: Asteroid glances by earth
LIVE: NASA coverage of a giant asteroid sweeping past Earth
Asteroid to pass Earth at 'remarkably close distance'
Could a nuclear bomb save us from a giant asteroid?
What do you mean you missed it? An asteroid just flew past Earth
Asteroid comes close to Earth - but what would happen if it hit us?
Asteroid to pass between the earth and the moon
We are not alone - asteroid discovered in Earth's orbit
Earth set for near miss from asteroid - but greater danger ahead
Amateur astronomer captures ‘near-miss’ asteroid (video)