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- Earth had a near-miss with 'city-killer' asteroid this morning https://www.smh.com.au/national/earth-had-a-near-miss-with-city-killer-asteroid-this-morning-20190725-p52apn.html 5 comments
- Space Cities Inside Asteroids? Scientists Say It Could Work https://www.cnet.com/science/space/space-cities-inside-asteroids-scientists-say-it-could-be-possible/ 2 comments
- City-sized asteroids smacked ancient Earth 10 times more often than thought https://www.space.com/ancient-earth-hit-by-city-size-asteroids-often 13 comments space
- A unique geologic record of the day when a city-sized asteroid smashed into the planet 65 million years ago, wiping out the dinosaurs and three-quarters of all other life. https://www.wsj.com/articles/scientists-discover-new-evidence-of-the-asteroid-that-killed-off-the-dinosaurs-11568055601 4 comments science
- ‘It snuck up on us’: Scientists stunned by ‘city-killer’ asteroid that just missed Earth https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/07/26/it-snuck-up-us-city-killer-asteroid-just-missed-earth-scientists-almost-didnt-detect-it-time/ 35 comments worldnews
- ‘It snuck up on us’: Scientists stunned by ‘city-killer’ asteroid that just missed Earth https://beta.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/07/26/it-snuck-up-us-city-killer-asteroid-just-missed-earth-scientists-almost-didnt-detect-it-time/?outputtype=amp 10 comments science
- WTF: ‘It snuck up on us’: Scientists stunned by ‘city-killer’ asteroid that just missed Earth https://beta.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/07/26/it-snuck-up-us-city-killer-asteroid-just-missed-earth-scientists-almost-didnt-detect-it-time/?outputtype=amp 3 comments space
- ‘It snuck up on us’: Scientists stunned by ‘city-killer’ asteroid that just missed Earth https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/07/26/it-snuck-up-us-city-killer-asteroid-just-missed-earth-scientists-almost-didnt-detect-it-time/ 10 comments space
- ‘It snuck up on us’: Scientists stunned by ‘city-killer’ asteroid that just missed Earth https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/07/26/it-snuck-up-us-city-killer-asteroid-just-missed-earth-scientists-almost-didnt-detect-it-time/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.ec323861c673 3 comments space
- Experts unaware of 'city-killer' asteroid that just missed Earth https://www.local10.com/news/space-news/experts-unaware-of-city-killer-asteroid-that-just-missed-earth 8 comments space
- ‘It snuck up on us’: Scientists stunned by ‘city-killer’ asteroid that just missed Earth https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/07/26/it-snuck-up-us-city-killer-asteroid-just-missed-earth-scientists-almost-didnt-detect-it-time/?utm_term=.429fbd8cfe43 7 comments politics
- Earth had a near-miss with 'city-killer' asteroid this morning https://www.smh.com.au/national/earth-had-a-near-miss-with-city-killer-asteroid-this-morning-20190725-p52apn.html?fbclid=iwar3pi0pmpxnckemrrbw1nsa1qfjusc5yh2wsz6w-zmpfr2okhspj6nosqic 6 comments worldnews
- Earth had a near-miss with 'city-killer' asteroid this morning https://www.smh.com.au/national/earth-had-a-near-miss-with-city-killer-asteroid-this-morning-20190725-p52apn.html 923 comments worldnews
- Between 2000 and 2013, a global network of sensors detected 26 explosions by "city-killer" asteroids on Earth ranging in energy from 1-600 kilotons http://www.space.com/25590-asteroid-impacts-earth-day-b612-video.html 5 comments science
- NASA Needs Help to Hunt City-Destroying Asteroids, Congress Says http://www.space.com/20619-asteroid-threat-earth-congress.html 9 comments science
- New York City Has Been Obliterated in a New Asteroid-Impact Simulation https://www.livescience.com/65421-asteroid-strike-obliterates-imaginary-new-york.html 5 comments space
- Asteroid-spawned tsunami may have inundated what is now New York City 2300 years ago. Shocked quartz crystals found in debris sediment that tapers off as you go up the Hudson. http://www.livescience.com/environment/asteroid-impact-possibly-caused-prehistoric-nyc-tsunami-101025.html 17 comments science
- Chance of 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 smashing into Earth rises yet again to 3.1%, NASA reports. https://www.livescience.com/space/asteroids/chance-of-city-killer-asteroid-2024-yr4-smashing-into-earth-rises-yet-again-to-3-1-percent-nasa-reports 266 comments worldnews
- Two new studies claim that huge volcanic eruptions in India actually happened before a city-sized asteroid drove the non-avian dinosaurs to extinction. The scientists suggest the eruptions may have weakened global ecosystems, leaving dinosaurs unable to recover from the impact. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2019/02/21/two-new-studies-date-eruptions-that-helped-take-out-the-dinosaurs/#.xg8lhm9khty 6 comments science
- To avoid the possibility of city-killer asteroids hitting populous areas, Near Earth Objects must be located, tracked, and deflected decades in advance. http://curiousmatic.com/planet-blind-incoming-asteroids-heres-will-change/ 124 comments space
- A 'city-killer' asteroid got scarily close to Earth yesterday, and astronomers didn't know about it until it was just days away https://www.businessinsider.in/a-city-killer-asteroid-got-scarily-close-to-earth-yesterday-and-astronomers-didnt-know-about-it-until-it-was-just-days-away/articleshow/70404032.cms 55 comments worldnews
- NASA says 'City killer' asteroid now has 3.1% chance of hitting Earth https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250218-city-killer-asteroid-now-has-3-1-chance-of-hitting-earth-nasa 3851 comments technology
- ‘City killer’ asteroid to pass harmlessly between Earth and moon https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/mar/24/city-killer-asteroid-to-pass-harmlessly-between-earth-and-moon 45 comments space
- This website allows users to simulate asteroid collisions with their city, and see how they would die depending on their distance from the initial impact. https://asteroidcollision.herokuapp.com/ 7 comments space
- Here’s How The Size Of Asteroids Compares To New York City https://www.boredpanda.com/size-of-asteroids-alvaro-gracia-montoya/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=organic 14 comments space
- "City killer" asteroid just missed Earth – and scientists had no idea https://www.cbsnews.com/news/asteroid-just-misses-earth-city-killer-asteroid-2019-ok-came-closer-to-the-earth-than-moon/ 7 comments science
- "City killer" asteroid just missed Earth – and scientists had no idea https://www.cbsnews.com/news/asteroid-just-misses-earth-city-killer-asteroid-2019-ok-came-closer-to-the-earth-than-moon/ 8 comments technology
- "City killer" asteroid just missed Earth – and scientists had no idea https://www.cbsnews.com/news/asteroid-just-misses-earth-city-killer-asteroid-2019-ok-came-closer-to-the-earth-than-moon/ 23 comments worldnews
- Asteroid ‘size of city block’ to skim past Earth on Saturday http://rt.com/news/asteroid-earth-flyby-saturday-028/ 5 comments worldnews
- This asteroid collision simulator allows you to simulate an asteroid collision with your city. You can view the damages it causes. [Javascript] https://asteroidcollision.herokuapp.com/?asteroid 7 comments javascript
- This Website allows users to Simulate Asteroid Collisions with their city in an effort to help ordinary people comprehend the insane damages that a fast-moving celestial object could cause. https://asteroidcollision.herokuapp.com/ 4 comments space
- I built an asteroid simulator that shows how you would die had an asteroid hit your city. [First Flask Project] https://asteroidcollision.herokuapp.com/ 10 comments flask
- Asteroid just misses Earth: "City killer" Asteroid 2019 OK came close to Earth, surprising scientists https://www.cbsnews.com/news/asteroid-just-misses-earth-city-killer-asteroid-2019-ok-came-closer-to-the-earth-than-moon/ 12 comments technews
- Astronauts to reveal sobering data on asteroid impacts. "the only thing preventing a catastrophe from a 'city-killer' sized asteroid is blind luck." http://phys.org/news/2014-04-astronauts-reveal-sobering-asteroid-impacts.html 43 comments worldnews
- Astronaut says a neglected telescope is NASA's best chance of defending Earth from 'city killer' asteroids — 'for God's sake, fund it' https://www.businessinsider.com.au/asteroid-detection-mission-neocam-nasa-funding-astronaut-support-2018-11 19 comments worldnews
- Astronaut says a neglected telescope is NASA's best chance of defending Earth from 'city killer' asteroids — 'for God's sake, fund it' https://www.businessinsider.com/asteroid-detection-mission-neocam-nasa-funding-astronaut-support-2018-11?r=us&ir=t 25 comments space
- Astronaut says a neglected telescope is NASA's best chance of defending Earth from 'city killer' asteroids — 'for God's sake, fund it' https://www.businessinsider.com/asteroid-detection-mission-neocam-nasa-funding-astronaut-support-2018-11 24 comments technology
- City block-sized asteroid will pass near Earth tonight http://on-msn.com/nlf8o4#scptm12 33 comments science
- Astronaut says a neglected telescope is NASA's best chance of defending Earth from 'city killer' asteroids — 'for God's sake, fund it' | Retired astronaut Rusty Schweickart says a relatively inexpensive space telescope, called the Near-Earth Object Camera, could find these space rocks - and quickly. https://amp.businessinsider.com/asteroid-detection-mission-neocam-nasa-funding-astronaut-support-2018-11 9 comments space
- Avoiding Armegeddon: The hunt is on for dangerous asteroids "The odds of asteroid impacts are much higher than people realize, there is a 30 percent chance of a city-destroying asteroid hitting the Earth in the next 100 years." said Ed Lu, a former astronaut and CEO of the B612 Foundation http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2013/10/06/hunt-for-dangerous-asteroids/2924333/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3A+usatoday-newstopstories+%28usatoday+-+news+top+stories%29 95 comments space