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The chance that a city-killer asteroid will impact Earth in 2032 is steadily rising. Here's what you need to know.

Don James, executive vice president of Nintendo of America, received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Dice Awards.

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Interstellar asteroids visiting our solar system from parts unknown used to be the stuff of science fiction. But today, we know of at least two such bodies Oumuamua and 2I/Borisov respectively ...

Planet killer asteroids are space rocks that are 1 kilometer across or larger and could have a devastating effect on life. But smaller asteroids can cause regional devastation if they are ...

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It's one of the many plans the agencies have in place as part of a larger effort to build a defense to protect humanity from threats posed by asteroids and other inbound space rocks.

Once that happens, scientists will have to wait until 2028 when it passes our way again. Asteroids are space rocks orbiting the sun that are considerably smaller than planets. Scientists believe ...

"But it's not very common that it happens." Here are today's general risks from asteroids or comets both tiny and very large. Importantly, even relatively small rocks can still be threatening ...