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Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids. NASA has a network of telescopes used to track near-Earth asteroids, like the ...

A recently spotted space rock that had suddenly climbed atop astronomers’ threat lists is now predicted to remain just another random rock traveling through space. On February 7, NASA’s Center for ...

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See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Scientists have officially ruled out any threat from a newly discovered ...