Imagine a rock the size of a football stadium hurtling through space at thousands of miles per hour, heading straight for a major city, and we have no way to stop it. NASA has just issued a sobering ...

Asteroid 2024 DW flew about 139,000 miles (224,000 km) away from Earth. The space rock was estimated to be about 43 feet wide (13 m). Credit: Space.com | animation: NASA/JPL-Caltech | edited by Steve ...

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