Visualization showing the locations of hundreds of near-Earth asteroids.

Avoiding Armageddon: Researchers narrow down list of potentially hazardous asteroids

Keep an eye on the skies. Researchers from CU Boulder and NASA have completed a census of hundreds of large asteroids orbiting near Earth—gauging which ones could come precariously close to our planet over the next thousand years. The researchers identified at least 20 asteroids that scientists may want to...

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