Newly discovered asteroid now has a slightly higher risk of hitting Earth
A newly discovered asteroid named 2024 YR4 now has a 2.2% chance of affecting Earth in 2032 after recent observations.
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How moonquakes could rattle Artemis astronauts
More than 3 billion years ago, when the Moon’s volcanic mare (the dark lunar “seas”) were formed, the Moon was rife with ...
Israel opens Solaris, a major solar observatory, in Druze-majority town of Usfiya
Solaris promises to be a major platform for education and research, with a particular focus on academic research into the Sun ...
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Scientists find life’s ‘building blocks’ in asteroid Bennu samples
The meteor fragments returned by OSIRIS-REx shed light on the entwined history of water and the chemical ingredients of life ...
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Enormous asteroid the size of 59 Bonos racing towards Earth could 'wipe Ireland off the map'
An asteroid the size of 59 Bono's is racing towards Earth and would 'devastate' Ireland if it hit. Global defence plans have ...
Newly detected near-Earth asteroid has astronomers’ full attention
On Wednesday, an unprecedented memo from the International Asteroid Warning Network reached the United Nations Office for ...
NASA Uncovers Life’s Building Blocks in Asteroid Bennu’s Pristine Sample
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission delivered samples from asteroid Bennu, revealing crucial molecules linked to life, including amino ...
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Space and Astronomy
Scientists proposed an explanation for the formation of Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck near the lunar south pole, which are each about the size of Earth’s Grand Canyon. By Kenneth Chang ...
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Scientists Warn an Asteroid the Size of a Football Field Could Strike Earth and Destroy an Entire City
The massive space rock with the risk of hitting Earth's surface within the next seven years has kept scientists on their toes ...
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How the stars aligned: UGA student Clay Chilcutt names a quasi-moon
When Clay Chilcutt transferred to the University of Georgia, he encountered some seemingly bad luck. The astronomy class that ...
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Amity school students witness rare planetary parade in Delhi—Saturn’s rings to Jupiter’s moons
New Delhi: On a foggy evening in New Delhi, with the AQI touching 365, 20 students stayed back after classes for a special ...
Rare seven-planet alignment to dazzle sky in February, visible to naked eye – Here’s how to watch it
Witness a rare celestial spectacle as seven planets align in the night sky for one night in late February, offering a ...