'City killer' asteroid could hit Earth - where it could it land and the damage it may cause
This is not a drill. There is a chance - albeit a small one - that an asteroid could hit planet Earth within the next decade.
'It was a miracle.' Amazing tales of dead spacecraft that came back to life
Alas, the miracle could not last. The solar storms were heating Earth's upper atmosphere, causing it to inflate and increase ...
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40 cosmic questions and answers
There are thousands upon thousands of questions related to the topic of astronomy, from the basics of the science to the ...
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An asteroid could hit Earth in 7 years. Here's how astronomers are tracking it
Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...
Interstellar visitors: Material from Alpha Centauri may already be here
Oumuamua and Comet Borisov in 2017 and 2019, respectively, created a surge of interest. What were they? Where did they come ...
Odds of asteroid hitting Earth went up, but that was expected: What to know about 2024 YR4
The odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 2032 recently spiked from a little more than 1% to 2.3% as more ...
Astronomers announce largest collection of comets found outside our solar system
For the first time, astronomers have imaged dozens of belts around nearby stars where comets and tiny pebbles within them are ...
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Can’t wait another 600,000 years to see Comet G3 (ATLAS)? At least we have these stellar photographs for posterity
Photographers have been sharing their photographs of Comet G3 (ATLAS), which burned bright during January in the southern ...
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Astronomers find asteroid with 1% chance of hitting Earth: Should we be worried?
the telescope is designed to discover 90% of asteroids and comets that are 460 feet in size or larger and come within 30 million miles of Earth’s orbit.