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Wild things we learned from asteroid 2024 YR4’s close call
One rock, as big as a football field, careening through space on an elliptical orbit that lasts four years, suddenly found itself one of the most observed bodies in our solar system, according to NASA ...
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The 13 biggest asteroids to ever hit planet Earth
While Earth was famously hit by a meteor that killed off the dinosaurs, many others have also hit our planet, many of them ...
Modern science has made a breakthrough in the study of history, enabling DNA analysis, uncovering buried cities, and ...
The chances of a devastating asteroid impact briefly spiked in 2025, after astronomers discovered a building-sized asteroid hurtling towards Earth. The asteroid, named 2024 YR4, was first detected by ...
AUSTIN (KXAN) — One of the best meteor showers of the year, the Geminid meteor shower, is here. The star fall event peaks Saturday night, Dec. 13, with over a hundred meteors falling every hour. “It’s ...
NASA is monitoring a bus-sized asteroid that’s soaring towards Earth at nearly 8,000 miles per hour, according to the space agency's Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS). Estimated to measure ...
With the holidays upon us, a great space board game makes for great entertainment and a terrific gift for the family, or just for you. Games are classified as heavy, medium or lightweight, depending ...
The Geminids are one of the best meteor showers of the year—and the weirdest. Here’s how to see them
This December's dazzling display comes from a strange asteroid with comet-like behavior—and a tail of debris that astronomers say shouldn’t exist. Hundreds of Geminid meteors blaze across the night ...
Stargazers and astronomers get ready for one of the most anticipated meteor showers of the year: The Geminid meteor shower. It is set to peak this weekend. Those watching the shower from the darkest ...
NASA is monitoring an asteroid that's hurtling towards the Earth at more than 33,000 miles per hour, according to the space agency's Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS). Designated “2025 XN4, ...
In 2021, a global survey of 10,000 young people between the ages of 16 and 25 found that 75 percent were fearful of the future. More than half believed that humanity is doomed to extinction. There’s ...
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