Huge Asteroid, Over 350 feet In Size, Heading Towards Earth At High Speed, NASA Issues Warning
NASA has issued an alert about a large near-Earth object, Asteroid 2022 CE2, set to make a close approach to our planet ...
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Rare comet may be visible for first time in 160,000 years
A bright comet could be visible in skies across the globe over the coming days for the first time in 160,000 years. Nasa said the future brightness of a comet is “notoriously hard” to predict, but ...
After a Naming Contest, Cardea Joins the Celestial Ranks as a Quasi-Moon
The WNYC science program “Radiolab” partnered with the International Astronomical Union to solicit nearly 3,000 submissions.
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Asteroid Alinda: A Rare Cosmic Encounter
Alinda, measuring an impressive 2.6 miles in diameter, is making its closest approach to Earth in over a decade. At a ...
Giant asteroid will be visible with binoculars
"it's not completely unusual for asteroids to be near the Earth," Gallagher said. "Our moon is about a quarter million miles ...
Asteroid Alinda: How to get a glimpse of massive, once in a century asteroid as it flies past Earth
A massive asteroid, spanning more than two miles across, has just made its closest approach to Earth in decades - but its ...
Rare asteroid wider than Manhattan will make a close approach to Earth
Don’t space out or you’ll miss it. A once-in-a-generation asteroid broader than the width of Manhattan will be passing by the ...
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Asteroid larger than Manhattan to fly by Earth
An asteroid larger than Manhattan is flying close by Earth. The space rock - named (887) Alinda - is so large it should be ...
Asteroid, Comet…or Something Else? Mysterious Activity on “Oddball” Space Object Raises New Questions
UCF researchers utilized the James Webb Space Telescope to uncover unique characteristics of (2060) Chiron, a distant ...
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Rare 4-Kilometer-Long Asteroid 887 Alinda Makes A Spectacular Close Approach To Earth
A large asteroid is about to make its closest approach to Earth in 100 years. Over the coming days, it's so close you should be able to observe it yourself with only the aid of binoculars.
This Strange Comet-Asteroid Hybrid Is Like Nothing Else in The Solar System
In the distant space out beyond the orbit of Jupiter lurks a strange object. Its name is Chiron, a type of outer Solar System body known as a centaur. But even among its fellow centaurs, Chiron is ...
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Chinese 'robot dog' that moves like a cat could revolutionize space exploration and asteroid mining
Using AI training, researchers designed a "robot dog" that moves like a cat, and has no trouble navigating low-gravity ...