Record-Setting Asteroid Found in Pre-Survey Data from Vera Rubin Observatory
Astronomers have actually found an amazing asteroid, called 2025 MN45, in early information from the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) Camera– the biggest digital cam on the planet–…
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The UN’s International Asteroid Warning Network is closely watching comet 3I/ATLAS. Here’s why.
More than 80 observers have actually registered to track comet 3I/ATLAS(seen here)as part of the U.N.’s International Asteroid Warning Network (Image credit: Josep M. Trigo-Rodríguez/ B06 Montseny Observatory) As the…
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Sneaky asteroid zooms past Antarctica closer than a satellite — and astronomers didn’t catch it until hours after
The near-Earth asteroid 2025 TF(red crosshairs)happened as near Earth as the International Space Station on Wednesday(Oct. 1), averting detection till hours later on. ( Image credit: ESA/ Las Cumbres Observatory…
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What happened to the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs?
The dinosaur-killing asteroid that struck Earth around 66 million years earlier was big– around 7 miles (12 kilometers)large. Where are its remains? (Image credit: Sven Bachström by means of Alamy)…
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Near-Earth Asteroid 2024 YR4 Likely Originated in Main Belt
Astronomers utilizing the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph (GMOS) on the Gemini South telescope have actually figured out that the recently-discovered near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 is among the biggest items in current…
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What if a giant asteroid had not wiped out the dinosaurs?
A disastrous asteroid effect 66 million years ago eliminated 75%of types in the world, consisting of the nonavian dinosaurs. (Image credit: MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY by means of Getty Images)…
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‘City-killer’ asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit the moon instead of us, scientists say
An asteroid that’s huge enough to eliminate a city has a 1-in-43 opportunity of striking our world in the year 2032. According to brand-new computations, there’s an even smaller sized…
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Here’s what could happen if asteroid Bennu smashes into Earth in 157 years
Researchers have actually exposed what would really take place to our world if an asteroid the size of One World Trade Center smashed into it. The findings were designed on…
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‘City-killer’ asteroid has a 1-in-83 chance of smashing into Earth in 2032, NASA says
NASA simply found an asteroid that might hit Earth in 2032. (Image credit: buradaki through Getty Images) NASA researchers have actually simply found a hunk of area rock that might…
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Asteroid news, features and articles
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