Massive, once in a century asteroid to be visible flying past Earth
A massive asteroid, spanning more than two miles across, has just made its closest approach to Earth in decades - but its ...
Brightest comet in 20 years will be visible in our skies this week
The comet could be amongst the brightest seen in our skies for 20 years, if the weather is good enough to see it. It will get ...
'Once-in-a-lifetime view': Comet set to shine through Earth's skies after 160,000 years
Skywatchers are excited about a rare event this week as Comet G3 ATLAS (C/2024), the brightest comet in nearly 20 years, ...
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Bam NASA's Dart Spacecraft Slams Into Moonlet In Asteroid System
NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impacted the 'moonlet' Dimorphos in the Didymos asteroid system. Watch the ...
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Small Asteroid Captured Hours Prior To Earth Impact
EB5 impacted Earth was discovered by Krisztián Sárneczky using the 0.60-m Schmidt telescope at Konkoly Observatory in Hungary ...
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Enormous, mountain-size asteroid will be visible from Earth this weekend in rare 'once in a decade' event
Alinda has made its closest approach to our planet in decades, and it's about to peak in brightness in a rare ...
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 ...
Once-A-Decade Event As 2.6 Miles-Wide Asteroid Hurtles Past Earth — How To See It
Alinda is one of the five largest near-Earth asteroids, coming closer than 9.3 million miles until the year 2200.
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.
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Scientists discover mysterious asteroid-comet hybrid is 'like nothing seen before' in our solar system
Scientists have discovered a mysterious asteroid-comet hybrid is 'like nothing seen before' in our solar system.
Asteroid-comet hybrid stuns scientists: ‘Like nothing we’ve seen before’
Researcher Noemí Pinilla-Alonso explained that the composition is uncharacteristic of objects near Neptune. Its gaseous and ...