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Asteroid Moving Towards Pakistan Changes its Target
Remember that “city-killer” asteroid that was expected to land in Pakistan by 2032? Well, there's good news that it won't hit ...
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June 2025: What’s in the sky this month? Titan’s shadow transits Saturn, and Mercury meets with Jupiter in the evening
Jupiter joins Mercury in early twilight as Mars lingers with Leo after dark. Saturn is visible in the morning, meeting ...
Could an asteroid hit the moon? Odds rise after NASA's Webb examines YR4. The projections
Earth is perfectly safe from a menacing asteroid known as 2024 YR4 that is big enough to level a city, but the moon? Not so ...
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China’s Tianwen 2 Captures First Image in Space—On Its Journey to Earth’s Mysterious ‘Quasi-Moon’
In a major milestone for China’s space exploration program, the Tianwen 2 spacecraft has transmitted its first photo from ...
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Flyeye telescope will spot asteroids faster than ever before
ESA’s new Flyeye telescope is set to transform asteroid detection, spotting potentially hazardous space rocks faster than ...
This asteroid won't strike Earth. Here's why NASA is still watching.
After months of tracking and refining Asteroid 2024 YR4's orbit, NASA scientists were able to rule out an Earth strike. There ...
Asteroids around Venus pose possible 'invisible threat' to Earth: Should you be worried?
A swarm of large asteroids likely lurking around Venus could one day pose an "invisible threat" to Earth if left unchecked, ...
Asteroids with ‘unstable orbits’ hide around Venus—do they threaten Earth?
New research on the orbits of these mysterious asteroids near Venus stress the need for better space rock surveillance.
NASA Tracking Three Asteroids Approaching Earth
NASA is monitoring three asteroids soaring past the Earth at about 8,000 to 15,000 miles per hour, the biggest of which ...
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Watch an asteroid the size of an aircraft carrier make a close pass of Earth on June 5
A potentially hazardous asteroid roughly the size of an aircraft carrier is due to pass within 2.8 million miles (3.5 million ...
Giant asteroid swarm near Venus could pose ‘invisible threat’ to Earth, scientists warn
A swarm of giant city-killer asteroids hiding near Venus poses an “invisible threat” to life on Earth, astronomers have ...
Moon May Contain $1 Trillion Worth Of Precious Metals, Could Spark Global Space Mining Race
What Happened: According to a study published in Planetary and Space Science, ancient asteroid strikes deposited platinum group metals (PGMs) across the lunar surface. As per The Times, the estimated ...