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19 terrible things that happened on Friday the 13th
Friday the 13th is a famously unlucky date. Even though some people dismiss it, these horrible events happened on this day ...
‘Sunshine’ and ‘Event Horizon’ Bring Deep-Space Madness to Gruesome Heights
With Danny Boyle's recent comments about his never-made 'Sunshine' trilogy, we're revisiting that 2007 film as well as a ...
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This asteroid is one of the most likely to hit Earth. Here’s what it means for our future.
The new study finds that in 2135, Bennu will come within about 123,000 miles ... one viable follow-on target for OSIRIS-REx: the near-Earth asteroid Apophis, which will make a close approach ...
Asteroid speck at the Field Museum could hold the key to life
Researchers believe this 4.6-billion-year-old piece of rock could reveal compounds present at the beginning of the solar ...
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NASA Plucked an Asteroid From Space. Now Researchers at the Field Will Probe It for Signs of the Origin of Life
A space rock the color of coal and no larger than a pebble you’d shake from a shoe just arrived at the Field Museum, where scientists will spend the next two months probing this extraordinary specimen ...
What is Friday the 13th? Why is the day considered unlucky? Know the history, superstitions
There's only one Friday the 13th in 2025. That's good news for people who think it's bad luck. Why the fear? What to know ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 km) of Earth on June 5 and you can watch it happen live online.