2 Trillion Pulses Unleashed: NASA’s Space Laser Reveals Earth’s Shifting Ice
NASA’s ICESat-2 has hit an incredible milestone: 2 trillion laser shots fired from orbit! This Earth-monitoring marvel has ...
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A giant extraterrestrial 'wave' hit Earth 14 million years ago — and may have dramatically altered our planet's climate
Our solar system's journey around the center of the Milky Way takes it through varying galactic environments, and one may ...
New Scientist8d
Starlink satellite part hit a Canadian farm when it fell from orbit
A failed launch left a batch of Starlink satellites in the wrong orbit last year, and it appears that a fragment of one fell ...
Los Angeles Times1mon
The chances of an asteroid hitting Earth in 2032 have changed. But what’s the risk, really?
The chances that an asteroid, known as 2024 YR4, could hit Earth in seven years have fluctuated recently, but experts aren’t preparing for the worst yet. At the end of 2024, a NASA-funded ...
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Earth is safe from asteroid 2024 YR4 but could hit the Moon
In December, the asteroid had a 3.1% chance of striking Earth. However, NASA now suggests that it’s our natural satellite that faces a slight risk of impact. "There still remains a very small ...
Phys.org26d
Asteroid has a very small chance of hitting Earth in 2032, but a collision could devastate a city
Now it's estimated that 44,000 kg of space rock hits our planet ... threat to people on Earth, but would generate a sizable impact crater on our planet's only natural satellite.
Highlights From Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore’s Return to Earth
The NASA astronauts splashed down on Tuesday in a SpaceX capsule after problems with a Boeing vehicle set in motion a ...
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Climate Change Might Increase Satellite Collisions, Limiting How Many Can Safely Orbit Earth, Study Finds
Greenhouse gas emissions could reduce drag in the upper atmosphere, leaving more space debris in orbit and making satellites ...
Satellite launch kicks off a new effort to monitor wildfires from space
People and planes often flag wildfires before satellites do, but satellites can play a critical role when it comes to ...
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Climate change, already causing problems on Earth, could soon create a mess for orbiting satellites
Climate change is already causing all sorts of problems on Earth, but soon it will be making a mess in orbit ... There are ...
Los Alamos Reporter1d
LANL: The ‘Spacecraft Speedometer’ Is A New, Innovative Way To Track Satellites
The Spacecraft Speedometer is currently deployed on the Space Test Program-Houston 5 platform on the International Space ...