Odds of asteroid hitting Earth went up, but that was expected: What to know about 2024 YR4
The odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 2032 recently spiked from a little more than 1% to 2.3% as more ...
How do astronomers track asteroids that could threaten Earth?
Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...
‘Don’t have time’…Dire warning on ‘city-killer’ asteroid hurtling towards Earth as expert casts doubt on deflecting rock
SCIENTISTS do not have time to deflect the asteroid a size of a football pitch that is hurtling towards Earth, an expert has warned. It comes as the odds of the Earth-threatening space rock ...
NASA to study "city-killer" asteroid as odds of hitting Earth go up
Astronomers will use the Webb telescope to closely monitor the size and trajectory of an asteroid that has a slim chance of striking Earth in 2032.
Gaia Just Found Two Massive Objects That Shouldn’t Exist – And Astronomers Are Stunned
Scientists using data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission have made a groundbreaking discovery: a massive exoplanet ...
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'No, Cork is not going to be wiped out by a giant asteroid' expert explains
Many fear a newly discovered asteroid could cause major natural disasters and an explosion '500x bigger than Hiroshima' if it ...
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NASA discovers a planet much larger than Earth
NASA has been monitoring a never-before-seen planet in its solar system, which is eight times the size of Earth.
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How dust becomes planets in the shadows of HH 30
James Webb Space Telescope captures HH 30’s disc, revealing dust movement, jets, and planetary formation processes.
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Star behavior can distort our view of distant planets
New research shows that star activity can distort exoplanet measurements, affecting size, temperature, and atmosphere ...
Why the Odds of an Asteroid Striking Earth in 2032 Keep Going Up (and Down)
NASA and European scientists explain how they calculate the probability of the space rock 2024 YR4 impacting our planet, and why it’s not yet time to worry.
Spacecraft finds a positively enormous planet 12 times Jupiter's mass
Gaia-4b is considered a super-Jupiter planet, a relatively cold gas giant, orbiting its star over 570 Earth-days. That star ...
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Confirmed – NASA Discovers New Planet Beyond Neptune, Changing the Way We See the Universe – A Milestone in Astronomy
Scientists determined that this gas giant is 50% larger than Jupiter but only about ... practically air compared to other ...