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A New Comet Is Streaking Across the Morning Sky. Catch It Before the Sun Does
The newly discovered comet, C/2025 F2 (SWAN), is racing toward the Sun, and it may not survive its closest approach.
How NASA science data defends Earth from asteroids
YR4 made headlines in February with the news that it had a chance of hitting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032, as determined by an ...
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The Asteroid That Was Predicted to Hit Earth: See It in a New Image
A few months ago, an asteroid created quite a buzz. At one point, asteroid 2024 YR4 had a 3.1% chance of hitting Earth, ...
Astronomers find 128 new moons orbiting Saturn
The Minor Planet Center confirmed the discoveries on March 11. The team observed Saturn repeatedly between 2019 and 2021 and ...
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Saturn Gets 128 More Moons, Here's How They Were Discovered
TEMPO.CO, Bandung - The planet Saturn has recently gained an additional 128 natural satellites. The Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) noted that Saturn now has a total ...
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The Earth is safe from asteroid 2024 YR4. The moon? Not so much, Webb telescope finds
The space rock was reported on Dec. 27, 2024, to the Minor Planet Center, the official authority for observing and reporting new asteroids, comets and other small bodies in the solar system. The ...